Journalist Dean Jones has claimed that staff at Chelsea did not have high expectations of Moises Caicedo when he joined the club over the summer.
He told GiveMeSport that people at the club have told him that because of the system he came from at Brighton, it would take some time for him to adapt to his new side.
Many in the media would not give Caicedo the time to adapt, after he joined the club for a record Premier League fee.
In the main part, the 22-year-old has been an impressive addition to the Chelsea side.
He is beginning to form a strong trio with Enzo Fernandez and Conor Gallagher. It would be difficult to see any of those being dropped when fully fit.
Jones meanwhile has claimed that those at Chelsea will have been expecting this transition to take time.
Low expectations at Chelsea for Caicedo
He said: “I’ve spoken to people about Caicedo early on in his time at Chelsea and what the expectations should be of him, especially at the figure that they signed him. People within Chelsea, that were reading it, really didn’t have great early expectations of Caicedo.
“A lot of that comes from the system that he was playing in at Brighton and the difficulties there would be implementing that kind of performance into a team that works differently.
“If you look at Brighton and the way they play, the zones that they’re active in, and the sorts of jobs that they’re given within their specific areas, it’s very difficult to mirror those performances when you go into a different team with a different set-up and a different philosophy.”
The Ecuador international will be one of the first names on the teamsheet still when the Blues make the trip to Tottenham on Monday night.
Mauricio Pochettino will need to be at his tactical best up against his former side, who sit top of the league right now.
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