Jenks6

If the tribunal only ordered £7m for Premier League-proven Ings then I doubt Chelsea will get anything even close to £10m for Solanke.

This will happen more and more if Chelsea continue to provide no pathways to the first team.

7 goals in 26 games for a 19 year old in new country - much of that from the bench - is not the disaster that people are making it out to be. For a comparison, Harry Kane scored 5 in 18 at Leyton Orient, 9 in 27 at Millwall, 0 in 5 at Norwich City and 2 in 15 at Leicester City.

Chelsea give these lads a fantastic education up until the point that they need competitive football but then get no chances. Solanke letting his contract run out so that he can leave is a shrewd decision to make, and one that more lads in the academy will make if they know what's good for them. Also there's a lot of revisionism going on in this thread, Solanke has excelled as he's progressed through the age groups and was ahead of Abraham until their loans took them in different directions.