Chelsea’s years of academy mistakes clear from 35 man England squad with 6 former Blues | OneFootball

England’s squad for the next international break is out, and there’s just one current but many former Blues in there.

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The England squad for the March international break has been announced, and there’s just one Chelsea player in there. Even with Thomas Tuchel having increased the group size for this trip to 35, only Cole Palmer makes the list. And even he’s pretty lucky, given his recent form.

Of course Levi Colwill, Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah would both be in there were it not for their injuries. But even so, given the success of our academy, we’d like to see more than three players in a group of 35.

It’s clear the talent we’ve let slip just by looking at the former Blues in there – Marc Guehi, Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, Fikayo Tomori are all included from the defenders alone.

Then there’s Declan Rice (technically) and Dominic Solanke further forward.

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The good news is that the academy never stops churning out top talents, and there’s always another wave coming through. Let’s try and do better with holding on to this emerging generation.

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