Michael Emenalo reveals one manager tried to shut down Chelsea academy for being a ‘waste of time’
Former Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo has revealed that one of the club's previous managers urged Roman Abramovich to remove the club's academy.
Emenalo, who spent a decade in several roles at Stamford Bridge before leaving in 2017, took responsibility for developing the club's young players under managers including Jose Mourinho, Andre Villas-Boas and Conte.
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The said manager claimed that the blues' academy was too expensive to run and that it should only be used to 'make some money here and there'.
However, with the help of Roman Abramovich, who has always wanted the club to produce its own first-team players, the ex-Nigeria international ensured that the plans of the manager were ignored.
Speaking t...