Gusto is currently away as part of Zinedine Zidane’s France squad. They are attempting to hold on to top spot in their UEFA Nations League group and seal qualification for the quarter-finals in their final two games, against Marco Palestra’s Italy tonight and Turkiye on Sunday.

In his last game before meeting up with Les Bleus, Gusto came off the bench for Chelsea in our Premier League away fixture at Sunderland, making his 100th appearance for the club in that competition, and 144th in total since arriving from Lyon three years ago.

The 23-year-old joins an illustrious list of Frenchmen to have reached a century of games for the club in the Premier League, but who are the other seven Blues to have hit that landmark?

Nicolas Anelka – 125

Anelka was slow out the blocks for Chelsea, but he more than made up for it in his first full season, in 2008/09. A tally of 19 goals earned him the Premier League Golden Boot award – just the second Frenchman to win it, after Thierry Henry. He netted exactly half of his Premier League goals for the Blues that season, although his intelligent link play was an understated factor during a successful era for the club.

Frank Leboeuf – 144

The cultured defender was one half of an all-French centre-back pairing with Marcel Desailly that enjoyed plenty of success for club and country. In addition to his defensive strength and quality on the ball, particularly when spraying passes out from the back, Leboeuf also got his share of goals from penalties and some spectacular long-rangers.

Claude Makelele – 144

Famously the holding midfield player who was so good they named his position after him. ‘The Makelele role’ became a common term for a defensive-midfielder in the Premier League, but no one seemed to do it quite as well as him. He was a vital cog in the make-up of two title-winning sides, someone who made the game that much easier for his team-mates.

Florent Malouda – 149

Just like Gusto, the left-winger joined us from Lyon, and did so as the reigning Ligue 1 Player of the Year. Malouda hit top form during our 2009/10 Double-winning season as a key source of both goals and assists. Better was to follow in front of goal the following campaign, as he netted 13 times in the Premier League to finish as our leading scorer.

Marcel Desailly – 158

Two-time Champions League winner Desailly joined the Blues shortly before going on to lift the 1998 World Cup with France – alongside Leboeuf – on home soil, and it was not long before Chelsea fans found out just why he was known as The Rock. The defender was at his imposing best in our 2000 FA Cup triumph and during our maiden voyage in the Champions League. He was also the natural successor to Dennis Wise as skipper.

William Gallas – 159

Some Chelsea fans have not forgiven Gallas for departing the club for Arsenal as part of the deal which brought Ashley Cole to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2006, but there is no doubting the key role he played in two title-winning sides. His stunning late winner against Tottenham Hotspur lives long in the memory and he was also part of the defence which set a Premier League low of only 15 goals conceded in 2004/05.

N’Golo Kante – 190

Although a quiet character, there was nothing understated about Kante’s performances as we reclaimed our top-flight crown from his former club Leicester City in 2016/17. He was the dominant midfield player in the country and an obvious choice for numerous individual prizes that term. There was also arguably no-one as important as NG in our run to Champions League glory in Porto in 2021, as he was named Man of the Match in virtually every knockout game that season,