Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon has declared they're ready to focus on buying British talent.

He said: "We have 17 England internationals in our four age group teams between the under-17s and the under-21s. Seventy per cent of our academy are English.

"That's not to say we will pass up a good talent because he is not English, but our overall philosophy is that we want the nucleus of our team to be English and we are very serious about that.

"It has all sorts of benefits, both culturally and in terms of sport.

"The link of a home-grown player with the fan base is enormous, while the ability to keep players who have actually loved the cub since they were youngsters is important. Not only are nine of our 21 senior players English but seven of them are London-born."