Air Resistance 26 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Not side the details but one of our brightest stars coming through has resigned on scholarship terms following interest from Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites
Powlay 35 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 He was offered a scholarship at the club he didnt sigh it straight away but did in early july and has been used in the 2 U18 friendlies and played the full 90 for the dev side against Whitby. So not so much re-signing. Link to post Share on other sites
2plus2 290 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 So, essentially, Chelsea won't get their hands on him? At least not yet? Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Brilliant news but i think i remember this happened a few weeks ago. I hate clubs, usually Chelsea because their academy is rubbish in producing players from the local area so cherry pick all smaller clubs good youngsters before they sign a professional deal and try and make it as if they've came through their academy. Were always the target from big clubs as our academy is undoubtedly one of the greatest in the country. We must have to deal with this behind the scenes regularly as Wheater was targeted by Chelsea and Man Utd for years even up untill he signed his first professsional deal and that never hit any headlines. Link to post Share on other sites
Powlay 35 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I would put Chelsea's academy higher up than ours in all honesty. They do cherry pick talent thats the perks of being a huge club but they also bring some fantastic youths through who go onto be professionals at other sides, in the championship and abroad. Bryn Morris was linked heavily with Liverpool by the way not Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Im sure they have more highly regarded youth coaches and spend more than us but I would still say ours is better in terms of regularly producing local talent. The only players I can pick out off the top of my head is John Terry but was at West Ham at junior level and Josh McEachran is the only one I can think of that they produced fully. There will be more though but I dont think they have had the same regularly stream of premier league quality players in recent years as us. And ok I was sure the Gazette listed Chelsea as one of the main clubs but they musn't have been as keep as Liverpool then. Link to post Share on other sites
Armster 29 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11680/7729428/Eyes-on-Boro-starlet does actually say, man utd, man city, liverpool and chelsea Link to post Share on other sites
Powlay 35 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yeah Liverpool were really the only one what shown more than a passing interest. Link to post Share on other sites
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