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The making of Chelsea star Tyrique George: How extra work with a skills coach, a chance meeting with future team-mate Jadon Sancho aged 11 and the backing of Enzo Maresca have led to Bukayo Saka comparisons

Tyrique George was 11 years old and in Chelsea's academy system when he spied Jadon Sancho, then 17, in the car park of a goals centre in south London. Sancho was leaving Manchester City for Borussia Dortmund and George's dad suggested he ask for a picture.

They posed together, neither realising how closely their careers would be intertwined in the future.

George signed a new and improved contract with Chelsea last summer after graduating from their academy. The agent who arranged that bump - Emeka Obasi - was the same who brought in Sancho on a season-long loan from Manchester United.