Chalobah, Saville, and Phillip sign new deals with Chelsea FC

by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 5, 2012 1:34 PM GMT in Chelsea FC: Players

According to the official website Nathaniel Chalobah, George Saville, and Adam Phillip have all signed new contracts tying them to the club. We had the information about Saville some time ago, but Chalobah and Phillip are new reports. For Chalobah this was somewhat of a formality as it marks the youngsters first professional contract. Chalobah is someone that most of us here are familiar with and he was an unused substitute on the Chelsea bench this past Monday. His new deal will tie him to the club until the close of the 2013/2014 season.

The 20 year old Phillip was in a bit murkier water. The youngster had shown vast amounts of promise in the past, but he's suffered a series of fairly serious injuries in the past several seasons and his contract was set to expire at seasons end. The extension to his deal will see him remaining with the club until the end of next season at the minimum, so at least the coaches and medical staff will have an opportunity to evaluate him again on his return from his current injury. Congratulations to all three players, it's always nice to see the youth enjoying themselves enough to extend their time here rather than explore other options.

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What do you think are the prospects of these three becoming chelsea first team quality, Stephen?

Apart from Chalobah, who seems to be the great hope after Josh, I’ve not seen any of these players in action – Phillip was struggling to start in the youth team last year though I thought.

by David Drabble on Jan 5, 2012 2:06 PM GMT reply actions

I have my doubts on Saville, but you never know

Phillip is certainly an interesting one to watch if he can stay healthy. His struggles to get playing time at the youth and reserve levels are not due to a lack of talent but a series of pretty serious injuries. He’s one of the better striking prospects in the England youth ranks when healthy.

by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 5, 2012 2:42 PM GMT up reply actions

by AmbassadorAmeer on Jan 5, 2012 3:32 PM GMT reply actions

And so will most other players in the first team.

Be sold, that is.

Considering all the flak that gets thrown at us for NOT developing youth, it’s funny to read criticism of us actually trying to keep them around and developing them!

by DPeezy on Jan 5, 2012 5:14 PM GMT up reply actions