Carlisle United caretaker boss Greg Abbott is hoping to
establish a strong working relationship with
Chelsea.
Carlisle have benefited from the Chelsea academy already this
season by taking youngster Harry Worley on loan, and Abbott has
since been invited to spend a day behind the scenes at Stamford
Bridge.
Worley himself has spoken highly of Carlisle's training methods,
and Abbott is hopeful that Chelsea could send more of their
youngsters to the League One club.
"They have invited me down for a day to see how they do things and
hopefully we can sort something out within the month," he told the
News & Star.
"I have spoken to Neil Bath, their academy manager, and I will be
speaking to Frank Arnesen this week as well.
"Harry has told the people at Chelsea about how we do things and
that he's really happy with the training we are doing.
"If we can create good impressions at this stage then hopefully
it's something we can gain from in the future in terms of them
maybe letting some more of their young players come to us."
Worley himself has only played 45 minutes for Carlisle since his
deadline day move, and with only two weeks of his loan spell
remaining looks unlikely to take full advantage of the loan
spell.
However, Abbott insists it has been a positive experience.
"I've had a smashing chat with Harry and he has come in full of
enthusiasm and trained very well," he said.
"He is disappointed not to have been playing, but Chelsea are
really comfortable with how we are doing things."
