A former Chelsea player has picked a summer signing as the club's talisman, although it might sound a bit premature.

Joao Pedro and Andrey Santos have both been omitted from the latest Brazil squad in what appears to be a boost for Chelsea. Of Chelsea’s three first-team Brazilian players, only 18-year-old winger Estevao has been named in Carlo Ancelotti’s squad for the friendlies against South Korea and Japan this month.

Chelsea have signed a player who is ‘fast, strong, and finishes very well with both feet’ according to another player today.

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Cole Palmer has been ruled out through injury for the next three weeks just as Chelsea faces a critical stretch of fixtures.

It’s not just Chelsea who are being hit by injuries at the wrong moment.Just as European football starts to kick in, our sister club Strasbourg are losing players too. French football paper

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Marc Cucurella believes Liverpool ’s visit to Stamford Bridge on Saturday represents a “good opportunity” for Chelsea to head into the international break on the back of two wins.