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[Football] chelsea starting early this summer…









sussex_guy2k2

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Jun 6, 2014
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Madness surely to spend so much on a 17 year old even if he's a wonder kid. At 17 Fati was the new wonder kid, at 21 is he already a has been?
Similarly Mbappe was a wonder kid at that age and is now one of the best players in the world.

They can afford to gamble, so they do.
 


Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011
9,188
Sad news - the asset stripping continues as they unveil their latest purchase from Brighton - Tony Bloom's brand new Skoda. :confused:

skoda.jpg
 






Lurchy

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Jul 2, 2014
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I wonder how the forwards / wingers in their academy feel with so many young players on long contracts essentially blocking their pathway, and the business plan being to essentially loan them out and sell on for pure profit in order to sign the next wonderkid.
You can’t feel sorry for players like Shim Mheuka and Zak Sturge who had that pathway to a first team place and then decided to move there

Younger players who start there will get very good coaching though, most know their chances of breaking through are very slim.
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,066
WeHo
They probably look at their £100K+ a week (£5M a year) contracts and think, life ain't that bad really.
Lads at the academy aren’t earning anywhere near that much!
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,066
WeHo
Younger players who start there will get very good coaching though, most know their chances of breaking through are very slim.

Also most know Chelsea academy is a production line churning out players to be sold. If you’re there as a scholar you’re pretty much guaranteed to be a professional footballer rather than being semi-pro in nonleague.
 












raymondo

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Apr 26, 2017
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Wiltshire
You can’t feel sorry for players like Shim Mheuka and Zak Sturge who had that pathway to a first team place and then decided to move there

Younger players who start there will get very good coaching though, most know their chances of breaking through are very slim.
and their chances of a decent career elsewhere, in time, are good I'd imagine.
 




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