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It's easy to forget how long Andreas Christensen has been a Chelsea player. It was back in 2012 that he arrived from Brondby; the Blues able to beat a host of top European clubs to the defender's signing.

From that moment on, the centre-back's quality was never in doubt. He even received a ringing endorsement from John Terry back in 2014.

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Yet in the years that followed, doubts emerged as to whether Christensen was suited to Premier League football. There were games in which the Dane was bullied by physical strikers, matches in which he constantly came off second best.

When Tuchel arrived at Chelsea at the end of January, the 25-year-old didn't even make the match-day squad. At that point, he had 18 months left on his contract and it appeared his future was away from Chelsea