Chelsea’s player of the season Moises Caicedo missed their training session on Wednesday afternoon – but fans can rest assured that their highly-influential midfielder was not absent through injury.
Instead, Mail Sport has been told Caicedo was given permission by his club to skip that 3pm session in order to attend an event at which he received the National Order of Merit from Ecuador president Daniel Noboa, who has been visiting London this week.
It is also understood that Caicedo made sure to train at a different time rather than having a full day off amid the run-in.