Where are they now? Chelsea’s last 10 Young Player of the Year winners

That all changed with their 2019 transfer ban and the return of club legend Frank Lampard, who had a mixed record in terms of results but proudly brought through a number of the Blues’ most promising academy players.

Now we’re seeing Cobham academy graduates such as Mason Mount and Reece James shining at senior level, but there was a time in that wasn’t so commonplace.

The club’s ‘Young Player of the Year’ award – something different to their Academy Player of the Year accolade – ran from 1983 until 2019, with no awards given out for the past couple of years.

Previous winners over the years included the likes of Jody Morris, John Terry, Carlton Cole and – three times in a row – Robert Huth.

Here are the last 10 players to have won the award, dating back to 2007, and what they’re doing today.

Mikel arrived at Chelsea in 2006 and won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups. the Champions League and the Europa League during his 11 years at Stamford Bridge.

Since leaving the club in 2017, Mikel has found himself a lot less settled, with an eclectic mix of five clubs in five years – Tianjin TEDA, Middlesbrough, Trabzonspor, Stoke City and Kuwait SC.

The Nigerian is currently without a club, having been released by Kuwait in November, having made just five appearances in four months.

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Mancienne joined Chelsea as a nine-year-old but found first-team opportunities hard to come by, making just six appearances.

After spells at Hamburg and Nottingham Forest, the 32-year-old signed for Major League Soccer side New England Revolution in 2018.

He returned to England three years later, and now turns out under former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd