Graham Potter heard praising 18-year-old Chelsea youngster in training, he’s part of the first team now
Graham Potter has been heard issuing praise to Chelsea youngster Lewis Hall as the Blues not at the World Cup return to training.
The 18-year-old has seemingly made the switch over to the first team permanently, after a couple of appearances for the side before the season break.
He was Chelsea’s best player on the pitch against Manchester City in the League Cup, despite admitting himself that he should have scored in the first half.
Nevertheless, he took his good form into a Premier League debut later in the week against high-flying Newcastle.
With injuries continuing to plague Ben Chilwell’s time at Stamford Bridge, and a combination of illness and poor form seeing Marc Cucurella’s life at Chelsea not be perfect so far.
This has perhaps accelerated Hall’s rise to the first team, with him reporting for first team training amongst the stars who are not at the international tournament right now.
Hall receives praise from Potter
It appears things have started well for the youngster, with Potter heard acknowledging his good work in a video uploaded by the club to Twitter.
Hall’s drastic rise in fortunes should be encouraging for some of the other youth products at the club who are hoping to make the step up in the coming months.
Omari Hutchinson is certainly one of these players, having been part of the matchday squad on a number of occasions this season.
Despite being on the bench in both the Premier League and League Cup, he is yet to feature for the first team.
He has been brilliant for the youth side, who have gone on quite the run in recent months.
Hall in particular though will be hoping that a return to fitness for his compatriot Chilwell will not see his chances in the first team completely dry up.
