During his second spell at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho led Chelsea to the Premier League and League Cup double in the 2014/15 season.
His star-studded team included Diego Costa, Eden Hazard, Didier Drogba, John Terry and Cesc Fabregas, and stormed to the title by an eight-point margin.
But Mourinho's emphasis was not just on his first-team stars; the Portuguese recognised the talents emerging from the Blues' top-tier academy.
Three youngsters stood out to the former Chelsea boss in their pre-season tour in 2014 and Mourinho said: "My conscience tells me that if, for example, [Lewis] Baker, [Izzy] Brown, and [Dominic] Solanke are not national team players in a few years, I should blame myself.
"They are part of a process the club started without me. At this moment, we have players who will be Chelsea players. And when they become Chelsea players, they will become England players, almost for sure."
Despite Mourinho's claim, neither Baker, Brown nor Solanke have established themselves as regulars in Chelsea's senior squad or for the Three Lions.
Instead, the trio have forged their own paths away from west London, although two of them remain on the Blues' books to this day.
Here, Mirror Football takes a look at what happened at the three Chelsea players Mourinho tipped for stardom.
Lewis Baker
A talented box-to-box midfielder comfortable with either foot, Baker was handed his senior debut by Mourinho in January 2014, replacing Oscar in an FA Cup third-round victory over Derby County.
He was named Chelsea's Young Player of the Season for the 2013/14 season and scored the club's goal of the year - a stunning strike against Arsenal for the Under-21s.
But his cameo against Derby remains Baker's one and only Chelsea appearance to this day, despite the face he is still contracted at the club.
The Englishman was named in the squad for the double-winning campaign but was never called on by Mourinho before securing a mid-season loan to Sheffield Wednesday in January 2015.
Nonetheless, the Portuguese insisted he would receive a Premier League winners' medal for his contributions.
"Not all of them will get an official medal. But yes, we are going to buy medals," he said. "We are going to buy replicas of the cup."
Mourinho added: "Yes. Him, [Mohamed] Salah, Schwarzer, Lewis Baker... all of them who started the season with us. They have been invited to the last match and the Player of the Year dinner."
Baker made four appearances in the Championship for the Owls before he was recalled by Chelsea in February and loaned out to MK Dons, helping the club achieve promotion from League One with three goals in 12 appearances.
A change of direction for the 2015/16 season saw Baker join Eredivisie club Vitesse on loan as one of many Chelsea players to make the move. The midfielder made an excellent impression during his first campaign in the Netherlands, scoring five goals, and his loan was extended for another term.
Baker hit new heights during this season, netting 15 times in all competitions and helping Vitesse win the Dutch Cup for the first time in their 125-year history.
These performances established Baker as a regular for England Under-21 and saw him secure a new five-year deal with Chelsea in 2017 - but did not lead to opportunities at Stamford Bridge.
He was sent out for underwhelming loan spells in the Championship with Middlesbrough and Leeds before a switch to Reading in January 2019 helped kick-start his form.
Baker went abroad again last season, joining Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan with an option to buy but playing a minor role as the club was relegated from the Bundesliga.
With just nine appearances under his belt for the German side, they chose not to activate the permanent deal and instead Baker joined Trabzonspor for the current term.
The 25-year-old has played an important role for the Turkish club, scoring one goal and providing five assists in 26 appearances to help them go fourth in the Super Lig.
With just over one year remaining on his contract with Chelsea, Baker's future is uncertain and his 16-year stint on the club's books my be coming to an end.
Izzy Brown
Like Baker, Brown remains contracted to Chelsea to this day and has made just one appearance for the Blues.
The attacking midfielder put himself on Mourinho's radar with two goals in the pre-season thrashing of Wycombe in 2014 and was promoted to the first team six months later, alongside Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Having arrived from West Brom for £1million in 2013, his sole Chelsea appearance came off the bench against his old club in May 2015.
Asked whether Mourinho stayed true to his promise and awarded him a replica Premier League winners' medal, Brown told football.london : "I didn’t get one, no.
"Me and Dominic Solanke were in the room together on pre-season tour. He was like, ‘Izzy, did you see what Jose said?’
"We never took much notice, but we appreciated that one of the best managers in the world said that about us.
"We were young and all we cared about was first-team football around that time. Being around the first-team was enough of an accomplishment for us."
In search of senior minutes, Brown followed fellow Chelsea stars Baker, Solanke, Danilo Pantic and Nathan on loan to Vitesse for the 2015/16 season.
The versatile forward failed to match Baker's impact in the Eredivisie and spent the following campaign on loan with Championship clubs Rotherham and Huddersfield Town.
He impressed for the latter as they were promoted to the Premier League, scoring five goals in 21 appearances to give rise to links of a permanent move, although this never came about.
Instead, Brown penned a new four-year deal with Chelsea and joined newly-promoted Brighton on loan the 2017/18 season. He made 15 appearances for the Seagulls without scoring before suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January which ruled him out for 10 months.
He returned to the Championship while still recovering from the injury to join Leeds and would go on to make two senior appearances for Marcelo Bielsa's side.
Brown fared better with Luton Town last season, making 28 appearances and contributing one goal and eight assists.
The 24-year-old now plies his trade with Sheffield Wednesday and has failed to find the back of the net in 20 Owls appearances.
With three months remaining on his Chelsea contract, Brown is at a crossroads in his career with his time at Stamford Bridge almost certain to come to an end this summer.
Dominic Solanke
Of the trio Mourinho backed for stardom in 2014, Solanke has gone closest to fulfilling his potential.
The striker joined Chelsea at under-eight level and went on to lift the FA Youth Cup twice and the UEFA Youth League as he rose up the ranks.
Solanke was handed his first professional contract in September 2014 and made his Blues debut in the Champions League thrashing of Maribor the following month aged 17 - he remains the youngest player to represent Chelsea in the competition to this day.
The Englishman plundered 41 goals for the Under-21s that season and, as mentioned above, was one of five Blues players to join Vitesse on loan for the 2015/16 campaign.
Following a successful season with the Dutch club during which he scored seven goals, he returned to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea's third-choice striker as Antonio Conte took charge.
But Solanke made no appearances throughout the Premier League-winning 2016/17 season and his Italian manager confirmed he would likely leave west London at the end of his contract.
Having monitored the player for some time, Liverpool snapped up Solanke, with the fee later set at £3million by a tribunal.
Solanke was handed regular opportunities at Anfield but it took until his 27th appearance for the Reds before he found the back of the net in a final-day clash with Brighton.
With Liverpool, he reached the Champions League final in 2018 but fell out of favour under Jurgen Klopp and was sold to Bournemouth in January 2019 for a fee of £19million.
Solanke struggled during his first one-and-a-half seasons at the Vitality, scoring just four goals in 46 appearances, but has shown what he is capable of in the Championship this term.
He has netted 11 times and laid on eight assists in 32 appearances to put the Cherries in contention for a play-off spot.
Unlike Baker and Brown, Solanke would make the step up to the senior England team and made his Three Lions debut in 2017, coming off the bench in a 0-0 friendly draw with Brazil.
The 23-year-old has a sparkling CV from his time coming through his country's youth ranks, having won the Golden Ball as England Under-20 triumphed at the U20 World Cup in 2017.
Although he is firmly out of contention under Gareth Southgate at present, Solanke has shown glimpses of his best form this season and is certainly best placed to live up to Mourinho's prediction.
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