Denis Zakaria has officially touched down in Qatar ahead of the World Cup.
The Chelsea midfielder uploaded a photo onto his Twitter of his feet firmly on the ground following the flight across the globe.
Zakaria will be hoping to make more of an impact on the Switzerland national team than he has with the Blues this season.
His loan move from Juventus in the summer raised a few eyebrows to begin with, much like a similar transfer involving Saul Niguez had done the previous term.
Saul was brought in from Atletico Madrid to provide cover for the main central midfielders.
This seemed to be the idea behind the arrival of the Swiss international from Turin.
So far, this has certainly proved to be the case.
Zakaria out in the cold
Zakaria has started just twice for Chelsea and three times in total including his spell with Juventus before heading to Stamford Bridge.
Despite all of the injury concerns at Cobham, the 25-year-old simply cannot buy game time right now.
He will possibly be able to play more minutes in the World Cup group stages than he has at club level in the past few months.
But even this isn’t guaranteed.
His last start for the Swiss came against Bulgaria a year ago.
He played half an hour of his country’s last two UEFA Nations League fixtures, so probably isn’t Murat Yakin’s first-choice right now.
Starting to feel a little left out, Denis?
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