also worth noting that there aren't a lot of youth players at Chelsea right now that are ready to step up ... Hiddink also hasn't played a lot of youngsters. Guys like Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kenedy haven't featured more often than under Mourinho. The only one to step up under Hiddink is Bertrand Traore, but Hiddink also only started playing him because of injury concerns.
Mourinho did play Zouma a lot even as a 19/20 year old, so maybe there's hope.
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