'I was called Chelsea manager's teacher's pet – now I'm set to leave in January' A player set to leave Chelsea this month was once branded Enzo Maresca’s ‘teacher’s pet’.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall joined the Blues last summer, following Maresca to Stamford Bridge from Leicester City, where they won the Championship title last season.
It has helped me a lot because I can have more conversations with people and it has helped me get a really good bond with the lads over the last couple of weeks.".
With Everton keen to send Armando Broja back to west London, Chelsea have offered Dewsbury-Hall or Carney Chukwuemeka to the Toffees as a replacement.
Maresca has recently fielded questions about the future of Dewsbury-Hall, who has been linked with loan moves to both Everton and West Ham this month.