Gary Neville has praised Chelsea's young stars, saying that they've made the club more 'likeable'.
The Blues have consistently produced talented players through the academy system but have been infamous for the lack of youngsters making the grade at first team level.
That's all changed under Frank Lampard this season, and speaking on Friday Night Football, Neville said that the club are starting to get things right.
He said: "They’ve been crying out for it for 10 years through a successful Chelsea academy.
“None of them got through, but now they’re bringing players through.
“I was one of the ones on the very first day of the season watching Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount at Old Trafford thinking, ‘Tammy Abraham up front on his own, is he ready for that, can he do it in this league in the biggest matches?’
“I looked at Mason Mount and thought ‘there looks a very good technical player but has he got the physicality to dominate a game of that ilk?’
“It really pleases me, particularly after what happened later that week when Tammy Abraham suffered abuse – not just for his performances but racist abuse as well.
“In the last weeks he’s come back and performed really well and we know that Frank Lampard came in with a mandate alongside Jody Morris to bring these players through.
“I’m not saying that I don’t like Chelsea, but they’ve always been a difficult club to like because of what they’ve done and that the players seemed a bit nasty. I think this is the most likeable Chelsea eleven that we’ve seen in Roman Abramovich’s time."
