Chelsea's two-time FA Youth Cup winning coach Joe Edwards announced that he will be adopting a new role at the club next season, as the club aim to improve their academy's pathway into the first team next season.

Edwards will now be in charge of monitoring the club's plethora of loan players in a position previously held by former Chelsea midfielder Eddie Newton.

Chelsea currently have a staggering 34 players out on loan, and for all of Chelsea's successes at youth level, which also includes successive Uefa Youth League wins, they're still struggling to get players into their first team.

To improve this situation, members of the academy staff, in addition to Edwards, will be working closely with new manager Antonio Conte when he arrives in the summer.