Pearce Hits Out At Blues.

[coco]

England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce has launched a scathing attack on Chelsea's transfer policy.

The former Manchester City boss has accused the Stamford Bridge side of buying many of the Premier League's leading players before leaving them to rot in their reserves.

Pearce saw Shaun Wright-Phillips leave Eastlands in a £21million deal in the summer of 2005 when he was at the helm in the blue half of Manchester.

But the England international was never able to establish himself under Jose Mourinho, and eventually returned North after just 43 league starts in three years.

Pearce believes emerging players would be better served by continuing their education away from Chelsea, and feels even established stars can fall victim to the strength in depth of the Blues.

He told The Sun: "If a lad rang me and said 'I'm 16, playing at Crewe and Chelsea have come in for me, what do you think I should do?' I would reply 'stay where you are and play some football with the club you are at'.

"I watched Chelsea train last year. I saw Steve Sidwell, Reading's best player from the previous season, and Tal Ben Haim, Bolton's best player from the year before. But neither was in the first team.

"So Chelsea have cherry-picked the best players from elsewhere and stockpiled them. That is not right.

"I've seen too may players move club, then suddenly their careers seem to grind to a halt."

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If theyre good enough, they'll stay and play, just like Lampard, JT, Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Bridgey.

Some are good enough, some are not.

[Backbiter]

So everyone else has a smaller squad than us? No other club employs 'squad players' ? And how many games has TBH started so far for Man City? And no other club fails to pick its English players?

What a ridiculous rant. Damaging, too, as it implies we are a club young players should steer clear of.

[Lofty]

I watched Chelsea train last year. I saw Steve Sidwell, Reading's best player from the previous season, and Tal Ben Haim, Bolton's best player from the year before. But neither was in the first team.

Both players had their chances, neither was up to it. Simple as that.

[midlandblue]

Both Sidwell and Ben Haim knew exactly what strength of squad they were comming into, both could have refused.

[yorkleyblue]

And, what you always have to remember is...................

Pearce is a tit, and he always has been. end of

Kev

[abramovich]

Sid and TBH were both free agents, signed for a good money and a chance to try their luck at one of Europe's best clubs. They both knew the risks involved and both ultimately failed. Instead of warming Chelsea bench they're doing the same for their new clubs. What's the problem? And since when either qualifies as a youngster?

[bonetti]

f**k off Phsycho

[TheWestwayWonder]

Wow. Someone is about 3 years too late with this. Back then he might have had a point, but now this is just bizarre. And look at the youngsters getting into our first team

Hey Stu: Tal Ben Haim is total s**t. If you watched our games you would realize this.

Moron. My respect for him just disappeared.

[jack h]

The guy is a tit, SWP in particular had more than enough chances to show what he could do and he didn't

[Peckham Blue]

Talentless fu*kwit as far as I'm concerned and anyway where's he managing these days, fu*ked if I can remember he's that high profile? Never liked the c*unt.

[TheWestwayWonder]

Also, I would like to add that Spurs are far more notorious for ruining young talent than we are: We have produced Mikel, Diarra, Sinclair, and now Di Santo

while Spurts have foundered the careers of Routledge, Lennon now, and Bostock (im sure) in future. Im sure there are countless more Im forgetting like the pair that came from Forrest a few years ago.

the only difference is our failures are more expensive and spectacular than theirs.

[ethicalstrategy]

"Chelsea have signed 12-year-old French schoolboy Jeremy Boga - dubbed "the new Zinedine Zidane". After weeks of talks with the boy's parents, Chelsea have reached an agreement for the midfield prodigy to join them when he turns 16."

Looks like the french are ignoring him!