Paul Scholes believes there are a number of Chelsea youngsters who have very bright futures in the game.

The Manchester United great cast an eye over the Blues U18s' FA Youth Cup final victory over Manchester City on Monday night and picked out a trio of boys who he feels have the ability to make at the top.

'Watching the FA Youth Cup final second leg I was really impressed with the front three of Dominic Solanke, Isaiah Brown and Tammy Abraham, but especially Solanke and Brown,' he wrote in his column for the London Evening Standard and The Independent.

'Solanke is only 17, Brown, 18, so time is on their side, but they were not the only ones. The standard was so high. There are more, who I could imagine playing for Chelsea's first team at some point.'

But Scholes posed the question of whether or not these youth academy products would be offered the chance to play senior football in the next year or two.

He continued: 'Will Chelsea, and Jose Mourinho in particular, make the room for these boys? Will the club keep topping up with experienced players every time they lose one, as they surely will with Didier Drogba at the end of this season?

'If, by some chance, Chelsea had a transfer embargo for three years and had no choice but to move these players on to the first team, I don't believe they would be short of good players.

'To a lesser extent the same would be true at Manchester City who have some good youngsters too. It would force their hand with the kids. In the short-term it might mean that they lost out but the long-term rewards would be huge.'