Chelsea picked up a 2-1 victory over Brighton in the closed-door friendly at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, but the major winner was genuinely Carney Chukwuemeka, who bagged both equally of the goals for Graham Potter’s facet.
While Chelsea spent a entire world-record sum in the summer season, Chukwuemeka was one particular of their less heralded arrivals, regardless of becoming a member of from Aston Villa for €18 million (£16m).
As an alternative, it was the likes of Wesley Fofana, who joined for a significant payment from Leicester, Napoli’s Kalidou Kouilbaly and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona who have truly caught the creativeness.
Chukwuemeka, though, arrived as a player mostly for the potential, nevertheless following his general performance from Brighton, he could properly appear forward to a additional substantial function in the crew under Potter.
The 18-year-previous has not showcased nevertheless for the initial workforce in competitive motion, even though he has created a couple of appearances as an unused substitute, and he grabbed his likelihood impressively from Potter’s former club.
Chukwuemeka took his probability in opposition to Brighton
The Regular reports that it was a mix of senior and youth players from both sides that took the field, with the international players from both groups usually provided time off to prepare forward of the global break.
Chelsea did not have a competitive match thanks to policing fears next the loss of life of the Queen Elizabeth II, with their slated fixture in opposition to Liverpool pushed again to a later on date.
That could well be to the profit of summer time arrival Chukwuemeka, who would have been unlikely to characteristic in this sort of a activity but could not be given an possibility to confirm himself in a competitive placing.
Certainly, Chelsea need to obtain some fresh impetus to their perform after a slow begin to the season, which has noticed them win only three of eight fixture and has left them with one particular point after two Champions League matches. Chukwuemeka, who created 16 appearances for Aston Villa prior to his summer time transfer, may well just be the gentleman to give it to them.
