The scene, as Chelsea’s players flocked to Estevao at the final whistle at Lincoln Financial Field, was telling. There was a language barrier between them, but Cole Palmer and Liam Delap asked their Portuguese team-mate Dario Essugo to tell the Brazilian teenager just what they thought of him.

Enzo Maresca has all but confirmed Noni Madueke ’s imminent switch Arsenal after revealing that the winger has left the Chelsea camp ahead of the Club World Cup final.