Well done to the lad... Has a fight on his hands to get ahead of Adam Armstrong and Dominic Solanke
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lol! Watched both players at Euro 2014 (U17s) with Joe Gomez, both scored a number of goals...Armstrong has appeared a few times for Newcastle now whilst Solanke was rumoured to be in the Squad against Manchester United
Great recognition for the player and club. I also watched the tournament in the summer, and taking all three games Joe Gomez was the best England player overall, followed by the Fulham youngster.
Quite liked that Isaiah Brown but think he's an idiot... Kid would probably be a First-Teamer @ West Brom now (Seeing appeared in the Premier League for them), Chelsea then made him an offer and so ended another players career
If Peeters nurture's KAG correctly I think he could be the best striker to come out of our youth academy in a long time. Big IF though as we all know how quickly things change for players that age.
Quite liked that Isaiah Brown but think he's an idiot... Kid would probably be a First-Teamer @ West Brom now (Seeing appeared in the Premier League for them), Chelsea then made him an offer and so ended another players career
Chelsea.. the Graveyard of Youth
Chelsea have one of the best youth teams in Europe at the moment. In their recent champions league youth game, 16 of their 18 players were English and Mourinho has said that with FFP kicking in, he wants to bring through a few of these kids. Whether he will though is another matter.
After Brown left the club West Brom's chairman considered scrapping the club's category one development academy as the EPPP rules Chelsea used to sign Brown meant that the club were losing their best prospects for nominal fees that failed to cover the cost of running an academy
So even in Cat 1 smaller clubs can still have their best young players plundered by the larger ones...
Having watched Izzy Brown and Ruben Loftus- Cheek, two Chelsea players with fantastic skill, but no where near the chelsea 1st team, tells you everythink you need to know about young gifted players at the top 2 clubs in England. (other young but less talented players will be playing 1st team football and getting ahead of you)
The FA @FA · 3m 3 minutes ago England U18s v Poland: Woodman, Walker-Peters, Moore, Adarabioyo, Ledson (C), Maitland-Niles, Ahearne-Grant, Rashford, Sims, Armstrong
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I also watched the tournament in the summer, and taking all three games Joe Gomez was the best England player overall, followed by the Fulham youngster.
Chelsea.. the Graveyard of Youth
He is 1 of only 3 players from the Championship selected.
As he was only 17 two months ago, we need to play him in 20/25 min cameos from the bench.
We need to be in charge of his development.
Chelsea have one of the best youth teams in Europe at the moment. In their recent champions league youth game, 16 of their 18 players were English and Mourinho has said that with FFP kicking in, he wants to bring through a few of these kids. Whether he will though is another matter.
but no where near the chelsea 1st team, tells you everythink you need to know about young gifted players at the top 2 clubs in England. (other young but less talented players will be playing 1st team football and getting ahead of you)
The FA @FA · 3m 3 minutes ago
England U18s v Poland: Woodman, Walker-Peters, Moore, Adarabioyo, Ledson (C), Maitland-Niles, Ahearne-Grant, Rashford, Sims, Armstrong