Mauricio Pochettino has always placed stock on local players at his clubs and is intent on doing the same at Chelsea. Luckily for him there one of the best forms of access to youngsters at Cobham and they are already set to have a major part to play under him.
His Tottenham side between 2014 and 2019 were built on the foundation of Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Harry Winks, Tom Carrol and most notably Harry Kane. "The Under-17s, Under-19s and Under-21s make me believe even more in English talent and everyone realises, 'Oh we have good talent in our boys.' It's important to see," he described in 2017.
It allowed him at both Southampton and Spurs to hand players debuts throughout his tenure with many going on to earn international recognition including Adam Lallana, Ricky Lambert and Luke Shaw. Chelsea have had a similar crop come through their system in recent years.
