Sublime finishing, accurate switches of play, movement in behind and neat trickery: Wednesday night was the perfect showcase for the talent Christopher Nkunku possesses.
Unless you have been living under a rock, or just drained of all your transfer interest over this past summer, the 24-year-old has signed a pre-contract agreement with the Blues ahead of a proposed move for the 2023/24 season, football.london understands. As reported earlier on in the year, Chelsea hold a long-term interest in Nkunku and have been keen to sign the 2021/22 Bundesliga Player of the Season for a while.
Naturally, I was tasked with watching the following game Nkunku was involved in to see how he would fare.