The 22-year-old, who on Thursday afternoon signed a new long-term Chelsea contract, impressed throughout pre-season and was selected in Tuchel’s Super Cup starting XI in August and has grown from strength to strength since making his debut on that day in Belfast.

Chalobah has already contributed two Premier League goals and has helped earn the team four clean sheets in his five top-flight starts to date.

‘His consistency [has impressed me]. He can produce the same performances in different games at this young age,’ said Tuchel. ‘It's a new challenge for him to be now a regular player for Chelsea.’

‘He was very strong in pre-season, showed no nerves in the pre-season games and when it came to the first start, he played in Super Cup. That was impressive because he did what he did in the friendlies. This is what I like a lot about him.

‘He's doing his thing and he is not affected in the moment by too much praise or by the pressure that can arise with spectators.

‘He can still and needs to improve in his things. The level he can provide is very high, I'm super happy. He is a calm guy, very focused and knows what he wants.’

After successful loans spells in the Championship with Ipswich Town and then Huddersfield, the defender then made the brave switch to play in Ligue 1 with Lorient, to hone and develop his game.

‘It's a nice development being on loan at different clubs and playing a lot of games,' added Tuchel. 'You can see that it helped him to deal with the situation here. It's impressive and I'm very happy for him.

‘For him personally, I think this was the key. For another player it can be that training is more relevant. It depends on the individual situation. For Trevoh it was very important to play these matches.

‘It was important to play in different countries, different competitions. This is what you see now, he can adapt.’

Chalobah first entered Cobham at the age of eight and is now fulfilling his dream of playing in SW6.

‘He was never hiding that this was his dream, to play here in blue at Stamford Bridge.

‘It's how he behaves, if he continues to stay that humble with both feet on the ground and living up to his dream by actually living up to it then he's on a good road.’