Top 5 academy players who never got a chance at Chelsea

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#4 Nathaniel Chalobah

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Watford, Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough, Burnley, Reading and then Napoli. While no Chelsea manager gave him a chance, it was Antonio Conte who finally handed him a chance to play for The Blues.

However, after making just 10 appearances in the Premier League for Chelsea, he has been sold to Watford. The midfielder was expected to make the starting XI next season alongside N'Golo Kante but with Conte keen on signing Tiemoué Bakayoko from AS Monaco, he knew his chances were going to be limited once again.

He decided that he needed to play more regularly and decided to move to Watford. He could have easily offered whatever Bakayoko is going to bring. Like Chelsea's former assistant manager, Ray Wilkins said, the players are of the same age and it was Nathan who deserved to be donning the Chelsea colours next season.

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