Young players in line for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup gameTransfer targets before deadline include Arsenal’s Smith Rowe
Mauricio Pochettino will give a handful of Chelsea academy youngsters their first taste of senior football on Wednesday night when he includes them in his squad for the Carabao Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon at Stamford Bridge.
The manager did not want to name them on Tuesday lunchtime, partly because he had not yet told them himself and, as he allowed himself to imagine breaking the gloriously good news to them, it felt like a classic move from him.
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