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Chelsea have secured the future of academy midfielder Ollie Harrison with a new contract until 2029. <\/strong><\/p>\n The new contract rewards a player who has progressed through three age groups and already been involved around the senior squad.<\/p>\n Chelsea confirmed the agreement on Friday. Harrison joined from Newcastle United at 16 in August 2023 and quickly became a regular for the club\u2019s Under-18 side.<\/p>\n During his first season at Cobham, he captained Chelsea to the Under-17 Premier League Cup and helped the Under-18s win the Premier League South title. He signed his first professional terms in August 2024 before establishing himself with the Under-21s.<\/p>\n The midfielder was part of the Under-21 squad which won the Premier League 2 title last season. His performances have also earned him recognition with England through to Under-18 level.<\/p>\n Harrison has already experienced the senior matchday environment. He was named on the bench for a Premier League visit to Manchester City and FA Cup ties against Leeds United and Leicester City during the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n He was later included among the substitutes for last season\u2019s Carabao Cup meeting with Lincoln City. Although he is still waiting for his competitive first-team debut, those selections show Chelsea have been willing to expose him to senior football.<\/p>\n ReadChelsea recently examined Chelsea\u2019s need to preserve routes from Cobham into the first-team squad while continuing to recruit young players from elsewhere. Harrison\u2019s extension gives the club control over the next stage of his development.<\/p>\n The new Ollie Harrison contract does not guarantee a senior breakthrough. Chelsea\u2019s midfield remains crowded, so a loan could eventually become part of his pathway.<\/p>\n For now, the agreement protects one of the academy\u2019s most experienced young midfielders. Harrison can begin the new campaign with his long-term future settled and another opportunity to impress at Under-21 and senior level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea have secured the future of academy midfielder Ollie Harrison with a new contract until…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ollie Harrison contract rewards academy progress<\/h2>\n