• Defender back at club after serious injury and two loan spells• ‘I was in the shadow, working hard to get back’ says 24-year-old
Kurt Zouma insists he is happy to finally be getting his chance to prove himself at
Chelsea having overcome serious injury and spent the past two seasons on loan, describing his route into Frank Lampard’s first team as a “very, very long journey”.
The French defender has started each of Chelsea’s three games this season, and while the process has been far from smooth – Chelsea have yet to register a win under the management of their record goalscorer and Zouma played particularly poorly in the opening day defeat to
Manchester United – there have been encouraging signs. For Zouma, in particular, there are reasons to feel upbeat.