Chelsea star Benoit Badiashile has played just 270 minutes for his new club after signing from AS Monaco in January yet he already looks a shrewd acquisition for the Blues. Alongside Thiago Silva, Badiashile has helped Chelsea keep three consecutive Premier League clean sheets with two goalless draws against Liverpool and Fulham sandwiching a narrow victory against Crystal Palace.
Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella have both been deployed on the left of a back three and next to Silva in a back four since the start of the season, but neither have been able to hold down the position. The arrival of Badiashile has solved that issue with the 21-year-old putting in three near-perfect displays in defence.
Because of his form, Graham Potter was faced with a tough decision regarding his Champions League knockout stage squad. The 25-man squad submitted for the next few rounds would have to exclude four new arrivals because UEFA's rules state only three new signings can be added to the squad initially submitted at the start of the season
