At the beginning of the 2012-13 season, having only featured in two of our five pre-season games, Josh joined Middlesbrough, in the Championship. I met with the owner and manager at Brentford at the time and felt it would suit how I play.”, Did Mourinho say he could go? John Terry was 18 but, looking back, that was such a big thing. They share a son named Cruze together. “You have to just take it, really. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Hindsight. McEachran made his Chelsea debut aged just 17 years and six months in September 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 4-1 away Champions League win in Zilina, having helped the Academy to its first FA Youth Cup in 50 years. “At the time nobody really knew John Terry and Jody Morris was a legend. He spent 2014-15 on loan at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem after previous spells at Swansea, Middlesbrough and Watford. And going out on loan. “Watford until Christmas and then I finished the season at Wigan with Uwe Rosler. Like on most weekends - if I have played really well and got man-of-the-match there will still be the odd person saying ‘you’re this, you’re that’.”, McEachran certainly does not lack confidence. “For 15 or 16 years, Chelsea was a massive part of my life,” he says. A big call. “It was weird knowing you aren't going back. Even now, seven years on, Josh McEachran sounds shocked. France – with Paul Pogba – were beaten in the semi-finals. “This season they are doing more,” McEachran says. You need confidence, don't you? Just to try and get a handle on it. McEachran has been with Chelsea since the age of eight, and was a regular in the youth team while still a highly-rated schoolboy. Under (manager) Carlo (Ancelotti), when I made my debut I was like, saying to myself ‘ah, that was a good choice for me to say no to Real Madrid’ but looking back now maybe I should have (gone)!”. He signed a new five-year deal in 2011 but would only make five more appearances for his boyhood side, with Andre Villas-Boas freezing him out from the first team. I then came back to Chelsea, went on pre-season, then I signed for Boro. He had been there since he was eight, plucked from a six-a-side boys tournament in Oxford. I still believe in myself,” he says. There’s Nathaniel (Chalobah), Ruben (Loftus-Cheek). Josh McEachran celebrates with team mates (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images), Chelsea fans will love what Eden Hazard said about Thibaut Courtois' howler for Belgium, Alvaro Morata aims thinly-veiled dig at Chelsea & Maurizio Sarri amid Atletico Madrid loan spell, Blame for Chelsea's latest defensive failure must rest with one man and it's not Thiago Silva, The Brazilian's error summed up diabolical first-half performance at West Brom but these problems pre-exist the centre back and show no sign of disappearing, The reason Kai Havertz was not penalised for handball before Tammy Abraham equalised for Chelsea, The ball hit Havertz's arm in the build-up to Abraham's late equaliser, The reason Andreas Christensen can play for Chelsea against West Brom after Liverpool red card, The defender was sent off after hauling down Sadio Mane, Chelsea player ratings: Callum Hudson-Odoi the spark but Marcos Alonso shocking at West Brom, The Blues had a stunning second-half comeback to draw 3-3, Edouard Mendy sent strong warning after completing £22m Chelsea transfer, The Senegal shot-stopper sealed his move to Stamford Bridge on Thursday, Inter Milan outline N'Golo Kante stance as Chelsea problems laid bare, The latest Chelsea news, views and transfer rumours from the Football.London team, Inter Milan chief outlines N'Golo Kante transfer stance amid Chelsea exit talk, Inter Milan have been linked with a move to sign N'Golo Kante from Chelsea in the summer transfer window, PSG boss issues transfer statement with Chelsea duo Antonio Rudiger and Tiemoue Bakayoko linked.