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      Young players who left Chelsea to make the grade elsewhere including Eddie Nketiah, Declan Rice and Nathan Ake

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      SOME Chelsea academy prospects are now thriving first-team stars at the Blues – with one now becoming the most expensive British transfer ever.The likes of Mason Mount and Reece James have made great strides from the youth team to become Premier League heroes.
      Declan Rice is now starring for both West Ham and EnglandCredit: Alamy
      Mount left West London this summer to sign for Manchester United in a £60million deal.
      While Declan Rice has stolen the headlines – securing a record-breaking £105million move to London rivals Arsenal.
      For years youth prospects were forced to spend time on loan and eventually leave the club permanently in search of first-team football.
      SunSport picks out five of the Chelsea academy prospects that got away…
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      Declan Rice
      The ex-West Ham midfielder was a top transfer target for the Blues, until the Gunners swooped to sign him.
      Now a regular in Gareth Southgate’s England squad, it appeared the Blues missed a trick when they released him at the age of 14.
      Rice revealed how he ‘broke down’ following the news but moved to the Hammers where he has cemented his reputation as one of the best defensive midfielders in the country.
      A move back to his boyhood club appeared almost inevitable, before Roman Abramovich’s sanction woes, but now they will have to see him wear the red and white of Arsenal.
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      Declan Rice, right, was released by Chelsea age 14
      Rhian Brewster
      The 22-year-old striker joined Chelsea aged seven having turned down the likes of Arsenal.
      At the age of 14, he quit to join Liverpool where he felt his development was better suited elsewhere.
      He made just three competitive appearances for the Reds but a loan stint at Swansea highlighted his potential.
      The England U17s World Cup winner bagged 10 in 20 for the Swans and earned a £23.5million move to Sheffield United in 2020.
      He suffered relegation with the Blades, and found goals hard to come by in the Championship with just one goal in 17 games last season.
      Will be hoping to regain his earlier form in the Premier League again this season.
      Rhian Brewster made a £23.5m move to Sheff Utd
      Nathan Ake
      The Dutch defender was rewarded with a £40million switch to Man City in 2020 and a Treble winning-season last year after spending three impressive seasons at Bournemouth.
      He joined Chelsea’s academy in 2011 from Feyenoord and had three loan spells with Reading, Watford and the Cherries.
      Ake made seven league appearances for Chelsea before sealing his permanent move to Bournemouth for £20m in 2017.
      Nathan Ake was sold to Bournemouth for £20m in 2017Credit: Rex Features
      Eddie Nketiah is now a regular in the first-team set-up at ArsenalCredit: EPA
      Eddie Nketiah
      Nketiah teamed up with the Chelsea academy as a nine-year-old but was released by the club in 2015.
      Arsenal quickly snapped the now 24-year-old up, who committed his future to the club by signing a new contract last summer.
      In his past two seasons, Nketiah has scored 19 goals for the Gunners in all competitions.
      Bertrand Traore
      Traore was first linked with a move to Chelsea in 2010 from Auxerre but it was 2013 when he was finally announced.
      He was loaned to Vitesse and Ajax before making ten league appearances for Chelsea, scoring twice.
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      Traore then spent three years with Lyon before earning a £17million switch to Aston Villa in 2020.
      He enjoyed a loan in Turkey with Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir, and is negotiating a move away from Villa Park.
      Bertrand Traore failed to hit the heights at ChelseaCredit: AFP More

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      Mauricio Pochettino confirms Romelu Lukaku’s Chelsea career is over as he says ‘everybody agrees’ on transfer

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      MAURICIO POCHETTINO has poured cold water on the possibility for Romelu Lukaku to reignite his Chelsea career.Blues boss Poch left out several key names from his 29-man United States touring group this pre-season as he continues his epic squad streamlining in West London.
      Mauricio Pochettio is swinging the axe at ChelseaCredit: Getty
      Romelu Lukaku has been told he has no future at the West London clubCredit: Getty
      He has overseen a mass departure this summer with ELEVEN outgoings so far, including Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, N’Golo Kante, Kai Havertz and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, as well as Christian Pulisic, Cesar Azpilicueta, Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy.
      Meanwhile, Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Hakim Ziyech and Callum Hudson-Odoi are continuing their summer conditioning back in England with the expectation they will leave the club.
      Following his arrival at Stamford Bridge, Poch revealed he wanted Lukaku to arrive at pre-season on time ahead of a conversation about his future at the club.
      However, it now seems Lukaku is destined to play his football away from Chelsea this upcoming season, with both Serie A giants Inter Milan and Juventus linked.
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      Asked about his decision to keep Lukaku and his three teammates at home, Poch explained: “It is the club and of course it is an interesting situation.
      “When this type of decision is [made, it is] because they all agree. The player and club are working hard to try and find best solution.”
      Poch continued: “It is obvious the decision had been made on the side of the player also. We act in consequence of the decision. The club and player are in the position they wanted.”
      Lukaku – who re-signed for Chelsea from Inter for a club-record £97m in the summer of 2021 – is determined to return to Italy where he spent last campaign on loan with the Nerazzurri, scoring 14 goals in 37 outings and reaching the Champions League final.
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      Chelsea were originally keen to offloads Lukaku to the Saudi Super League, along with the likes of former stars N’Golo Kante, Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy.
      However, Lukaku has no interest in playing in Saudi Arabia, despite the hefty wage increase.
      Poch also has a decision to make on defender Levi Colwill, who spent last season on loan with Brighton and is wanted back by the Seagulls, seeing a £30m bid recently turned down.
      Wesley Fofana’s recent operation on a ruptured ACL leaves the Argentine coach short at the back, and he has made it clear he expects Colwill to fight for his place instead of leaving.
      On Colwill, Poch said: “We were talking. It was a nice talk. It is important that they need to know us.
      “To know what we think, to see that the competition will be tough but to challenge for that and know they can be in the starting XI because football is about competing.
      “They understood and we understood what they wanted to translate to us. All is clear and we are happy with all the players we have in the USA.” More

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      Chelsea set to snap up England and Newcastle wonderkid Ollie Harrison, 15, as they build for the future

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      CHELSEA are set to sign Newcastle wonderkid Ollie Harrison, according to reports.New manager Mauricio Pochettino is rebuilding his squad after a horrific campaign last season that saw them finish 12th, but is still keeping an eye towards the future.
      Chelsea are set to sign Newcastle wonderkid Ollie HarrisonCredit: Getty
      According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the West Londoners are closing in on Harrison, 15, who is set to leave Newcastle this summer.
      Brighton and Wolves are also targeting the midfielder but Chelsea are leading the bidding war.
      The England Under-16 international will join the club’s esteemed academy if he puts pen to paper.
      Fans are excited with that potential addition and praised the club for thinking ahead.
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      One supporter tweeted: “The future is bright. Camon Chelsea.”
      Another commented: “We r cooking.”
      A third wrote: “We own the league.”
      This fan posted: “I’m a Chelsea fan and I must say, this is a very exciting transfer.
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      “We need more young talents to be able to compete with the like of Manchester City for the EPL this coming season.”
      And that one stated: “With Ollie Harrison playing for Chelsea for at least five years, the Blues will dominate the English Premier League for years to come.”
      Harrison has already experienced success in his young career as he was part of the England Under-16 side that won the Mondial Montaigu Tournament.
      That is the same competition that has seen a number of football stars compete during their youth, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Kylian Mbappe. More

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      Chelsea’s longest serving player on verge of Championship transfer as fans hail ‘terrific ambition’

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      CHELSEA’S longest serving player is on the verge of a move to the Championship.The move has been hailed as “terrific ambition” by fans of the side he is close to joining.
      Ethan Ampadu is close to joining Leeds UnitedCredit: Getty
      Ethan Ampadu became the Blues’ longest serving player earlier this summer following the departure of Cesar Azpilicueta.
      The versatile defender has been on the books at Stamford Bridge for six years, having signed from Exeter City in 2017.
      However, he has not played for the club for five-and-a-half years and now looks set to leave after entering the final year of his contract.
      According to The Athletic, Leeds United are close to signing Ampadu, with talks between the two clubs over a permanent deal ongoing.
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      The potential transfer has excited fans of the recently relegated side ahead of their return to the Championship.
      One supporter tweeted: “Shows terrific ambition does this. Getting excited now!”
      Another commented: “What a start.”
      A third fan added: “Amazing signing.”
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      Meanwhile, one more also wrote: “Out of nowhere, love it.”
      Ampadu has made 12 first-team appearances for Chelsea, although just one of those came in the Premier League.
      He has spent the last four seasons out on loan, with spells at RB Leipzig, Sheffield United, Venezia and Spezia.
      The last three of those seasons have all seen Ampadu relegated with his temporary club.
      Ethan Ampadu is Chelsea’s longest serving playerCredit: Getty
      Still just 22, he already has 43 caps for Wales and was in their squads for the Euros and World Cup in recent years.
      A versatile addition to the Leeds squad, Ampadu can play at both centre-back and as a defensive midfielder. More

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      Vlahovic’s Wag ‘the Italian Megan Fox’ joins no bra club in low-cut black dress as partner is linked with Prem transfer

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      JUVENTUS star Dusan Vlahovic’s partner Carolina Stramare wowed on social media with a series of braless pics.Carolina has turned a lot of heads recently and has even been nicknamed the Italian Megan Fox.
      Juventus star Dusan Vlahovic’s partner Carolina Stramare wowed social mediaCredit: Flex Fight Series
      Carolina shared a series of pics showing her posing bralessCredit: Flex Fight Series
      Carolina may be heading to London with Vlahovic linked with a Premier League moveCredit: Flex Fight Series
      Carolina’s partner Vlahovic has been linked with Chelsea and TottenhamCredit: Flex Fight Series
      Vlahovic’s Wag boasts over half a million followers on Instagram and her recent posts attracted over 20,000 likes as well as a raft of comments.
      Carolina added the following caption: “Bit of ego.”
      One fan commented: “How can you be so goooood.”
      Another posted: “The most beautiful.”
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      A third wrote: “What a beauty.”
      This fan said: “Perfect.”
      And that one commented: “Queen of Beauty and Elegance.”
      Carolina could be moving to London with her partner Vlahovic being targeted by Tottenham and Chelsea.
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      Spurs see the striker as a potential replacement for Harry Kane, who has been strongly linked with a move to Bayern Munich.
      The Blues are also looking for a new striker this coming season with club record signing Romelu Lukaku being left out of manager Mauricio Pochetino’s plans.
      However, Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in the Serbia international.
      Juventus value the 23-year-old at £77million but are open to selling him this summer.
      Carolina’s partner Vlahovic is also being targeted by Paris Saint-GermainCredit: Flex Fight Series
      Carolina has been nicknamed the Italian Megan FoxCredit: Flex Fight Series
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      I won the Premier League with Chelsea – now I own a string of pizza takeaways with my international team-mate

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      EX-CHELSEA star Andre Schurrle has swapped crosses for crusts… by investing in a pizza company.The German international topped off his career when winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
      Schurrle spent two years at Chelsea between 2013 and 2015Credit: Getty
      Winger Schurrle, 32, delivered the assist for Mario Gotze to score as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the Rio final.
      The two pals have now teamed up once more to buy into the Happy Slice fast-food firm.
      Germany’s biggest newspaper Bild reported the month-old startup already has over 70 branches in 30 cities across Germany.
      Gotze, 31, said: “I am eager to establish myself away from the world of football.
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      “The ecosystem of start-ups is exciting, especially if you involve yourself more closely and intensively.”
      Blues title winner Schurrle retired from football in 2020 after a four-year spell with Borussia Dortmund.
      He took on the Iceman Challenge in January this year, trudging bare-chested through Arctic conditions for three days.
      Chelsea paid Bayer Leverkusen £18million for Schurrle in 2013.  He spent 18 months at Stamford Bridge, scoring 14 goals in 65 games.
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      The frontman left for Wolfsburg in February 2015, but collected a Premier League winner’s medal that May for his part in the Blues’ title success.
      Schurrle spent the 2018-19 season on loan to Fulham from Dortmund, making 25 appearances and scoring six goals.
      Famed German rapper Luciano and streamer Jens “Knossi” Knossalla have also invested in Happy Slice.
      Pizza isn’t the two footballers’ first start-up investment however.
      In 2020 it emerged that the two were planning to invest in a cannabis company alongside celebs such as Will.I.Am after the drug became legal in Germany.
      Schurrle has invested in a pizza companyCredit: Instagram
      Schurrle’s last stint in England was with FulhamCredit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Inside Chelsea’s monster transfer clearout with 25 PLAYERS shipped out for £216.5million… and another TEN could follow

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      CHELSEA are undergoing a HUGE overhaul of their squad ahead of Mauricio Pochettino’s first season in charge of the club.The Argentine, 51, is hoping to resurrect the Blues after a dismal campaign saw them finish 12th in the Premier League table.
      Mauricio Pochettino is overseeing a major overhaul at ChelseaCredit: Getty
      Chelsea have conducted a ludicrous amount of transfer business since Todd Boehly took control of the clubCredit: Getty
      New owner Todd Boehly shelled out £600million across the last two transfer windows in a remarkable six months of manic dealings.
      And now they are looking to recoup some of those funds in a bid to stay within Financial Fair Play regulations.
      An astonishing 25 PLAYERS have already exited Stamford Bridge this summer.
      And another TEN could yet join them as Pochettino culls his inflated squad.
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      Nine players have been sold or departed at the end of their contracts.
      They have received £216.5m from deals for Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy.

      N’Golo Kante, Cesar Azpilicueta and Baba Rahman have left on free transfers.
      Forward David Datro Fofana has been sent out on loan to Union Berlin, while Joao Felix and Denis Zakaria have come to the end of their spells in West London.
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      Mason Mount has signed for Man UtdCredit: Getty
      N’Golo Kante has joined Saudi Arabian side Al-IttihadCredit: Getty
      Chelsea’s release list consists of THIRTEEN players – Derrick Abu, Prince Adegoke, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Nathan Baxter, Juan Familia-Castillo. Bryan Fiabema, Joe Samuel Haigh, Henry Lawrence, Sam McClelland, Dujon Sterling, Silko-Amari Thomas, Ethan Wady and Jayden Wareham.
      And then there are another TEN players that are being heavily linked with exits before the start of the season.
      They are Romelu Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Marc Cucurella, Malang Sarr, Ethan Ampudu, Trevoh Chalobah, Conor Gallagher.
      Players out – 25
      Sold – 9

      Kai Havertz- £65m to Arsenal
      Mason Mount – £60m to Man Utd
      Mateo Kovacic – £30m to Manchester City
      Ruben Loftus-Cheek – £18.5m to AC Milan
      Kalidou Koulibaly – £17m to Al Hilal
      Edouard Mendy – £16m to Al Ahli
      N’Golo Kante – Free to Al Ittihad
      Cesar Azpilicueta – Free to Atletico Madrid
      Baba Rahman  – Free to PAOK

      Total – £206.5m
      Out on loan – 1

      David Datro Fofana – Loan to Union Berlin

      End of loan – 2

      Joao Felix – Atletico Madrid
      Denis Zakaria – Juventus

      Released list – 13

      Derrick Abu
      Prince Adegoke
      Tiemoue Bakayoko
      Nathan Baxter
      Juan Familia-Castillo
      Bryan Fiabema
      Joe Samuel Haigh
      Henry Lawrence
      Sam McClelland
      Dujon Sterling
      Silko-Amari Thomas
      Ethan  Wady
      Jayden Wareham

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      Chelsea fans just realising forgotten ace who hasn’t played in five-and-a-half years is now their longest serving player

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      CHELSEA fans are just realising that a forgotten star is now their longest serving player.It’s been a period of upheaval since Todd Boehly’s takeover last year with a number of players coming and going.
      Ampadu made his debut for Chelsea in 2017Credit: Rex
      He is now Chelsea’s longest serving player having spent five and a half years at the clubCredit: Getty
      This summer alone 11 players have left the club – with the team also trying to ship out wantaway stars such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Romelu Lukaku.
      And with Cesar Azpilicueta leaving the club after 11 years of service, Chelsea now have a surprise longest serving player in Ethan Ampadu.
      The Chelsea academy graduate made his full debut in 2017 when he came off the bench in a Premier League game against Huddersfield.
      Ampadu was just 16 at the time and was thought to be one of the next big things at Chelsea.
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      Then manager Maurizio Sarri even dubbed the defender as “the future of Chelsea”.
      Since his debut, Ampadu hasn’t featured again in the Premier League and has found himself regularly out on loan.
      He last made an appearance for the Chelsea first team in 2018 and has since then enjoyed loan spells at RB Leipzig, Sheffield United, and Serie A sides Venezia and Spezia – although he has suffered three successive relegations while out on temporary moves.
      Chelsea fans on Twitter expressed their surprise at the news that Ampadu is now their longest serving player.
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      One said: “Has he worn the shirt for anything else than pre season promo pictures”
      Another wrote: “How is he still only 22?”
      While a third added: “Deserves a chance in my opinion.”
      The Evening Standard report that coach Mauricio Pochettino does not see a future for Ampadu at Chelsea and will make him train with Carlo Cudicini’s ‘loan squad’.
      Cudicini is overseeing the training of the club’s Under-21s and wantaway players such as Lukaku.
      If the club were to find a move for Ampadu this summer, their longest serving player would become Kepa Arrizabalaga, who has been at the club since August 2018.
      The club’s next longest serving player is Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has been linked with a move to Nottingham Forest and Saudi Arabia. More