EXCLUSIVE ANDREY SANTOS INTERVIEW: Why Chelsea's Brazil wonderkid dreams of playing for Enzo Maresca, where it went wrong at Nottingham Forest and the childhood agony driving him to the top
It was August last year when Enzo Maresca told a 20-year-old Andrey Santos the route to the top and why - for now - it did not run through Chelsea.
Santos, Maresca said to him, had huge potential, but needed more minutes and playing time. He was off to Strasbourg for a year to play for Chelsea's sister club and evolve as a footballer.
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