Mauricio Pochettino hopes to reconnect Chelsea’s first team to the academy amid concerns over the sales of Mason Mount, Lewis Hall and Ruben Loftus-Cheek this summer.
Chelsea have sold off Cobham talent to balance the books after spending an unprecedented almost £1billion across the last three transfer windows. Conor Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah and Ian Maatsen could also yet leave before the transfer window closes on Friday night.