(Image) Charly Musonda thanks academy staff ahead of first Chelsea start

Charly Musonda has all but confirmed that he is set to start for Chelsea against Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup third round this evening.

Musonda has been one of our most exciting prospects to graduate from the academy in recent seasons, but is yet to be handed his first start in Blue. That could be set to change.

The Belgian took to Instagram last night to thank everyone at the Chelsea academy whose hard-work has seen him get to where he is today. We can’t wait to see him in action!

From 5 years to 24 hours… @ChelseaFc #Unleash 👀🏟 ” Thanks to everyone at the academy, who had a part in the developing me, from the head of youth, all the coaches I’ve had, and medical department, to achieve one of my biggest dreams wouldn’t be possible without you, I’ve been lucky to have had such training but more importantly, a better education to be here, thank you!”

A post shared by Charly Musonda Junior (@musonda) on Sep 19, 2017 at 11:48am PDT