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Marina Granovskaia must use £32m smokescreen to unlock Chelsea's 'brilliant' Eden Hazard heir

Chelsea must use the growing anticipation regarding the return of Pedro Neto as a smokescreen to secure the heir to Eden Hazard's throne at Stamford Bridge.

The Wolves wonderkid, who has been tipped to grow into one of the Premier League's leading forwards, stole the limelight as he christened his long-anticipated return from injury with a short cameo off the bench against Leicester City.

As the fourth official tapped number seven into the electronic substitution board, Molineux let out an almighty roar and the 21-year-old took centre stage, detracting from Daniel Podence's match-winning display that likened him to Chelsea's former number ten.

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