Despite the bad feeling surrounding Chelsea from their own supporters at the moment, a handful of players remain firmly in their good books.
Moises Caicedo remains a key player at Stamford Bridge, and is seen as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League right now.
Even amidst the embarrassing back-to-back defeats suffered by the Blues against Brighton, Caicedo was praised by supporters for being the only player to cover themselves in glory.
Being a central midfielder, it is clear that the Ecuador international was going to look up to some of the best to play for Chelsea in the last.
Moises Caicedo names former Manchester United man Antonio Valencia as his idol
He has already named N’golo Kante and Claude Makelele as players he tries to base his game on.
However, Caicedo’s first Premier League idol actually featured predominantly for one of their biggest rivals.
In the era where Chelsea and Manchester United were fighting it out for the title, Antonio Valencia was a regular in the opposing side.
Being from the same country, Caicedo told Sky Sports that he was amongst the many Ecuadorian youngsters who idolised Valencia.
He said: “Playing in the street with friends, our idol in Ecuador was Antonio Valencia. We always tried to imitate him because he was at a very good club in England (Manchester United). All the players wanted to train hard to reach where he reached.”
Valencia helped Caicedo move to the Premier League
Valencia was made aware of Caicedo’s qualities when he was just 15 in Ecuador.
According to Goal, He made Brighton chiefs aware of the player’s quality at the time, with the man he contacted being Paul Winstanley, who is of course now amongst the boardroom staff at Stamford Bridge.
It was the former United man who put the good word in, and he has already been made aware of the quality of a future Chelsea star too.
Kendry Paez has caught the eye of Valencia, with him set to join up with the club this summer when he turns 18.
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