Chelsea have been criticised for signing Manchester City midfielder Cole Palmer.
The England U21 star left City for Chelsea on deadline day.
But one unnamed agent says he is baffled by the decision, telling the Athletic: "Chelsea didn't need him. And he's on his pathway, he's done incredibly well to get the exposure he got at Man City and that shows the level of player he is.
"It doesn't make sense for Chelsea. It doesn't make sense for City if they believe in him but that might say something. Equally as importantly, what's it done for the lad? You've got a really tough pathway at Man City, but all the natural positive emotions of coming through an academy. I'd get it if he moved to go and play games, to be a superstar and be the first name on the teamsheet. But he's just got the same problem now in a different shirt."
Another agent questioned the deal by adding: "Cole Palmer, based on the irony of Chelsea selling a lot of their academy graduates for really good money and then flipping the whole model on its head by going and getting one of their biggest rivals' best academy graduates for an insane amount."