The Chelsea Under-18s won the Premier League this week, and Calum McFarlane was asked what he thought of that group.
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Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane was working for the youth team before he was promoted to the senior side, so he was the right person to answer questions about the academy after seeing the Under-18s win their Premier League.
He was asked if he expected to see debuts for youngsters continue under new man Xabi Alonso.
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“We’ve still had debuts this year with Jesse Derry and Ryan Kavuma-McQueen. Shimi’s [Mheuka] had minutes in the first team, Mathis Eboue made the bench against Liverpool,” McFarlane said in his press conference yesterday.
“I think last year was a unique year, being in the Conference League. And I don’t think many clubs will make that many debuts in one season.”
Well it doesn’t have to be a “unique” year. If results go the right way today Chelsea will be back in the Conference League next year. That’s not something fans will be too excited about, but the one consolation would be seeing lots of young players again.
In other news…
The Chelsea coach was also asked about how much Xabi Alonso would use the academy, and had some strong thoughts about that.
Enzo Maresca’s departure from Chelsea is about to get a whole lot more controversial when he signs on as the new Man City manager.
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