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I must say I like this approach. Given so few academy players make it to the first team for Chelsea it suggests it has legs. Inserting punchy buy-back clauses protects Chelsea if they become a world class player and probably gives Saints 2 - 3 seasons of guaranteed playing time with the player as others will not come swooping after one good season knowing the deep pockets of Chelsea can gazump them (and have contractual first dibs). The article above is dated Nov 5th so feasible the player is fit and a viable target, however, even if not, the geographical proximity to Chelsea and given they are unlikely to see us as a threat anytime soon means the concept excites me for the near future.