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Josh McEachran. Gael Kakuta. Lucas Piazon. Charly Musonda. These are names that are written into the history of Chelsea Football Club, and all for the wrong reasons. Whilst the Blues have been celebrating silverware and breaking records over the last 15 years, many of the players at the club have been living through a very different fate. 

Indeed, for all of Chelsea’s success on the pitch at Stamford Bridge, they’ve had markedly less success on the training pitches at Cobham – at least in the traditional sense. Featuring in five consecutive FA Youth Cup finals is a testament to the strength of the Chelsea academy, but the Blues’ failure to promote any young talent into the first team during that time indicates that it’s a system with a broken cog.

Josh McEachran made first appearance for Chelsea in the Premier League during the 2010-11 season, but in the 2015-16 season, he moved to Brentford after 5 separate loan spells. Gael Kakuta played a solitary game for the Blues in the 2009-10 Premier League season, and he’s subsequently spent time at 10 separate clubs since, either on loan or permanent moves. He left Chelsea in 2015 on a free transfer. Lucas Piazon had shades of Kaka about him when he moved to Stamford Bridge in 2011, but after just 1 Premier League game for the Blues in the years since, he’s best known for his impressive two-year stint at Fulham now. Charly Musonda is more of a contemporary failure for the Blues, with his failed loan to Celtic last season indicative of Chelsea’s mismanagement of their most talented young players.

On their own, Chelsea’s inability to harness this talent is bad enough, but when combined and added to the likes Nathaniel Chalobah, Ryan Bertrand and Bertrand Traore – three players that were sold on for pennies after Chelsea signed big money replacements – the problem becomes an epidemic, and so far, Chelsea haven’t been able to find a cure.

That’s a real problem for a number of reasons. Firstly, and most notably, it reduces the overall quality on the field for Chelsea. Some of Europe’s most talented men have graced the pitch at Stamford Bridge only to be moved on prematurely, like Kevin De Bruyne and Mohammed Salah, and that’s left the Blues in a worse position long-term. It’s also bad for the fans of the club. You only have to watch Chelsea once to see how popular homegrown talent is, given the constant chances of ‘Ruben!’ whenever midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek enters the fray at Stamford Bridge. Homegrown talent has an immediate affinity with a club’s fanbase, and their lack of utilisation at Stamford Bridge has been a consistent point of contention between the fans and the club at Stamford Bridge in recent years. There’s also the club identity argument. If a player has grown up at a club, he’s inherently got a better connection with it, and that can help make them a better player as a result. Take John Terry, for example. He had incredible natural talent, but it was his love for Chelsea that took him to the next level.

There’s no doubt, then, that Chelsea are worse off for their lack of youth development, and that’s only come to the fore more prominently this week owing to a recent report surrounding Jadon Sancho. Sancho has emerged as one of Europe’s brightest young talents this season after ditching Man City for Borussia Dortmund, and now the Independent are reporting that Man Utd are considering an £80 million move for him. That’s a stunning sum of money, and it serves as further proof that Chelsea simply cannot afford to not utilise their youth talent. Not only is it costing them players on the field, but, evidently, it’s costing them big money, too.

Now, of course, Chelsea have made big money from their youth academy over the years, but nobody has come close to the £80 million fee associated with Sancho – and so it’s clear that Chelsea are missing a trick. Not only is the Englishman impressing on the field, but he’s now potentially going to make a big impact off of it, too.

This is particularly poignant at present given the situation surrounding Callum Hudson-Odoi. Linked with a move to Bayern Munich in January, he’s hardly featured since that point, with the German giants still expected to return for him in the summer. And, with only a year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge, the Englishman could well be able to force an exit for Chelsea for a cut-price fee.

This isn’t only a Chelsea problem, it’s important to recognise that. Man Utd, the team linked with Sancho this time around, have their own issues, and they’ve got a ton of under-utilised talent that should get a chance. From Tahith Chong to Mason Greenwood. the Red Devils face a similar set of issues if they don’t make use of the academy. But the difference between the two clubs is that Man Utd have a history of focusing on youth, and even during their recent struggles, players like Marcus Rashford have made the jump. And that’s, significantly, without the use of the loan system.

This has never been a more pressing issue for Chelsea. They’ve been able to manage the consequences of their rejection of youth for years with minimal impact, yet now it’s not only costing them talent; it’s also costing them money. It’s at this point that the Chelsea brass cannot, and surely will not, allow it to continue.

Hudson-Odoi, too, is only at the surface of the problem. From Mason Mount to Reece James to Dujon Sterling, there are dozens of young players at Stamford Bridge that could prove to be worth their weight in gold. And if Chelsea don’t utilise them, somebody else will, and as in the case of Sancho, they will reap the rewards instead.

Chelsea fans – what is the solution to this problem? Will Hudson-Odoi leave? Do the Blues just need a complete restructure? Let us know below…

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Brentford’s Yoann Barbet is currently in discussions to renew his contract, according to Football.London.

He’s a player Aston Villa were understood to have been interested in adding to their squad in January but with the Frenchman’s future still unclear, should they revive their interest in the defender?

What’s the word?

Barbet is set to become a free agent this summer with his contract at the Bees expiring at the end of the season. However, the Frenchman has claimed that talks are ongoing to keep him with the London based club.

The ex-Bordeaux man told Football.London: “We’ve been talking but there is nothing at the moment.”

Villa have had a prior interest in the 25-year-old, with the player speaking about rumours of a possible move to the club just a matter of months ago. However, loan moves for Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings were preferred at the time.

No verdict has been reached between Brentford and Barbet yet but it’s unclear as to whether Villa are still monitoring him.

Perfect Mings alternative

The loanee from Bournemouth has been an instant hit in the Midlands but the player has been linked with Southampton, according to the Sunday Mirror, (17/03, page 72), via HITC.

Although his loss would be incredibly difficult to deal with, Barbet offers a very good alternative. Mings would likely come at a hefty price and therefore the Bees centre-back would represent far better business for the club.

Villa have a number of central defenders on loan, with Axel Tuanzebe and Hause both not permanent members of the squad either. Therefore the club would struggle for numbers in defence if all three were to depart.

Barbet has been part of a Bees defensive line that has conceded four goals less than Villa this term, despite sitting eight places below them. The fact he’s made more challenges per game than any defender currently at Villa also bodes particularly well.

Dean Smith has worked with the French defender before, having previously been the manager of Brentford and as a result, knows the player better than most. Potentially costing nothing, he would be the ideal replacement if they fail to land Mings.

كشفت تقارير مغربية عن رغبة ناديي بيراميدز وإنبي في ضم مهاجم الوداد البيضاوي فرانسيس كازادي كاسنجو، خلال الفترة المقبلة.

وأفاد موقع “360 le” بأن الكونغولي فرانسيس كازادي كاسنجو مهاجم الوداد لديه عرضين احترافيين من ناديي بيراميدز وإنبي، كما أشار التقرير أن اللاعب تلقي عرضًا آخر من الدوري القطري.

وتابع: “ويناقش وكيل اللاعب الكونغولي العروض المقدمة لديه لاختيار الأفضل”.

وكان كازادي انضم لصفوف الوداد المغربي في موسم الانتقالات الشتوية الأخيرة، وتألق في صفوف الفريق وسجل 10 أهداف من بينها 2 في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

جدير بالذكر أن الأهلي يستعد لمواجهة الوداد يوم 17 أكتوبر الجاري في المغرب في مباراة الذهاب بدور نصف النهائي من بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

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Zinedine Zidane has demanded that Real Madrid complete the signing of Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen this summer, according to El Confidencial.

The Frenchman returned to the Santiago Bernabeu hotseat earlier this month and is already beginning to plan for the summer.

What’s the word?

Eriksen has thus far spurned Tottenham’s advances to pin him down to a new contract.

His current deal expires at the end of next season, with Mauricio Pochettino’s men running the risk of potentially losing him on a free once the 2019-20 campaign draws to a close.

The London Evening Standard reported in January that the Denmark international was stalling in contract negotiations; he is said to have been offered at least £150,000-per-week, a significant increase on his current £70,000-per-week wages.

El Confidencial state that Los Blancos are keen to sign a playmaker this summer, with Eriksen the target.

Indeed, they claim that “if nothing changes” he will move to the Spanish capital, having been hand-picked by Zidane as a potential reinforcement.

The 27-year-old has scored seven goals and laid on 12 assists thus far this season.

Move Winks forward

It appears inevitable that Eriksen will leave Spurs this summer.

He has thus far shown no signs of wanting to extend his stay at the club and it is not every day that Real come knocking.

Manager Pochettino has the perfect opportunity, then, to put in place a succession plan this season involving Harry Winks.

Winks has regularly played as a deeper central midfield player but has the attributes required to play more advanced; he is deceptively strong, a fine passer of the ball and offers the vision to split defences. Perhaps his one flaw is his lack of goals but that can come with time.

Former Southampton and England star Matt Le Tissier has expressed his doubts that Winks could play in a forward role, writing on Twitter: “(Winks) does the simple things well but too often when he attempts something with a larger degree of difficulty he can’t do it, plenty of time to improve on that tho (sic) as still very young and inexperienced.

Asked to pin down what he struggles with, he added: “Long-range passing and shots at goal. As I said he’s young and got time to improve on those things, not being disingenuous at all.”

The 23-year-old will need to make some tweaks to his game and he will never be a carbon copy of Eriksen. But in terms of orchestrating play and creating chances, he has the potential to fill the void.

With Eriksen seemingly certain to move on, he has the perfect opportunity to prove Le Tissier wrong and ensure that Pochettino does not need to dip into the transfer market to replace the Dane.

فاز منتخب أوكرانيا بهدفٍ نظيف على ضيفه إسبانيا، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما مساء اليوم الثلاثاء، على ملعب “أولمبيسكي الوطني الرياضي”، بالجولة الرابعة من مباريات دور المجموعات في دوري الأمم الأوروبية. شاهد هدف فوز أوكرانيا على اسبانيا

الهدف الوحيد في المباراة سجّله فيكتور تسيهانكوف لـ أوكرانيا في الدقيقة 76.

وفشلت كتيبة المدرب لويس إنريكي في هز شباك أصحاب الأرض على مدار 90 دقيقة، رغم المحاولات الهجومية العديدة من هجوم لاورخا، ولكن دفاع أوكرانيا كان صامدًا طوال اللقاء.

هذا الانتصار رفع رصيد أوكرانيا للنقطة السادسة، ليتواجد في المرتبة الثالثة بالمجموعة الرابعة، فيما توقف رصيد إسبانيا عند سبع نقاط في الصدارة، وتُعد هذه هي الهزيمة الأولى لـ روخا في النسخة الحالية من البطولة.

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Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to reveal that they want the club to activate Toby Alderweireld’s release clause, which is believed to be £25m.

The Belgian international saw a one-year extension in his contract with Spurs triggered back in January, although that decision meant that his release clause came into play – in this market, it is a fee which could easily be triggered by a top club.

Has Alisson been Liverpool’s most important signing of the season? Check out the video below to find out why Jurgen Klopp thinks so…

Liverpool have, at times this season, suffered with their defensive depth at centre-back and have had to deploy Fabinho in the role on the odd occasion as a result of injuries to Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren and Fabinho.

However, if Alderweireld were to arrive on Merseyside, he could potentially stunt the development of Gomez, who, before his injury, was amongst the top performing defenders in the league and earning rave reviews from all corners.

For just £25m, the question has been put to the Reds’ fanbase on Twitter as to whether or not they’d like to see the former Ajax man arrive at Anfield in the summer.

Unsurprisingly, the majority are in favour of seeing the 30-year-old arrive at the club…

كان مهاجم ميلان زلاتان إبراهيموفيتش متعطشًا للفوز ضد إنتر، بعد أسبوعين قضاهما في الحجر الصحي بعد إصابته بفيروس كورونا.

النجم البالغ من العمر 39 عامًا تغلب على كورونا وشارك في ديربي الغضب، وساهم في فوز فريقه بهدفين لهدف، وسجل هدفي الروسونيري.

طالع تقرير مباراة ميلان وإنتر وشاهد الأهداف

وقال إبراهيموفيتش لشبكة “سكاي سبورت إيطاليا”: “ميلان لم يفز بالديربي منذ أربع سنوات، لقد كنت عالقًا في المنزل لمدة أسبوعين، لذلك كنت جائعًا وقد ظهر ذلك”.

وأضاف: “فقدت حاسة التذوق لدي قليلاً، لكن كان لدي مسحة كل ثلاثة أيام، ولم يكن ليمنعني أحد من لعب الديربي”.

أردف إبراهيموفيتش: “أشعر بخيبة أمل لأنه تم التصدي لركلة الجزاء، لكن الشيء المهم هو أن الفريق فاز، أنا الأكبر في الفريق، أشعر بالكثير من المسؤولية وأحب هذا الشعور، لأنهم جميعًا يتبعونني ويتوقون للفوز”.

سُئل إبرا عما إذا كان مندهشًا من أدائه الخاص، لكن الإجابة كانت بالطبع لا، ورد: “أنا أعرف مستواي، بعد الإصابة، ذهبت إلى أمريكا لأشعر بالحياة، أخبرت جوزيه مورينيو في مانشستر يونايتد أنني لست مستعدًا ولا أريد أن أكون مخيبًا للآمال، لذلك ذهبت إلى أمريكا”.

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وأكمل السويدي: “أخبرني مينو رايولا أن أعود إلى أوروبا، قالوا لي إن ميلان بحاجة لي، لذا جئت، أشعر الآن أنني لاعب أكثر اكتمالا مما كنت عليه قبل 10 سنوات، إذا كانت لدي مستويات اللياقة التي كنت أمتلكها قبل 10 سنوات، فلن يوقفني أحد، وضع في اعتبارك لا يمكنهم إيقافي الآن أيضًا”.

وشدد إبرا: “أتدرب بقوة، ألعب بالخبرة وزملائي المستعدين للمساعدة، لن أقبل أن يرفعوا أقدامهم عن دواسة الوقود، في التدريب أو في المباراة، يجب أن نتدرب دائمًا بنسبة 200 في المائة”.

وبسؤاله عما إذا كان ميلان قادر على الفوز بالسكوديتو، بعد بداية الموسم المثالية حيث يتصدروا الترتيب، أتم: “نحن نلعب مباراة واحدة في كل مرة، عندما وصلت كان الهدف هو التأهل لأوروبا وفعلنا ذلك، أعتقد أن السكوديتو هو احتمال، لأنه إذا كنت تؤمن، فيمكنك تحقيق أي شيء، ما زال هناك طريق طويل لنقطعه”.

On Friday night, we all saw a perfect example of what Jordan Henderson can do when he’s at his very best on a football pitch. No one on Merseyside has ever looked at their skipper as being a super-sub, but he played that role with a goal and an assist off the bench. However, the Reds still want to see him stripped of the captain’s armband.

The issue is that whilst Henderson is certainly a leader and has the qualities that a skipper needs, he just isn’t starting regularly enough to warrant holding onto the armband. Instead, the Kopites would love to see their all-powerful Dutch defender, Virgil van Dijl, carrying the honour of being the club captain at Anfield. At times this season, he’s taken the responsibility on, and now the fans want it to be a permanent thing.

Henderson, James Milner and Van Dijk are the trio that Jurgen Klopp seems to trust more than any others to wear the armband, and who can blame him. All three have experience and a level of calmness when playing top flight football, yet of all of them, Van Dijk is the man who the fans are desperate to see with the honour of being their skipper. It certainly isn’t an easy job, but the Dutchman can do it and eventually the Reds want to see that change being made.

You can read the Kopites’ calls for Van Dijk as their skipper here:

The Kopites would all rather see Van Dijk with the armband than Henderson, even if Hendo was their Friday night saviour against the Saints.

علّق فرناندينيو لاعب مانشستر سيتي على الإصابة التي تعرض لها في مباراة الأمس أمام بورتو في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وتواجه الفريقان في الجولة الأولى من دور مجموعات البطولة على ملعب الاتحاد، حيث فاز مانشستر سيتي بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف. أهداف مانشستر سيتي وبورتو

وتعرض فرناندينيو لإصابة في اللحظات الأخيرة من المباراة، واضطر للخروج في الدقيقة 94.

وأكد جوارديولا أن مانشستر سيتي سيفتقد خدمات فرناندينيو لعدة أسابيع (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

من جانبه، كتب فرناندينيو عبر حسابه الشخصي بموقع “تويتر”: “ليست بالأخبار الأفضل، لكنني سأعود قريبًا”.

وأضاف: “حان الوقت الآن للعمل والتعافي، ومع ذلك من الرائع دائمًا أن تبدأ البطولة بالفوز”.

The news are not the best, but I’ll be back soon. 🙏🏾 Now it’s time to work and recover. However, it’s always great to kick off with a win. ➕3️⃣ Cmon @mancity 💪🏾🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/okTtQHI5nG — Fernandinho (@fernandinho) October 21, 2020

Four wins, 10 goals, two clean sheets, Portsmouth are hitting form in the league right on cue.

A 3-2 win away to Wycombe Wanderers extended Kenny Jackett’s winning run in League One to four in a row, and with Barnsley losing away to Burton, Pompey now sit two points behind an automatic promotion spot with a game in hand.

It’s looking set to be a dog fight between Portsmouth and Sunderland for second place in the table come the final day of the season, but Pompey both finding a purple patch and already outclassing the Black Cats recently in the EFL Trophy final, the south coast side could be set for a second promotion in two years.

The feel-good factor is well and truly in it’s prime at Portsmouth, and this mentality and atmosphere amongst the players and fans is something that can lead the club to a return to the Championship, and this has to continue by Pompey carrying on their current winning run.

Four games might not seem like a much, but with each game becoming more and more important for the side this run could snowball into something more for Portsmouth, and that something being the results they need to get promoted.

Winnable games against Rochdale, Coventry and Accrington Stanley make up nearly half of Portsmouth’s remaining games, and if Jackett’s side can keep the form up going into their crucial tie against Sunderland on the 27th April at the Stadium of Light, Pompey will be in a good position to getting another result over the Black Cats.

Results going against Portsmouth have helped the side greatly this week, now it’s up to them to keep their winning run going to the end of the season if they are to achieve promotion back to the Championship way ahead of schedule.

Portsmouth fans, can Pompey keep this winning run up? Let us know!