Carlo Ancelotti hopes the season ahead will provide our promising youngsters with an opportunity to break through into the first team.
The Barclays Premier League has introduced new rules limiting squad sizes to 25 players, a number that can be supplemented by under-21s, which means our emerging talent from the Academy could play an important role in the coming months.
Having seen Manchester United develop their own talent effectively though the Premier League era, the Italian hopes to see Chelsea do the same.
'We want to have the same philosophy,' he said. 'It is the philosophy of the club, I am involved in this philosophy and I agree with this philosophy, I want to bring players up from the Academy. I have a lot of experience and it is good to work with the young players because you can teach a lot of things.
'We have to have courage and everyone has to support these young players, maybe we take a risk, we put them in the squad in maybe important games but we have to take this risk.'
After winning the FA Youth Cup last season, as well as having five youngsters make first team debuts, the future certainly looks bright at Stamford Bridge.
'We want to put maybe three or four players through this year. We have Van Aanholt, Bruma, Kakuta, Borini and they have to improve but we have to be patient with them,' he explained.
'Michael Mancienne is training with us now and he is here. We have to consider him as a Chelsea player. Now he is here and I don't know if for him it is better, we will take a decision maybe next week about his situation.'
The Barclays Premier League has introduced new rules limiting squad sizes to 25 players, a number that can be supplemented by under-21s, which means our emerging talent from the Academy could play an important role in the coming months.
Having seen Manchester United develop their own talent effectively though the Premier League era, the Italian hopes to see Chelsea do the same.
'We want to have the same philosophy,' he said. 'It is the philosophy of the club, I am involved in this philosophy and I agree with this philosophy, I want to bring players up from the Academy. I have a lot of experience and it is good to work with the young players because you can teach a lot of things.
'We have to have courage and everyone has to support these young players, maybe we take a risk, we put them in the squad in maybe important games but we have to take this risk.'
After winning the FA Youth Cup last season, as well as having five youngsters make first team debuts, the future certainly looks bright at Stamford Bridge.
'We want to put maybe three or four players through this year. We have Van Aanholt, Bruma, Kakuta, Borini and they have to improve but we have to be patient with them,' he explained.
'Michael Mancienne is training with us now and he is here. We have to consider him as a Chelsea player. Now he is here and I don't know if for him it is better, we will take a decision maybe next week about his situation.'
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