Clinton Mola remains grateful to Chelsea despite making a deadline day switch in January to 2. Bundesliga side Stuttgart for €400,000. The youngster, who just turned 19, was a highly-regarded defensive midfielder in Chelsea's academy but opted to move with just six months left on his deal with the west Londoners.
The Blues negotiated a 10 per cent sell-on feeas ex-Arsenal transfer chief Sven Mislintat secured Mola on a deal until 2024.
Stuttgart manager Pellegrino Matarazzo has shown Mola was right to make the move by immediately giving him his professional debut in a DFB-Pokal match against Bayer Leverkusen.