Chelsea fans shouldn’t be too concerned by the fact Alexandre Pato is yet to make his Blues debut, according to the player’s agent.
Pato joined Chelsea on loan until the end of the season in January but arrived in west London out of shape after a lack of action with Corinthians.
The Brazilian was placed on an intensive fitness programme in an attempt to get him up to speed and has made the substitutes bench for the last two matches.
He didn’t get on the field against Norwich or Stoke City though as Guus Hiddink decided Pato was not ready to be thrown into the mix in either of those fixtures.
Supporters could be forgiven for wondering if they will ever see the former AC Milan wonderkid in action for their club.
However, Pato is included in Chelsea’s Champions League squad list ahead of tonight’s meeting with Paris Saint-Germain and his camp are optimistic about his future chances.
Gilmar Veloz, Pato’s agent, told Radio Bandeirantes: "It's not up to Pato. His team has players who were already there, he needs to get a sequence, not to come and play.
“It's the manager who decides. It's a normal situation, where you get to a club which, since we arrived, only wins."
"Since he arrived, he trains with all the group, but only physically. After the third week, he started to get to the level of the others. It's the second game he travels to. It's normal, the team is scoring goals."
"There was nothing about [Hiddink not liking Pato], actually it's the opposite. He (Hiddink) received Pato very well, gave an interview talking about the signing.
“It's not like here in Brazil, where they arrive and they are picked to play.
“He was clear: he has to be in the same level as all the others are, to know how the system is, to know how they play."
Chelsea are likely to be without captain John Terry for the PSG showdown after Hiddink admitted on Saturday that his skipper was losing his race to be fit for the second leg.
