Quote Originally Posted by irishpete View Post
Was that the previous season when Burton Albion wanted him?
Yeah, it was rumoured at the time that Palmer was left out of the opening game because we’d had a ridiculously low offer from Burton that he was keen on.

If anything shows how ridiculously good LW seems to be as a man manager that he quickly sorted that, had Palmer happy enough to sign a new long-term contract by Christmas and can now joke about it a year later.