Over 250 youngsters were hosted by the Chelsea club for the eighth edition of their ground-breaking Asian Star initiative. Organised at the Cobham training ground, four lucky winners were presented with awards by former Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, and earned 12-month placements at a Chelsea Foundation Football Development Centre.
Cudicini, currently a Chelsea FC ambassador, made his first appearance at the event and was hugely impressed with the arrangements and the talents he saw. "It is a pleasure to be here to see such a fantastic event. It is great for the kids and their families to visit and play at Cobham, just a few yards away from where the firs-team play. The Chelsea Foundationm and whole club, do a great job at supporting and promoting these events and are always at the forefront of new ideas and something like this for kids of an Asian background is setting the standard for others," he said.
