Nemanja Matic
There will have been some who questioned Jose Mourinho’s decision to bring the Serbian back to Stamford Bridge but one imagines that the rangy midfielder has extinguished those doubters with his early season efforts. The pitch perfect displays thus far will have left the likes of Ramires and John Obi Mikel considering their long term options at the west London side.
Matic offers more than just brute force as the 26 year old is also a very intelligent distributor of the ball and has a great engine and is of the ‘less is more’ school of player and rarely makes an error, offering that extra layer of defence in front of Chelsea’s centre-backs.