12 Jul 2015 17:13:55
A bit disappointed with Izzy Brown going to Vitesse, would have preferred him to have got some experience in English football at say a championship club
12 Jul 2015 20:21:37
Alex Brown loan is a stupid decision. Fully agree with you. This way Brown is not going to be homegrown player. As well as some other youngsters that went abroad on loan.
12 Jul 2015 20:39:53
Antibot, are you serious? Brown was with West Brom before joining us, of course he's going to be homegrown :-)
And I don't think it's a stupid loan. The Eredivisie is a good league for young players, especially attacking ones.
12 Jul 2015 21:05:03
Nonsense, no need for him to play with cloggers. He will be much better playing in a more technical league and also playing in the europa
12 Jul 2015 21:06:31
Of course brown is going to be homegrown. he's English and has played in the youth leagues for years. People's lack of understanding on what classes as homegrown on this site astounds me.
12 Jul 2015 21:11:22
Think it's a good decision . He will go on loan for one year then depending how he performs, come back and hopefully go on loan with a Premiership club or stay with us ( or team in Germany or Italy ). Think that's the problem, some players make an instant impact and some are late developers. Somehow the decision makers at Chelsea have to get together and decide whether a player will make it at Chelsea,. Traore is obvious but Jose knew that and would have kept him here if he could, but for visa problems.
12 Jul 2015 21:36:12
To become homegrown player, player has to play for English or Welsh club from age18-21. Brown is now 18 other guys are 18,19 and 20.
So he's not going to become homegrown player.
Traore was at Chelsea from age 15-18 and he qualifies as club grown but not as homegrown player since he played two seasons at Vitesse.
12 Jul 2015 21:38:36
And guys read the bloody rules what qualifies player as homegrown and what doesn't.
12 Jul 2015 22:15:59
Antibot, I don't mean to be insulting, but Brown will most definitely be homegrown.
12 Jul 2015 22:21:40
I believe this is correct but to be classed as homegrown a player has to be registered with a English or Welsh football club for 3 years before they turn 21. A player that was at the club between 15 to 18 or 18 to 21 would be homegrown. I'm sure this is correct.
12 Jul 2015 23:57:41
I'm pretty sure Traore only joined a year and a half ago when he turned 18. Before that he had been with us on the pre-season tour to Asia, but that was only on trial.
13 Jul 2015 08:13:18
Brown is association trained, he didn't come from abroad he was at West Brom
13 Jul 2015 08:15:30
It's not 3 years between 18 and 21 it's 3 years prior to being 21. not sure where some of you get your info
13 Jul 2015 09:12:12
Bluecon what you wrote is correct. Actually you've just confirmed what I've previously said. There are club grown and home grown players. The group from 15-18 is a club grown but those players have to play at the same club. Brown joined Chelsea when he was 16 from WBA. So this rule doesn't imply for him.
Courtois joined Chelsea when he was 18 but he spent 3years on loan abroad(A.Madrid) and he isn't considered to be homegrown. There is player at Spurs who is English and when he joined Spurs he was 20 years old but he's also not homegrown since until age of 20 he played in Portugal.
Pogba is club grown player for MU but to become homegrown he would have to face FA committee with big question mark what would be final decision about his homegrown status.
UEFA and FA rules are very strict.
13 Jul 2015 10:47:31
They do not need to be in same club. just association trained. Go look the rules up ffs
{Ed018's Note - Brown will be considered homegrown}
13 jul 2015 14:50:47
my bad izzy brown will be homegrown player by any rules new ones or previous ones.