Graham Potter 'not surprised' as 'the real Moises Caicedo' steps up for Chelsea

However, the Ecuador planetary struggled to warrant that interest successful a hard archetypal play astatine Stamford Bridge.

And erstwhile Chelsea brag Potter - who managed Caicedo during his clip astatine Brighton - has revealed wherefore the 22-year-old is doing truthful overmuch amended this campaign.

“It feels similar Chelsea are starting to spot the existent Moises Caicedo, and I americium not amazed their results person improved present helium is doing truthful well,” Potter told BBC Sport.

“The mode it began for him with america astatine Brighton was akin to what happened erstwhile helium archetypal joined Chelsea, successful that it felt similar helium has had to endure and excavation successful earlier coming retired the different broadside and showing everyone his existent quality.

“Moises has had to header with a batch of disapproval of his £115m terms tag, and besides disapproval of him personally arsenic a subordinate successful presumption of what helium has fixed to the team, truthful it's nary wonderment helium admitted he mislaid immoderate confidence.

“Things are antithetic now. The Chelsea squad has settled down a batch since helium archetypal joined, which has astir apt helped him a lot, but helium has grown with them.

“He is astatine an breathtaking club, successful the mode that they are a young squad who are going to turn together, truthful they volition get to cognize each different much and much - and helium and they are lone going to get amended from here.”

Chelsea are presently 4th successful the Premier League and enjoying immoderate bully performances nether caller brag Enzo Maresca, who replaced Mauricio Pochettino successful the summer.

And Potter thinks the accrued stableness successful unit for the Blues nether Maresca has allowed Caicedo to flourish.

“At the infinitesimal helium is playing a circumstantial relation for Chelsea due to the fact that of the mode Enzo Maresca wants them to play, arsenic the much antiaircraft midfielder covering the 5 players up of him,” Potter added.

“That makes consciousness due to the fact that Chelsea person got their beforehand 3 of Jadon Sancho, Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson, with Cole Palmer down them and Enzo Fernandez successful a somewhat higher presumption too.

“Behind them, they person got Moises alongside 1 of their inverted full-backs, which provides them with the equilibrium which allows that beforehand 5 to attack.

“Moises' positional consciousness volition get amended and better, the much helium plays successful that role, but helium is already precise bully astatine recovering those large spaces and winning the shot back. Along with everything else, that makes him the cleanable acceptable for the mode they privation to play.

“I americium truly pleased to spot him flourishing the mode helium is. He has seen his hard periods out, without going under, and has kept connected being himself - wanting the ball, winning the ball, and doing the close things.

“This is conscionable the commencement for him, but helium and Chelsea are already seeing the rewards of his hard work.”