After Morgan Rogers and Maxence Lacroix led the charge against Fulham, it was the turn of Valentin Barco, Mike Penders and Danny Welbeck against Luton Town on Thursday night to be handed starts on their Chelsea debuts.
And all five passed those tests, most with flying colours. The latest exhibition of Chelsea first-timers might have twisted their manager’s arm in time for them to be given heightened roles in this afternoon’s testing home match against top-of-the-table (after only one game) Brighton.
