Luton Town have moved to strengthen their attacking midfield options for the run-in with the loan signing of experienced Championship campaigner Kasey Palmer, a player Jack Wilshere believes can make the difference in tight games.
The 29-year-old joins from Hull City for the rest of the season after featuring 11 times in the Championship this term. A Jamaica international with a long EFL pedigree, Palmer arrives with Town pushing to climb the League One table and with a demanding run of fixtures ahead.
Wilshere believes Palmer’s experience and versatility will be crucial, particularly in matches where Luton have controlled play but failed to turn dominance into results.
“Kasey gives you experience and know-how in important moments, like when we’ve dominated games but haven’t been able to see it over the line,” Wilshere told LTFC+.
“He’s had pressure on him from a young age, when he left Charlton as a 16-year-old. Chris Powell was the manager who tried to convince him to stay there, but Chelsea came in and he played in their youth team that won everything.
“He then went on and has been at some big clubs and played in huge games, like the Championship play-off final against Luton, and international matches for Jamaica.
“He can play in all the positions across the midfield, and with his physicality, he can give us more balance in the squad and ability to rotate, especially when you consider the run of games we’ve got coming up and their importance.
“We’ve asked him to step down a level, but he’s still hungry and ambitious, so the selling point was helping us to get back to the Championship. He’s someone who is going to help us between now and the end of the season.”
Palmer came through the academy at Charlton before moving to Chelsea, where he won a string of youth honours including two FA Youth Cups and two UEFA Youth League titles. His first senior loan spell at Huddersfield brought five goals in 27 games as the Terriers won promotion to the Premier League in 2016/17.
Further Championship spells followed at Derby, Blackburn and Bristol City, with Palmer later joining the Robins permanently before moving on to Coventry City. In his second season with the Sky Blues, he helped them reach the Championship play-off final, where they were beaten by Luton at Wembley.
He signed for Hull City in the summer of 2024, scoring against Stoke City and making 26 appearances last season, before adding 11 more outings this term.
Internationally, Palmer represented England through the youth ranks before switching allegiance to Jamaica in 2021. He has since become part of the Reggae Boyz set-up and featured in their run to the World Cup play-offs.
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