Chelsea News: 9 Chelsea starlets who signed long-term deals this season

The Blues have made the most of their transfer ban and committed almost all Academy players to long term contracts.

Chelsea's future never looked better and here's why:

• Ethan Ampadu set the tone for all Academy stars, penning a 5-year deal with the Blues back in the summer of 2018.
• Mason Mount was among the first Academy gems the Blues have offered a contract to at the beginning of the current season. The 21-year-old signed a fresh 5-year deal with the club back in July 2019. Chelsea offered the young talent around £77,000-a-week, showing how well they are committed to putting their trust in the young players.
• Loftus-Cheek was up next - the 24-year-old had also agreed to a 5-year contract that could be worth over £150,000-a-week.
• Callum Hudson-Odoi followed suit. The 19-year-old put his name on a 5-year-deal in September 2019, receiving a substantial wage increase to £120,000 a week.
• Chelsea sensation Gilmour had also extended his deal until 2023 back in September, penning a 4-year deal.
• Fikayo Tomori also signed a 5-year deal back in December 2019. The 23-year-old has become another Chelsea Academy graduate that enjoyed amazing breakthrough into the first team this season.
• Reece James has become among those Chelsea starlets who have extended their contracts this year. The right-back, who's only started his senior career at Chelsea this season after a successful loan spell at Wigan, has committed himself to his boyhood club until the summer of 2025. The 20-year-old has reportedly agreed a deal worth £100,000 a week.
• Ian Maatsen followed Reece James with (unsurprisingly) 5-year deal with the Blues.
• Tino Anjorin has also agreed a 5-year deal a few days ago, becoming the 9th Chelsea Academy player to do so.
• Tammy Abraham remains the only Chelsea kid to extend his current deal - the talks are ongoing at the moment.

So, in a nutshell, the Blues have the whole Academy on long-term deals. Each and every starlet has a healthy release clause, making any advances virtually impossible.

Ahmed.@ahmed_hamed11

Mount
Hudson-Odoi
Loftus-Cheek
Gilmour
Tomori
Ampadu
Reece
Tino
Maatsen
Tammy - pending
All are long term contracts as well https://twitter.com/nizaarkinsella/status/1245713016844439552 …

Nizaar Kinsella

✔@NizaarKinsella

Tino Anjorin has agreed a deal to stay at Chelsea. He is just awaiting a date to sign on. Another success story for Frank Lampard as another academy talents opts to remain after making his Premier League debut. More on @goal soon. #CFC

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3:59 PM - Apr 2, 2020