Former Chelsea man Glen Johnson believes that Chelsea’s transfer ban has actually benefitted the Blues this season.
Johnson, speaking to Express Sport, believes that the ban has allowed Chelsea to discover talent from their youth sides, such as Tammy Abraham and Fiyako Tomori.
Several other youngsters have broken into the Blues first team, with Mason Mount and Reece James being handed starts, whilst Billy Gilmour has earned several appearances from the bench.
Johnson said:
When I was there it was totally different, it was when Roman Abramovich was buying all the best players in the world, the younger players didn’t really get a look in.
It was a totally different era, every big name came through the door but I’m pleasantly surprised to see how well the kids are doing now. They’ve had to give the kids a chance, though, because they lost their best player and the transfer situation.
They’ve all stood up and have performed brilliantly and Chelsea had talent they probably didn’t know they had six months ago.
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The transfer ban has definitely benefited the Blues is a lot of ways.
Abraham and Mount would have never been given a look in if the club could’ve signed players over the summer, which would’ve stifled their development.
Therefore, it can be seen as a huge positive that the ban was put in place.
