article_snippet.sent: In the first team, we had some important players in the national team. '
article_snippet.sent: John Terry, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Wayne Bridge, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
article_snippet.sent: we had a nucleus of four, five players that were always in the national team.
article_snippet.sent: Now we are going through a period where it’s just about Gary Cahill.
article_snippet.sent: But we have some young boys coming into the first team.
article_snippet.sent: Ruben [Loftus-Cheek] is already here.
article_snippet.sent: Normally, in a few years they should be there [in the national side].’ Gary Cahill (above) is now Chelsea's only senior England international in Mourinho .
article_snippet.sent: Mourinho believes the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek (left) and Dominic Solanke will represent Chelsea and England for years to come .
article_snippet.sent: Mourinho did not name Chelsea and England, but Dominic Solanke, Patrick Bamford, Lewis Baker and Isaiah Brown are thought to be highly-rated at Chelsea, who supply many of the players in England’s age-group teams.
article_snippet.sent: The question is whether Chelsea and England young English players will be given the chance in the first team at a club who can take a huge step towards the title by winning at QPR today.