Thomas Kalas
Cast your mind back to the game against Liverpool at Anfield when Jose Mourinho sent his troops out with the sole purpose of negating Liverpool’s attacking threat. Thomas Kalas showed excellent maturity and presence of mind in a high pressure game to snuff out a rampaging Liverpool, but Mourinho didn’t trust the young defender as a backup this season.
While his loan spell at FC Koln proved to be a disaster, Middlesbrough would be grateful to the young defender as he produced some fine performances to help the Riverside Stadium based club in their push for promotion.
With Gary Cahill and John Terry looking solid as ever, first team appearances may be hard to come by but Kalas could prove to be a capable backup in the cup games. There’s little doubt the young defender can gain a lot in his progress with some minutes under his belt at Stamford Bridge, it is only a question of whether Mourinho considers him a good enough option to be in the squad.