Mario Melchiot recently recalled a conversation from his playing days. The former Chelsea defender was speaking to Roberto Martinez, his then manager at Wigan Athletic, about a team-mate. "We talked about how we couldn't believe no big club could see it," Melchiot explained. The man in question was a teenager called Victor Moses.
A couple of years later and Chelsea did spot something. However, Moses nevertheless spent the past three seasons on loan elsewhere. "The toughest time was pre-season, when you know that you've done well and the manager has never spoken to you," he admitted.
On Monday, Moses finds himself up against West Ham, the club where he spent last season. It was a campaign in which hopes of Moses' huge potential began to fade. After all, he was an unused substitute more times than he completed 90 minutes for Slaven Bilic's side.
And yet, here we are with Chelsea clear at the top of the Premier League table and Moses having played his part in that success. In fact, the 26-year-old Nigeria international can lay claim to being a pivotal figure in Chelsea's turnaround under Antonio Conte.
Diego Costa is the top scorer, Eden Hazard the star man and N'Golo Kante surely the signing of the summer. But all three were playing as Chelsea claimed just one point from three games in September. It was the introduction of Moses and tahe switch to 3-4-3 that changed things.
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