Chelsea opt for youth over Torres bid
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Chelsea opt for youth over Torres bid
Chelsea have seemingly ruled themselves out of the running to sign Liverpool's Fernando Torres after manager Carlo Ancelotti announced a significant shift towards youth in the club's transfer policy.
Instead of competing with Manchester City in a bidding war for Torres, Chelsea will instead promote five academy players into their first-team squad next season as they look to lower the average age of the team.
The new policy was first discussed following the Champions League defeat to Inter Milan and was ratified following a meeting with Blues owner Roman Abramovich last Monday.
Ancelotti said: "Next season there will be five academy players in the squad. Some players will maybe move on. It's not because we don't have the money, it's because we want to give strength to our academy. We have very good young players and this is the time to put them in the squad for next year."
Gael Kakuta, Fabio Borini, Jeffrey Bruma, Patrick van Aanholt and Nemanja Matic will step up to the first team.
Asked whether the club's supporters would be unhappy to miss out on Torres, or additional big name signings, Ancelotti said: "They'll be happy if Chelsea win the title and the FA Cup. After that, I think they will see some new players in the future."
soccernet.
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Eh
Then how about those players on loan such as Michael Mancienne, Scott Sinclair and Miroslov Stoch????