Moises Caicedo admits he grew up idolising two Chelsea midfielders.

The Ecuador international fulfilled a boyhood dream leaving Brighton for the Blues in August.

Discussing a Blues shirt he had at home as a junior, Caicedo recalled to chelseafc.com: "I spoke to my old agent and I asked him if I could get that shirt.

"I wanted N'Golo Kante's shirt, but it was a bit impossible to get it. But he said, 'I'm gonna buy one for you'.

"One day he came to Ecuador and said, 'Look, I have a present for you,' and it was that shirt. It was fantastic for me, and I started to wear it. It was like a motivation for me, because Chelsea was one of the best teams I watched when I was a kid."

He added, "I used to watch videos of [Claude] Makelele from when he was here, because when I started to play in the midfield, I started to watch videos of Chelsea. I saw some videos of Makelele, and some of Kante as well. It was a motivation for me to play football because they were legends here."