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Scott Trotter

Forgotten £17m transfer spoils 'ideal' Chelsea situation ahead of Mauricio Pochettino arrival

The under-20 World Cup is well underway and Chelsea have had no shortage of involvement with the captains of Brazil, USA, Italy and England. Andrey Santos, Gabriel Slonina, Cesare Casadei and England's Harvey Vale, Bashir Humphreys and Teddy Sharman-Lowe all navigated the group stages of the tournament to reach the last 16.

Already Santos and Casadei have faced off as captains in the tournament with the Italian star putting in an outstanding performance. The £16.8million signing, who started the season with the Blues' development squad before heading on loan to Reading, scored a brace in that game on his way to having a firm impact throughout the competition so far.

While Slonina is yet to let in a goal in the competition, Casadei leads the top goalscorer charts with five strikes after his penalty ensured Chelsea's England contingent progressed no further. Carney Chukwuemeka started the last-16 match having been prevented from joining up with the group sooner due to Chelsea commitments.

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