The Blues won the race to sign the striker who announced himself as a special talent with two goals against England's Under-17s as a 14-year-old
Thierno Ballo is just 16 and only arrived at Chelsea three days ago. However, the striking sensation does not lack confidence.
"I hope to make it to the first team soon," he revealed in an exclusive interview with DAZN, "maybe even next year."
It would not come as too much of a surprise, either. After all, we are talking about a prodigious talent who was just 14 years of age when he netted twice for Austria's Under-17s in a European Championship qualifier against their England counterparts.