For all the talk of Chelsea’s own products being whisked across Europe - not to mention half of Asia - for this unique opportunity, it was one of their imports who showed up best.
From a makeshift travelling squad that included no fewer than a dozen academy graduates, Marc Guiu did not exactly leap off the page as most likely to relish this freezing assignment. If the climate contrast between Cobham and Kazakhstan was shiver-inducing enough at the thought, then try hailing from Catalonia.
