Chelsea forgotten man sends Mauricio Pochettino message as $147m triple transfer deal completed

Given the sheer volume of change at Chelsea in the past 12 months it would be easy to forget those that have been out of the spotlight. With so many players in the squad it has been tough enough to follow anyone not thrust into the news consistently.

Large January spending, a winter World Cup and the appointment of Frank Lampard as an interim coach all took precedence during a tumultuous second half of the campaign. It now appears to be an age since Chelsea were fighting to keep hold of some of their academy players last summer and wanted to sign Anthony Gordon.

The overhaul of the squad from top to bottom now creates a space in which those that are still present can thrive, or so that is the plan. In the middle of all of this, but yet somehow still on the outside as a forgotten entity, is Armando Broja.

The failure to truly incorporate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang into the side between October and November meant that the Blues were once again without a striker for much of Graham Potter's reign. Kai Havertz lead the line as a makeshift option but his output remained middling and unspectacular.

As faith wained into the winter, Broja was given the nod. Having not started a game until late October, the Albanian forward made his breakthrough in the team against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup before the featuring from the get go days later against Newcastle.

Although his minutes remained low and fixtures were limited to five of six Champions League substitute appearances and nine of 12 domestic games from the bench, there was hope he could bring a point of difference to the attack. With direct running, power and an impressively aggressive loan spell to feed off at Southampton, the Cobham graduate looked hopeful of securing a