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From the team that Ancelotti left behind in Milan, you will see that they weren’t on the young side.  They were a carefully crafted bunch of players who now have bags of experience behind them.  Pirlo, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Zambrotta and the old favourite, Maldini were the force behind Ancelotti’s success with AC Milan.

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Before January ended, the majority of us were very keen to see some new faces in the squad, if we were to keep any sort of league hope in grasp. Not that I am pleased that we managed to get Luiz, a great prospect, and Torres, a world class striker, but Ancelotti did have numerous [...]

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I’ve supported Chelsea a long time now (a bloody long time actually) but in all those years, I can’t ever remember there being so much excitement around our academy. Maybe because the club itself has never really invested quite the same in it as it does now but they definitely warrant the attention they’re getting [...]

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Nominees: Jeffrey Bruma, Gael Kakuta, Patrick van Aanholt, Josh McEachran.

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Chelsea have agreed a deal to bring Nathan Ake to Stamford Bridge ahead of his 16th birthday in February. Feyenoord sporting director, Leo Beenhakker, is furious with the news, singling out English clubs for criticism in pursuit of youthful talent. “It’s driving me crazy that hot prospects are walking away from us like this,” Beenhakker [...]

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I have to admit I’ve never had a lot of time for Frank Arnesen. Being at Spurs, I never really wanted him at Chelsea in the first place, so when the rumours were doing the rounds he could be part of a scouting staff cull in 2008, I was pretty happy to hear it.

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Yes, here we are again. Another youth rant. But this time there is a lot more potential to the story.

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Some 18 months ago now, TheChelseaBlog was talking about the need for us to introduce some of our younger players into the first team.

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TheChelseaBlog always welcomes comments and opinions from supporters everywhere and another new feature this season will be regular posts from guest writers. Today’s contribution is from Chelsea fan Gary Robertson, so have a read:

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