article_snippet.sent: Walker is not from the Spurs academy, having joined from Sheffield United at 19.
article_snippet.sent: We’ve kept We hands off him simply because of the Under 21s
article_snippet.sent: but We know him’s a big prospect and the moment him comes back from the Czech Republic him’ll be very much in We thoughts.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, Chelsea have not started an under 23 player qualified to play for England since Ryan Bertrand and Sam Hutchinson played on the last day of the 2011-12 season against Blackburn, a few months before Ryan Bertrand and Sam Hutchinson turned 23.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps the emergence of Patrick Bamford, on loan at Middlesbrough, or highly rated Dominic Solanke will change that next term.
article_snippet.sent: Patrick Bamford is currently on loan from Chelsea at Championship side Middlesbrough .
article_snippet.sent: Dominic Solanke is another player impressing at England youth level in Chelsea's setup .
article_snippet.sent: The irony is that Chelsea have the best youth set-up in the country, having won the FA Youth Cup three times in the past five years
article_snippet.sent: Jack Rodwell, now at Sunderland, is the only Englishman under 23 Manuel Pellegrini has ever fielded during Manuel Pellegrini time at Manchester City.