Going big on youth can certainly be risky, but Chelsea have done it anyway.

Fortunately, even though it’s still early on in the club’s plan, it looks to be a risk that’s panning out for Enzo Maresca’s side.

For example, in the squad this season, the likes of Jorrel Hato, Andrey Santos, Roméo Lavia and more are all 21 and under, and there are even more talents coming in the summer.

Moreover, Estevao is still just 18 years old and looks like a superstar in the making, and even he might be outshone by another youngster set to dazzle Stamford Bridge and the Premier League at large next season.

The increible talents joining Chelsea for next season

While Estevao is grabbing the headlines so far this season, and justifiably so, Chelsea have more brilliant youngsters set to join the squad in the summer, like Denner.

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The 17-year-old left-back is currently plying his trade in Brazil, with Corinthians, and while he might not be a particularly well-known name among English fans at the moment, he will be.

Described as a “marauding LB with so much quality in the final third” by respected analyst Ben Mattinson, the Brazilian gem has already produced four goal involvements in 13 games this season and could provide Marc Cucurella with some real competition next year.

Likewise, the 26/27 campaign could finally be the one in which Kendry Páez announces himself to the Premier League.

The Ecuadorian midfielder, who already has 20 senior caps to his name at just 18 years old, is spending the season on loan with Strasbourg and has already netted his first goal for the side.

Lastly, while he is on the older side of this conversation, fellow Strasbourg star Emanuel Emegha will be making his way to West London in the summer, and he could be an instant hit.

For example, in 29 appearances last season, the “simply phenomenal” gem, as dubbed by talent scout Jacek Kulig, scored 14 goals and provided three assists, and then this season, he’s put the ball in the back of the net four times and provided two assists in just six games.

With all that said, there is another gem set to join the Blues, perhaps the most exciting of the lot and someone who could end up being better than Estevao.

The gem who could be better than Estevao

While there are other players set to join up with Chelsea in the summer, the most exciting, and the one who has the best chance of actually being better than Estevao, is Geovany Quenda.

At least the club will be hoping that is the case, as they paid a whopping £44m for the then-17-year-old in March of this year.

Fortunately, based on his performances last season and so far this year, it certainly looks like the West Londoners have got their hands on someone truly special, or as Kulig puts it, “one of the most exciting teenagers in World football.”

Now, that might sound like hyperbole, but at just 18 years old, the Portuguese wonderkid has already made 65 appearances for Sporting CP’s senior side, totalling 4322 minutes, in which he has scored four goals and provided 12 assists.

Moreover, with 12 games played in the Champions League, in which he’s produced three goal involvements, he is already more experienced at the top level than Estevao.

Described as a “relentless” and “highly unpredictable” winger by Mattinson, the youngster is also producing some impressive underlying numbers in the Primeira Liga this year.

According to FBref, he ranks in the top 3% of wingers and attacking midfielders for expected assisted goals, key passes, through-balls, goal-creating actions, carries, and so much more, all per 90.

xAG: Exp. Assisted Goals

0.43

Top 3%

Key Passes

2.52

Top 3%

Live-ball Passes

39.57

Top 3%

Through Balls

0.97

Top 3%

Goal-Creating Actions

0.97

Top 3%

GCA (Live-ball Pass)

0.97

Top 3%

% of Dribblers Tackled

80.0%

Top 3%

Touches (Def 3rd)

8.15

Top 3%

Carries

35.69

Top 3%

Passes Received

38.41

Top 3%

Ball Recoveries

6.79

Top 3%

Ultimately, it may well still be early in his career, but Quenda already has plenty of experience in European football, and it looks like Chelsea have another superstar on their hands.