14-02-2015, 17:22
When he was playing for us, he always kept on about how determined he was to be first-choice for Chelsea in a few years, and that's what he based his drive and work ethic on. He was the same at Everton last year. I think finding out that Chelsea didn't rate him and were selling him last summer was probably a massive psychological blow, and he's struggling now as a result. A case of too much too soon.
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