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Meet superstar who signed for Chelsea before Hazard but yet to make first-team appearance

Nigeria's defender Kenneth Omeruo (L) heads the ball to score during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football match between Nigeria and Guinea at the Alexandria Stadium on June 26, 2019. [AFP]

He signed for Chelsea before Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta and Gary Cahill, but seven years after his arrival Nigeria’s Kenneth Omeruo is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League giants.

It’s unlikely the 25-year-old centre-back ever will run out at Stamford Bridge although Omeruo is establishing himself as one of the continent’s premier defenders at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

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