The younger Italian midfielder was dubbed the ‘next Frank Lampard’ by many previous to his transfer from Inter Milan for £13million plus add-ons final summer time. He confirmed glimpses of promise on mortgage for struggling Reading within the Championship and gained each the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at this summer time’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup for Italy.

His goalscoring prowess as a teenager has seen comparisons with Lampard, however he additionally displayed his composure in a extra deep-lying position as a part of a double-pivot alongside fellow teenager Andrey Santos towards Wrexham in North Carolina.

Casadei was chargeable for a neat interception and funky go to let out Nicholas Jackson, who promptly arrange Ian Maatsen to open the scoring after simply two minutes. There have been a number of extra eye-catching dribbles and neat passes from the Italian within the first half.

He later arrange Christopher Nkunku for the fourth objective within the 4-0 victory, prompting reward from the commentators for his “excellent” show and “always looking for the positive pass”. 

His efficiency additionally sparked a flurry of pleasure from Chelsea followers on social media. “Casadei. What a talent we have here,” one fan wrote, while one other added: “Protect Cesare Casadei at all cost, he's the next big thing.” 

Others hailed his “composure” with one fan accusing him of “stealing the show” and one other stating: “My god, the way Casadei carries the ball. Maestro.”

“I have said it before and I will say it again, Casadei is a baller and he must stay,” one other remark learn with one other writing: “Casadei. Brilliant night. Topping it off with a lovely assist.” 

Speaking throughout his mortgage spell final season, Casadei himself declared he fashions his recreation on Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde. Some of that was on show in a promising exhibiting towards the Red Dragons.

His supervisor at Reading, Paul Ince, made it clear he sees a vibrant future for the teenager when he hailed his expertise after a powerful show towards Blackpool. 

"I was really pleased with Casadei," stated Ince. "I brought him back in [to the starting 11]. When you come in from a foreign country like Italy, the tempo of the football is a lot different to Championship football. He's needed that extra few weeks in training to get that tempo and you saw that against Blackpool.

”You can see he is getting there, though, and sometimes you look and wish he was our player! But he's not. he has to go back to Chelsea. He did really, really well and he'll get better.”

Whilst comparisons with Lampard are likely to linger, Thomas Tuchel was keen to talk them down when Casadei first arrived when he was Chelsea manager. 

Tuchel stated: “I’m not so sure if we do him a big favour if we join in this discussion [about Lampard]. I met him yesterday here in the building.

"We will give him time now to learn the language, to learn what Chelsea is all about, to understand the culture, how we live here and train here on a daily basis.

"Once he is settled in we will give him an opportunity to train with us and show his qualities. Then we will assess him and I have a clearer picture of him. Then, we will see.”

After a while to settle, Casadei began pre-season by placing one foot ahead towards Wrexham. A giant season may now await with locations up for grabs in Pochettino’s midfield as he rebuilds throughout a giant summer time.