Jose Mourinho shows ruthlessness by discarding youth players
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Josh McEachran has been released by Chelsea after failing to make the grade
Many in the Chelsea Academy are busy signing or extending their professional contracts. Others are busy getting their first year scholarship papers in order. There were quite a few of the latter in fact, at least a dozen if not more at a rough count.
Yet this time of year also inevitably means a few departures as young players who have not made the cut get released. Of course, as per club policy, they don't just get shoved out the door. The club takes care of its own. Always.
"An example is four of the players we released last year we continued to employ in other roles with the Academy for a further year provided they also carried out some education studies. They didn't go from Chelsea to maybe needing to get part-time jobs that wouldn't allow them to do their studies - so our support consists of programmes such as that."
"When you are developing talent, it is about recruitment staff identifying that talent. It is then about our people at the club inducting and developing the talent and then unfortunately some players get released, but a very important part of that programme is how we release people. It is important to us like winning is." -- Neil Bath - Chelsea head of youth development
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Neil Bath has been given the green light to improve the youth squad in his own way
The four he's referring to were Josh McEachran, Alex Davey, Mitchell Beeney and John Swift. While I don't know exactly how Chelsea took care of them while they looked for a new job or career, I'm assuming it wasn't just to have them scrub the first teamers boots.
This year's cut list is as follows: We would like to wish the boys well who have been with us a long, long time - Charlie Colkitt, Todd Kane and Ola Aina.
McEachran, 22, is a sad story, though for different reasons altogether. A series of knee injuries have almost halted a once incredibly promising career, one that despite all that still managed to reach heights such as getting a call-up to (train with) the England national football team in his earlier days, he spent all last season frozen out in the reserves and only managed 3 matches
Good luck to all. Perhaps our paths shall cross again.
Josh McEachran has been released by Chelsea after failing to make the grade
Many in the Chelsea Academy are busy signing or extending their professional contracts. Others are busy getting their first year scholarship papers in order. There were quite a few of the latter in fact, at least a dozen if not more at a rough count.
Yet this time of year also inevitably means a few departures as young players who have not made the cut get released. Of course, as per club policy, they don't just get shoved out the door. The club takes care of its own. Always.
"An example is four of the players we released last year we continued to employ in other roles with the Academy for a further year provided they also carried out some education studies. They didn't go from Chelsea to maybe needing to get part-time jobs that wouldn't allow them to do their studies - so our support consists of programmes such as that."
"When you are developing talent, it is about recruitment staff identifying that talent. It is then about our people at the club inducting and developing the talent and then unfortunately some players get released, but a very important part of that programme is how we release people. It is important to us like winning is." -- Neil Bath - Chelsea head of youth development
Neil Bath has been given the green light to improve the youth squad in his own way
The four he's referring to were Josh McEachran, Alex Davey, Mitchell Beeney and John Swift. While I don't know exactly how Chelsea took care of them while they looked for a new job or career, I'm assuming it wasn't just to have them scrub the first teamers boots.
This year's cut list is as follows: We would like to wish the boys well who have been with us a long, long time - Charlie Colkitt, Todd Kane and Ola Aina.
McEachran, 22, is a sad story, though for different reasons altogether. A series of knee injuries have almost halted a once incredibly promising career, one that despite all that still managed to reach heights such as getting a call-up to (train with) the England national football team in his earlier days, he spent all last season frozen out in the reserves and only managed 3 matches
Good luck to all. Perhaps our paths shall cross again.
