He'd have Guehi until the end of the season if he hadn't already said he was jumping ship himself.
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Hate to say it but Moyes is proving an exception to the "Never go back" rule.
Martin O'Neill too.
Up to a point, but it's different for a caretaker with little or no pressure on him. If they give him the permanent gig, a pound to a penny says their form will fall away again.
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Chelsea’s Cobham academy has produced almost £1bn-worth of young players who are now owned by a Premier League rival or in a top European league.
Marc Guéhi became the latest former Chelsea youngster to seal a big-money move to one of their rivals by joining Manchester City for £20m from Crystal Palace.
The 25-year-old’s accumulated fees since leaving Chelsea have now hit £40m, but that is small change in comparison to the accumulated fees of all of the club’s academy products now owned by Premier League sides or a club in a top European League.
According to figures taken from Transfermarkt, the total accumulated fees for Chelsea academy players now owned by a different Premier League side or a club operating in a top European league is a staggering £931.5m.
That figure could be pushed even closer to £1bn this month with Tammy Abraham expected to return to the Premier League, potentially with Aston Villa, and Tyrique George hoping to secure a move away from Chelsea.
The success of Chelsea’s academy products is further testament to the work done by Neil Bath, who was head of youth development at the club for 18 years during a 31-year career at the club.
Bath left Chelsea in the summer of 2024 and has since set up a management and leadership consultancy company.
One leading agent, whose clients include a number of Chelsea academy products, said: “Neil Bath deserves a statue. Not just for what he did for Chelsea, but also the number of careers he is responsible for.”
Should Abraham return to the Premier League, then there will be 18 former Chelsea academy players owned by their top-flight rivals. There are a further six owned by clubs in Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
Conor Gallagher took his accumulated transfer value to £71m by joining Tottenham Hotspur, where Dominic Solanke, who has moved for fees totalling £74m, also plays.
The £931.5m in accumulated fees for Chelsea academy products does not include Tyler Dibling, who joined Everton for £35m from Southampton. He only spent a few months at Chelsea’s academy before returning to Southampton.
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