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Cole Palmer has insisted he paid no attention to Gary Neville's jibes about Chelsea

Cole Palmer has insisted he paid no attention to Gary Neville's infamous jibe at Chelsea following last year's Carabao Cup final.

The legendary Manchester United skipper branded the Chelsea squad 'blue billion-pound bottle jobs'.

The comment prompted a furious response from then Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino.



Palmer played all 120 minutes at Wembley that day and also featured for the Blues on Wednesday as they won the Europa Conference League.

He played a key role in the come-from-behind thrashing of Real Betis, laying on two assists.

But he has rejected suggestions that the Blues squad were using Neville's comments as fuel to inspire a win.

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"I wouldn't say I was hurt, I didn't really pay attention to be honest.

Same again [for the second assist]."

Neville labelled the Blues 'billion-pound bottle jobs' after last year's Carabao Cup final(Image: Getty Images)

The Blues were 25 minutes away from losing to Betis after Abde Ezzalzouli fired home.

Back in December, Neville admitted he regreted his jibe at the Blues.

"I wish I had not said 'billion-dollar bottle jobs'.
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