Chelsea forward Charlie Brown has been in superb form for the club’s youth team this season.
The 19-year-old has the most goals in the UEFA Youth League’s history, leading to the club’s official Twitter account to praise the striker:
⚽️ 12 goals
?️ 2 assists
? 9 gamesMost goals in this @UEFAYouthLeague season (12)
Most goals in the competition’s history (15)? 19 year-old, Charlie Brown! pic.twitter.com/EwK2tgpjmk
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) 30 April 2019
Fans on Twitter would really like to see Brown given a chance in the first team next campaign:
Replace higuain with him
— Ken (@Ken76431710) 30 April 2019
Bring him to first 11
— LINDA Kaaah (@RindaKaaah) 30 April 2019
Get him in the 1st team
— James Rolfe (@JamesRolfe8) 30 April 2019
Let start with preseason… Charlie in
— Hon-Comr_Julius Odunlade (@usherjay) 30 April 2019
Let him play the striking role. We need him not higuain.
— ianlyaz (@ianlyaz1) 30 April 2019
He has done better than huguain. Promote him to the first team
— Robby Robert (@ROBERTMUNYAMPUN) 30 April 2019
Others believe he will be loaned out, just like many other players have been in the past:
What’s the point, he will be loaned out till his career will be wrecked while we will be paying top dollars for the deadwood and the ‘has been’
— Yanju O. (@yanju007) 30 April 2019
welcome to vittese fc lad
— ALONSO, LUIZ, BARKLEY, PEDRO, WILLIAN OUT (@cfbanterclub) 30 April 2019
Nice, now loan him out until he’s 25 and shatter his dreams
— granit (@grandeisdead) 30 April 2019
He’ll never play for the 1st team
— ² (@ftblzack) 30 April 2019
I hope @ChelseaFC promote this young lad rather than turning him into a loan subject or a wasted talent @DauForever @MisturBets
— Tinubu (@Tinubu14) 30 April 2019
Brown has been extremely impressive at youth level for Chelsea. As well as scoring 12 in the UEFA Youth League, he scored four in 5 games for the Under 21s in the EFL Trophy, as well as scoring four times for the U23s in Premier League 2.
The Blues’ transfer ban could give the teenager an opportunity but much may depend on the future of the likes of Gonzalo Higuain and Michy Batshuayi.
Manager Maurizio Sarri says he is hopeful that Higuain can continue at Stamford Bridge next season despite only scoring four goals in 15 appearances.
