‘May 2012…I would have been 11.’

Ethan Ampadu has already accumulated plenty of impressive feats and performances which bely his tender years, but it is perhaps this line that will hit his age home hardest to Chelsea supporters. He was 11 years old when we lifted the Champions League in Munich, and like so many Blues fans, of all ages, it is the game he draws to mind when we ask him to pick out his favourite moment from supporting the Blues back in his childhood.

‘When Bayern Munich scored I was probably crying, getting angry at the TV! Then I saw my favourite player Drogba do what he does best, step up and score that header and then the penalty. Thankfully we won.’

Ampadu explains that his support for Chelsea stemmed initially from wanting to ‘go against’ his Dad, Kwame, who has strong ties to Arsenal, the club for whom he started out with as a player and now works for in their academy.