Thomas Tuchel promotes 'next Virgil van Dijk' signed by Frank Lampard to first team

 



Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were all chasing the towering defender, who is now part of Tuchel's plans after eventually opting to join Chelsea following a stint at Barcelona.

Thomas Tuchel has promoted youngster Xavier Mbuyamba into the Chelsea first-team, a year after he was signed by former Blues boss Frank Lampard.


Chelsea swooped to snap up the the teenager last summer after he was released from Barcelona.


Since then he has began to flourish in Chelsea's academy after overcoming an initial problem with a knee injury.


The 6ft 5ins defender has been likened to fellow Dutchman Virgil van Dijk, and was even attracting attention from Liverpool not so long ago.


That was when Mbuyamba was just starting out as a professional, having made his debut aged just 16 for Dutch side MVV Maastricht.

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