Tyrique George’s growing reputation may have Chelsea fans fearing the worst already.
The youngster announced himself as the latest emerging talent from the Cobham production line with a crucial equaliser in the Blues’ 2-1 victory over Fulham, but their handling of academy graduates hasn’t always gone down well with supporters.
Since Todd Boehly bought the club from Roman Abramovich in 2022, they have raked in over £200million through selling their prized homegrown talent.
Chelsea‘s free-spending transfer strategy, which has seen them spend over £1billion on recruitment under Boehly, has meant cashing in on academy products in order to comply with Profit and Sustainability [PSR] rules.
Conor Gallagher, Mason Mount and Billy Gilmour are among the leading names to make way under this policy.
The trio are currently plying their trade with Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Napoli respectively, earning the Blues a combined £98million in the process.
With plenty more academy graduates making an impact across Europe, talkSPORT.com has taken a look at how some of these former stars are now faring away from Stamford Bridge
Conor Gallagher
Gallagher made his Chelsea debut under Thomas Tuchel in August 2022, having first joined the club’s youth ranks as a six-year-old.
The Englishman seized his chance in his first season in the Blues team, playing 45 games in all competitions.
He then captained his boyhood club for long periods of the 2023/24 campaign, before completing a £34million move to Atletico last August after a long-winded transfer saga.
Since then, he has found himself in and out of the side under Diego Simeone, starting 19 of his 41 appearances this term.
Mason Mount
GettyMason Mount first began training with Chelsea at the age of six[/caption]
The biggest earner of all Chelsea’s academy exports under Boehly, Mount joined Man United for £55m in 2023.
Having risen through the Blues’ academy system to help the Blues to Champions League glory in 2021, the England midfielder’s exit to a league rival proved a sore one among fans.
Mount made his first-team debut under Frank Lampard in 2019, and went on to become a mainstay for the west London side over the next four years, featuring 195 times and scoring 33 goals.
But his time at Old Trafford has been a much less fruitful period, with injuries restricting him to just 14 Premier League appearances in his first season, and 12 this term.
Billy Gilmour
Gilmour joined the Blues’ under-18s side as a 16-year-old, and made his debut two years later in 2019.
Despite impressing in his 22 games for the club, the Scottish midfielder made the move to Brighton in search of regular game time in 2022, joining for a £9m fee.
After featuring 60 times for the Seagulls, Gilmour signed for Italian giants Napoli last August for a reported £12m, plus £4m in add-ons.
The 23-year-old has played a bit-part role with the Serie A side this term, starting just ten of his 23 games, but has a chance of silverware, with the Neapolitans currently locked in a thrilling title race.
Callum Hudson-Odoi
GettyHudson-Odoi has started 24 Premier League games for Nottingham Forest this season[/caption]
Chelsea may well wish they had driven a harder bargain when they opted to sell Hudson-Odoi to Nottingham Forest in 2023.
The winger made the move to the City Ground for £3m, with an extra £2m in add-ons, after scoring 16 goals in 126 games for in a Blues career that gradually faded after promising big things at the start.
But few could predicted he would become part of one of the Premier League’s biggest surprise stories in recent years at Forest.
Hudson-Odoi has established himself as a key player in a Reds side that are battling for Champions League qualification, with his five goals and three assists in the league helping to fire them into fourth place.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
GettyRuben Loftus-Cheek lifted the 2016/17 Premier League title[/caption]
The only Premier League winner among Chelsea’s high-profile academy sales under Boehly, Loftus-Cheek was tipped for a big future after making his debut under Jose Mourinho in 2014, aged 18.
But his time at Stamford Bridge never quite took off, with the midfielder making 155 appearances in nine years, which also saw him loaned out to Crystal Palace and Fulham.
He joined AC Milan in 2023 for £15m, ending his 19-year association with the Blues, where he has since impressed.
In his first season at the San Siro, Lotfus-Cheek scored 10 goals in 40 games, but injuries have restricted him to just 23 outings this term.
Ian Maatsen
Maatsen joined the Chelsea academy from PSV in 2018, and went on to play just 16 times over the next six years.
After making his debut in 2019, the Dutchman then had four separate loan spells, the last of which saw him star for Borussia Dortmund as they reached the 2024 Champions League final.
The left-back signed for Aston Villa for £37.5m last summer, where he has played a total of 40 games, notching two goals and two assists.
Omari Hutchinson
Hutchinson first joined Chelsea at the tender age of five in 2008, later playing for Charlton and Arsenal’s academy sides, before returning to the Blues in 2022.
The 21-year-old featured twice for the club in the 2022/23 campaign, and then went on to impress on loan at Ipswich last term.
After helping the Tractor Boys to promotion from the Championship, he signed permanently for a £22m fee in June 2024, where he has scored three times in 27 Premier League games, including a goal in a win over the Blues in December.
Lewis Hall
Hall rose through the academy ranks at Cobham to become the youngest player to start an FA Cup tie for Chelsea in January 2022.
The left-back went on to make nine Premier League appearances for the Blues, before joining Newcastle on loan for the 2023/24 season, with an obligation to buy for £28m.
After scoring twice in 22 appearances last term, Hall made the permanent move to St James’ Park in July 2024.
He has since featured 34 times in a memorable campaign which has seen the Magpies taste EFL Cup glory, though an ankle injury prevented Hall from playing in their final win over Liverpool, with the 20-year-old not set to return until next season.
