ENZO MARESCA has named a 17-year-old to Chelsea's Europa League Conference League squad for Thursday's clash against Legia Warsaw.
Landon Emenalo could get his first minutes in the Blues' quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge.
The Premier League side were dominant in the first leg in Poland, with afirst senior goal from and a brace from Noni Madueke giving them a 3-0 lead.
TheConference Leaguehas provided a chance for a number of youngsters to make their senior debuts for the club.
As well as George,, 17,and Samuel Rak-Sakyi, 20, have seen nearly all of their minutes come in this competition.
And Emenalo is the latest name in that list after being added to Chelsea's first team squad for the first time ever.
The teenage midfielder was invited to train with the first team this week for the first time and was registered to Uefa overnight.
Emenalo is the and Nigeria international Michael Emenalo.
Landon has impressed for the U18s this season, scoring once in 12 games.
The youngster initially joined Chelsea through the Under-8s development centre.
Although he spent time with Monaco, the defensive midfielder returned to Cobham during his Under-13s season.
Emenalo signed his first professional contract with Chelsea after celebrating his 17th birthday in January.
He was born in Arizona and has a US national mother that allows him the option of
Landon, who wasreportedly raised as a Chelsea fan, is highly thought of at Cobham.
His dad Micheal played for clubs such as Notts County and San Jose Clash during his career before hanging up his boots to venture into coaching and board-level roles.
The 59-year-old worked as a scout and assistant manager for Chelsea between 2007 and 2011, before taking the role as technical director for six years.
During his time in SW6 he worked alongside managers such as and , while he was also part of the team that brought in players such as , and .
Since then he has held the same position at and is now the president of the league association for the Saudi Pro League.
