Conor Gallagher has praised the work of Neil Tub and Jim Fraser after their shock departures from Chelsea on Wednesday.
With the membership present process a restructuring, it was introduced by Chelsea that Tub and Fraser could be leaving their roles on the membership.
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Tub has held a number of posts at Chelsea having first joined in 1993 however was famend for his work with the academy, turning it into among the best in Europe whereas Fraser had labored as his deputy and as scout.
Gallagher is one in all many success tales from the Chelsea academy, developing by the ranks and occurring to change into the membership’s de facto captain final season.
The 24-year-old admitted he owes a lot of his profession to Tub and Fraser for giving him the assistance essential to thrive at youth stage.
Talking to talkSPORT, Gallagher mentioned: “I actually cannot converse extremely sufficient of Neil Tub and Jim Fraser. I’ve not messaged them but as a result of I’ve solely simply came upon.
“What they’ve accomplished for Chelsea’s academy is mindblowing. We have been the perfect academy during the last 15 years.
“What trophies we have received and gamers we have produced and that’s numerous credit score to them two guys.
“I would like to offer them a message later as a result of what they’ve accomplished for me personally is wonderful and I’ve to thank them.”
Since Clearlake Capital arrived at Chelsea in 2022, there have been sweeping modifications to the workers behind the scenes.
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Tub and Fraser had been earmarked by the American agency to guide the academy into a brand new period, beneath the challenge identify Imaginative and prescient 2030, and seen as important to the membership’s operations.
Nonetheless, beneath a brand new scheme, chief scout Joe Shields now appears to be like to take management of the academy administration construction alongside Sam Jewell, who joined from Brighton earlier this yr.
Tub and Fraser have been essential to the Blues over the previous 20 years and have helped the membership produce elite younger skills similar to Reece James, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham, in addition to others who left throughout their academy days similar to Michael Olise, Declan Rice and Jamal Musiala.
Tub was first appointed as academy supervisor in 2004 whereas Fraser was employed in 2005 as his assistant earlier than they held a quantity fo roles throughout the youth set-up.
Through the 2010s, Chelsea’s Beneath-18s received the FA Youth Cup seven occasions, together with a run of 5 consecutive tins from 2014 to 2018 whereas the Beneath-19s received back-to-back UEFA Youth Leagues in 2015 and 2016.
