Chelsea star yet to score in the Premier League bizarrely named ‘signing of the summer’

A Chelsea prima who is yet to people successful the Premier League this play has bizarrely been hailed arsenic the ‘signing of the summer’.

Chelsea continued their incredible spending spree during past summer’s transportation window, bringing the likes of Tosin Adarabioyo, Omari Kellyman, Marc Guiu, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Renato Veiga, Joao Felix and Jadon Sancho to Stamford Bridge.

The Blues besides spent £54m to motion Pedro Neto from Premier League rivals Wolves and the Portuguese winger was the ‘best signing of the summer’, according to ex-Chelsea defender Glen Johnson.

Neto scored 14 goals successful 135 appearances for Wolves, mostly impressing for the Midlands nine contempt struggling with fittingness issues during his clip astatine Molineux.

The 24-year-old is yet to people successful the Premier League this play successful 8 appearances but has astatine slightest contributed 2 goals for Chelsea successful cupful competitions.

Former England planetary Johnson admits Neto has ‘not looked the champion truthful far’ but is excited to spot what the winger tin nutrient astatine Chelsea erstwhile helium hits ‘top gear’.

Asked which Premier League signing helium is astir excited about, Johnson told Betfred: ‘He’s not looked the champion truthful far, but I bash judge that Pedro Neto was the champion signing of the summer.

‘I’m looking guardant to seeing him get into apical gear. He has a immense estimation and was signed for a batch of money.

‘We’ve already seen what he’s susceptible of doing erstwhile helium was astatine Wolves, but present we request to hold and spot if helium tin bash it for a apical team.’

Neto replaced Jadon Sancho astatine half-time successful Chelsea’s Premier League clash astatine Liverpool connected Sunday but could not forestall the Blues from suffering a 2-1 decision to the aboriginal league leaders.

Asked whether helium expects Neto to regenerate Sancho successful the squad going forward, Johnson added: ‘Neto’s a fantastic player.

‘When helium finds his signifier and gets immoderate regular gametime, past of people helium could inhabit that presumption due to the fact that determination was a crushed wherefore Chelsea bought him for a batch of money.

‘Sancho is simply a subordinate that needs to beryllium blessed due to the fact that cipher tin question his ability, truthful it’s bully to ticker him bouncing back.

‘He needs to beryllium much consistent, but it’s a fantastic occupation for Chelsea to person due to the fact that having those 2 happy, successful signifier and playing for the aforesaid spot means that the nine is doing thing right.’

Chelsea received overmuch praise for their show astatine Anfield contempt leaving empty-handed, with Enzo Maresca’s broadside pushing Liverpool hard and showing signs they tin proceed to combat for a top-four spot this season.

It was conscionable Chelsea’s 2nd decision successful the Premier League since Maresca took over, the Blues present sixth successful the table, 3 points extracurricular the Champions League spots.

Johnson backed Chelsea to decorativeness successful the top-four earlier the play started and is blessed to enactment with that prediction from what helium has seen truthful acold this term.

‘I’m going to stay loyal and accidental Chelsea,’ helium said. ‘I inactive judge that they person a batch much to give.

‘Aston Villa person been consistently bully for the past fewer years, truthful they’re not going to spell anywhere, but arsenic agelong arsenic Chelsea decorativeness up of them, they should extremity up successful the apical four.’

Asked to complaint Tottenham and Manchester United’s chances of gate-crashing the top-four, Johnson added: ‘I wouldn’t accidental they are retired of the moving due to the fact that they’re 2 fantastic sides with fantastic players, but they’re some conscionable waiting for the penny to drop.

‘They’re some susceptible of anything. If some of them won 3-0 adjacent week, I wouldn’t beryllium surprised, and if they some mislaid 3-0 adjacent week, I wouldn’t beryllium surprised.

‘If the penny drops with some of them, past they’ll some beryllium successful the contention to decorativeness successful the apical four.’

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