- Jan 11, 2013
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Chelsea also sign youngsters from other clubs academies like Izzy Brown (WBA) and Ethan Ampadu (Exeter).
They have also tapped up players from abroad in dodgy circumstances like Gael Kakuta.
Yes but all clubs do that. They probably have between one to two good signings per year group. I'm thinking of Castillo, Redan, Boga, Quina and Musonda . But I imagine 70% or more of their academy players are from the London catchment and have been there from young. Also it's usually their best players. They also pick players up from other academies but it's not exactly something we don't try to do, but as usual we are beaten by finances. We've got Parrott and Etete for exampel and I know we were going after Knight but we can't really compete with City on that front either.
RLC, CHO, Solanke, Abraham, Tomori, JCS, Panzo, Guehi have all been there signs u9s. Mount too but while he is from Portsmouth the aforementioned are from London
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