Frank Lampard admits Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori would likely to have been sent out on loan by Chelsea had the Blues not been stung by a transfer ban, potentially edging them in the same direction as Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne.
Much has been made of the players that have been allowed to slip the net at Stamford Bridge.
During an era of big-spending, youngsters with bags of potential did not always see senior doors thrown open in west London.
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That situation changed in the summer of 2019, with FIFA preventing Chelsea from bolstering their ranks through two transfer windows.