Jamie Gittens is the latest mature case from Man City and Chelsea. The deal once again strengthened the relationship with the Etihad team of the London team. Or, in a shiny way, Man City is turning into a backyard training for the Blues?
Before that, Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, Liam Delap. This phenomenon shows the extremely good quality of the Man City furnace and Chelsea's attention to young talents The Citizens.
Back to the Gittens deal, Chelsea has just completed the purchase with Dortmund. They spend £ 52 million (48.5 million pounds of transfer fee and £ 3.5 million) to welcome Gittens, a player that Dortmund bought from Man City 5 years ago, to Stamford Bridge.
But this time, none of them were transferred to Man City, the team has become a master in making profits from the terms of reselling their players in recent years. That is, Chelsea turned Man City Academy into a “backyard” of his training, but The Citizens also made a lot of money from the Blues.
Except for Gittens, Man City has earned about £ 12 million from Chelsea's contracts with other alumni of The Citizens, Romeo Lavia and Liam Delap. They also sell Cole Palmer directly to the London club for 42.5 million pounds.
Even without bonuses, Gittens returning to the Premier League at the age of 20 is a sign that the quality of the training of Man City Academy is good. They continue to produce excellent football players, and Stamford Bridge is currently the stage that shows great talent as Etihad, for students who have grown up from the Man City furnace.
Gittens joined the Stamford Bridge team and Lavia (21 years old), Palmer (23 years old) and Delap (22 years old) as a graduated player from Man City's training institute who wanted to assert their talents at Chelsea. Among them, Palmer certainly did that, and Lavia impressed, although physical problems have cured his development.
Delap has moved to Stamford Bridge this summer after an impressive season at Ipswich and also has significant marks at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, where he and Chelsea reached the semi -finals, he personally scored 1 goal, making an assist after 5 matches. In a little older age group, Tosin Adarabioyo, 27 years old this year.
After becoming the latest former young man of Man City to Chelsea, Gittens revealed that the former teammates in the youth team were very enthusiastic to welcome him. It is a huge advantage for this 20 -year -old player to quickly integrate with the Blues and the Premier League.
“I have received a few messages from Cole (Palmer) told me to come, and also from Liam (Delap). Both are eager to want me to join the team and now they want to help me quickly integrate with the club. I am grateful to them for that,” Gittens shared on Chelsea's homepage.
But not only the relationships related to the player, but also on the training bench. If you pay attention, the fans will not forget to “come from” by coach Enzo Maresca, who is leading the first team Chelsea.
It was Maresca who had the influence in persuading Delap to choose the West London team from the long list of people pursuing him this summer. Because he was trained by the Italian military leader at Man City's U21 team.
Then Joe Shields. Chelsea's co -director and talent has spent 9 years at The Citizens in many different roles in the youth team from 2013 to 2022, eventually becoming the Academy's recruitment and talent manager. He has internal information about many players at Man City Academy and is taking good use of his relationships to “draw” the old team.
With the appearance of Gittens, there will be more familiar faces in the Chelsea squad to come from Man City's training academy. This will be very interesting when they have the opportunity to confront each other in the Premier League in January next year.
