The Premier League stat that proves Chelsea have the best academy in the country

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Over the last 10 years or so, Chelsea have produced some very talented players.

A couple of them are currently with the Chelsea first-team squad right now: Reece James and Levi Colwill.

The former has spent a lot of time in the stands because of injury, but James has really pleased Enzo Maresca since recovering from his recent hamstring problem.

The right-back and Colwill are not the only Premier League stars whom Chelsea have produced, though.

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Chelsea academy graduates were on fire over the weekend

The likes of Dominic Solanke, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Marc Guehi came through the ranks at Chelsea and impressed in this latest round of Premier League fixtures.

The trio, as well as fellow Cobham graduates Ola Aina and Trevoh Chalobah, all managed to find the back of the net.

It meant that Chelsea academy products scored 25% of the Premier League goals registered over the weekend — so that is before Fulham’s dramatic 2-1 win against Brentford on Monday. All in all, you will find it hard to find a better academy than Chelsea’s when you consider all of the talent it has churned out

Solanke scored a brace for Tottenham Hotspur and was actually linked with a return to Chelsea during the summer.

It has been claimed that Chelsea thought about negotiating a deal to sign Solanke before his move to north London.

Which academy graduate will Chelsea regret losing the most?

Right now, there should be a lot of regret about Hudson-Odoi, whom the club sold to Nottingham Forest for less than £5m.

That is peanuts, especially compared to the £89m that they could end up paying for Mykhailo Mudryk.

Hudson-Odoi will be happy with how this season is going so far, scoring a winning goal against Liverpool in September.

Amid Mudryk’s struggles at the club, with the winger having made just one start in the Premier League under Maresca, Chelsea probably would have been better off keeping Hudson-Odoi and developing him. Instead, they allowed the 23-year-old to leave the club for practically nothing.