Chelsea have been urged not to let transfer value usurp the impact of academy players in the first team as the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital lead consortium look to balance seeking profit with on-field success. The Blues have divided opinion in their treatment of young players from Cobham so far.
After dropping out of European football and committing over £1billion to potential transfer fees, the club are towing a fine line with Premier League profitability and sustainability rules (PSRs). They have not been charged with breaches yet — largely due to a mass summer exodus of players including Mason Mount — but will need to improve their financial position in order to remain safe from possible punishment.
It has led to the club being publicly open to letting key first-team figures depart despite their importance to Mauricio Pochettino on the field. Conor Gallagher in particular has established himself as integral to operations under the Argentine and has regularly been captain in the absence of Reece James and Ben Chilwell.
Former Chelsea attacker and fan favourite Joe Cole believes that despite only having 18 months left on his contract, Gallagher is worth way more to the club than a transfer price can ever do justice. Cole told football.london, onbehalf of TNT Sports who will show the midweek fixtures in the Premier League this week, «It's one of those situations where, me included, the fans don't know a lot of the details of the financial fair play regulations and bureaucracy of it.
»I don't understand it, the concept of the rule. That you get more bang for your buck by producing your own players, that incentivises clubs to do that, that's a good thing.
«From Chelsea's perspective, I'd like to think that the owners have
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