It has been a stop-start campaign for our No.10. He missed two-and-a-half months earlier in the campaign due to groin and foot injuries and was kept out of our recent wins over Pafos and Crystal Palace because of a small thigh issue.

But the 23-year-old was back in the Blues’ squad for our Champions League clash with Napoli and was introduced at the half-time interval with the Rosenior’s side trailing.

We produced a second-half fight at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with Palmer claiming the assists for both Joao Pedro goals that sealed a 3-2 victory and guaranteed our progression to the Champions League Round of 16.

‘There was no way Cole could have started this game and played 60, 70 or 80 minutes,’ Rosenior reflected after our victory in Naples.

‘Napoli have had a difficult time with injuries, so I felt that later in the game we would be stronger, and I felt Cole’s performance was magnificent. Not just this quality, but his pressing and his running for the team.

‘He's had so many games over a long period of time [in the last two seasons], so we need to look after him, and I think the way that he's managed himself for the last two weeks has been magnificent.

‘Hopefully, we can now see the best of him now that he's fully fit.’