Happily for Chelsea, Christopher Nkunku is rather more au fait with the back of the net, in Europe in particular. With his 11th goal of a frustrating season, the French striker continued his perfect record of scoring in all six Conference League games this term, not to mention the Blues’s 100 per cent start to their group stage campaign.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has emphatically made it clear that Christopher Nkunku is not available for sale in January, even as he continues to be strongly linked with a move to Manchester

Heidenheim 0 Chelsea 2 How much is Christopher Nkunku worth? A 27-year-old France international, he cost Chelsea £52 million when he joined the club last summer. Most would probably agree that he is still worth the same sort of money now.