Sarri

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I'm not saying that it's a direct choice between the current approach at Chelsea and one of picking a side full of youngsters, but, for a club with their ambitions, the approach they've used under Abramovich can only be seen as a partial success at best in recent years - would they have really done an awful lot worse by gradually introducing some youngsters into their Premier League squad?

I can remember the argument being made when the Premier League was being set up that it would benefit the England team. At the moment, it seems to me that England have their best set of youngsters coming through in ages and the idea of them winning a major tournament some time in the not too distant future does not seem as ridiculous as it did ten years ago when the "golden generation" were proving to be a national embarrassment, but with young players increasingly leaving to play on the continent because of a lack of opportunities in the domestic game, any success for the England team will come despite the Premier League rather than because of it.

I'm not advocating sacking Sarri, maybe there's a few in the dressing room at Chelsea they should get rid of?

I'm not sure I totally agree that the impressive crop of youngsters coming through for Wales and England is despite the premier League rather then because of it.

Clubs like Chelsea and man city have invested unprecedented amounts in their academies, and even if very few players end up making it to their first team, the results of that are definitely benefitting football in this country.
They pay for the best young talent, the best coaches and employ the most up to date training methods. Their business model relies on either making a home grown superstar, or selling the ones who almost get there for millions. That model doesn't work if they are letting talent wither on the vine.
We've got first hand experience of clubs now imposing punative clauses in loan agreements if players are t played.