4) Kurt Zouma
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The tall centre-back arrived from Saint-Etienne for a fee believed to be around £12 million, a massive bargain when you consider the money flying around for young quality centre-backs in these times. It didn’t take him long to justify the hype around him and amidst Chelsea’s helter-skelter season he’s been one of the shining lights.
He ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in early February and was ruled out for six months, also missing out on the Euros in his home country, in what was sure to be a devastating blow. At 21-years-old though, he’s remarkably young and will surely return with his same steely resistance and combativeness in the air.
Antonio Conte certainly knows how to organise a defence, and several central defenders have bloomed under his tutelage. Kurt Zouma could certainly add to the list of Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini as one of the best defenders in the world, given time.
