Chelsea believe they have a 19-year-old with ‘enormous potential’

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Chelsea seem to be really excited about a few of their young signings, such as Estevao Willian and Kendry Paez.

Estevao Willian and Kendry Paez are both 17 and will officially join Chelsea next year when they turn 18.

At some point, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano plans to share a “crazy story” about Estevao and how the Blues managed to sign him.

As well as the Brazilian and Paez, there also seems to be another young signing causing a lot of excitement at Stamford Bridge right now.

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What Chelsea think about Mike Penders

During the summer, Chelsea agreed a deal with Genk to sign goalkeeper Mike Penders, who will move to west London in 2025 like Estevao and Paez.

According to journalist Ben Jacobs, the 19-year-old is someone whom Chelsea view as having “enormous potential”.

Speaking to GiveMeSport, Jacobs said: “It’s also worth adding that along with Djordje Petrovic, who is on-loan at Strasbourg, Mike Penders will arrive in summer 2025. He is rated extremely highly. Chelsea believe the 19-year-old has enormous potential.”

Chelsea got a lot of good feedback on Penders before they decided to buy him from Genk.

Mike Penders could replace Robert Sanchez in the future

If Penders can fulfil his potential, then he could end up replacing Robert Sanchez between the sticks at Chelsea.

Sanchez has been quite inconsistent this season. While the 26-year-old has had some good games, making great saves against West Ham United and Bournemouth, for example, he has also had some poor ones.

Arsenal legend David Seaman recently criticised Sanchez for making some really bad mistakes during matches.

For now, though, it looks like Enzo Maresca is going to stick with Sanchez, while Filip Jorgensen is also in his squad.

It means it could be a while before Penders actually gets to make his Chelsea first-team debut. But if the Blues are right about him, then that could be their Sanchez replacement sorted if they feel that they need one.

After some of the mistakes that the Spain international has made in the current campaign, many Chelsea fans think the club do.