{"id":1139876,"date":"2020-04-18T12:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1139876"},"modified":"2020-04-18T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:52:55","slug":"terry-names-the-best-player-who-failed-to-make-a-first-team-career-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/terry-names-the-best-player-who-failed-to-make-a-first-team-career-at-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry names the best player who failed to make a first-team career at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Terry has described Robert Wolleaston as the best Chelsea youth player to never represent their senior team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wolleaston, 40, ended a 16-year playing career last September having last turned out for non-league Weymouth.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The journeyman career of Robert Wolleaston: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wolleaston began at Chelsea&#8217;s youth academy but never played for their first-team.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;d leave in 2003 to join Bradford City, where he only made 28 senior appearances<\/li>\n<li>Wolleaston subsequently represented Oxford United, Cambridge United, Rushden &amp; Diamonds and Farnborough before joining Weymouth.<\/li>\n<li>The 40-year-old Londoner hung up his boots in September 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Terry believes he&#8217;s the best Chelsea academy graduate to not enjoy a professional career at the club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d initially leave the Blues in 2003, joining Bradford City as a free agent, before embarking on a journeyman career that saw him sign for Oxford United, Cambridge United, Rushden &amp; Diamonds and Farnborough.<\/p>\n<p>A contrast to Terry, who remains the poster boy for the club&#8217;s esteemed academy, once breaking through he&#8217;d go on to amass over 700 first-team appearances, lifting five Premier League titles as captain.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of ex-teammate and fellow club legend Frank Lampard has seen a number of former graduates hold down a regular starting berth at Stamford Bridge &#8212; notably Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham.<\/p>\n<p>Terry, though, feels Wolleaston could have made a similar impact given his exceptional abilities, but believes the inability for him to push himself ultimately cost the London-born midfielder a future with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sancho, Haaland, Hakimi &amp; Brandt | Meet Borussia Dortmund&#039;s Fantastic Four\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpOpxJuRT0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Probably a boy called Rob Wolleaston at Chelsea,&#8221; he said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-8222357\/John-Terry-hails-incredible-ability-unknown-former-Chelsea-youngster.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram Q&amp;A<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was like a midfielder\/winger, had so much ability. 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