One of the main talking points of Chelsea’s pre-season so far has been the performances of the youngsters in the Chelsea squad. Jose Mourinho has given them plenty of playing time, and their performances have certainly justified Mourinho’s selections. The current crop of Chelsea youngsters ...

There have been plenty of discussions about Chelsea’s weakened team for Sunday’s visit to Anfield. Jose Mourinho, if he is not playing any mind games on this occasion, is expected to pick a couple of Chelsea U-21 players for the starting eleven. Players like Nathan ...

Chelsea have managed to tie up young star Bertrand Traore on a four-and-a-half year contract. The 18-year-old is regarded as someone with a great future after managing to impress during pre-season. He was part of the Chelsea teams that played against the Asian teams during ...

Very few players have made the step up from the youth and reserve team into the Chelsea first-team in the last decade. Nathaniel Chalobah is one of them, and he has been very close to the first-team in the last year or so. Chalobah has ...

Many people will regard Chelsea’s youth academy to be non-existent because of the lack of success when it comes to developing a real first-team player. However, not many people will realise that there have been some good young players in the past, who have gone ...

Another summer and another round of youngsters leave Chelsea. This time it is the highly promising Michael Mancienne who has left the club. Former technical director Frank Arnesen has managed to sign the player who has been with Chelsea since the age of eight. He ...

Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images Europe Chelsea have allowed Gael Kakuta and Patrick van Aanholt to leave Stamford Bridge, albeit on a loan deal. Kakuta will be joining Fulham till the end of the season, while Patrick van Aanholt will be joining Sven Goran Eriksson ...