Joe Cole believes Chelsea's academy is the shining light of the club and says the brightest thing Todd Boehly and his fellow new owners can do is to continue investing in the work being done at Cobham under the watch of Neil Bath and Jim Fraser.
Cole witnessed firsthand the transformation Chelsea underwent in the early years of the Roman Abramovich era. Trophies aplenty were won on the pitch while away from Stamford Bridge a new training complex – which included first team and academy buildings and facilities – was constructed in Surrey
That gave Bath and Fraser the platform to develop one of the world's most successful academies, which over the last decade has produced a consistent stream of players who have gone on to become full internationals for countries across the world. And several have made their mark in the first team at Stamford Bridge.
