“It’s easy to say Chelsea got it wrong with Rice and Nketiah. Both, after all, are now full England internationals following Nketiah’s debut last week against Australia. But it’s also possible that fateful day when they were shown the door at Cobham actually proved a springboard in each case. It may have forged in them the indefatigable spirit that has spurred them on to their current success.
For Nketiah and Rice, a day that could have broken them may instead have been the making of them.” - James McNicholas
I haven’t read the article so this might be irrelevant, but this narrative is funny because lots of players come in and out of youth academies it’s not that big of a deal.
Chelsea would just hog every talented kid in and around London when they had all that Russian money flowing. Not surprised lots of talented players went through their academy.