Congratulations from Stamford Bridge as star player agrees three-year deal with Chelsea

 Frankie Runham has signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea, the Blues have confirmed on the club website.

The new deal comes six months after the player signed his first professional contract a day after his 17th birthday in January. Runham has been with CHELSEA since he was eight and will continue to develop at the club for the foreseeable future.

Playing for the under-17s and under-18s over the last two seasons, the versatile teenager has impressed as those teams won the Premier League Cup and Premier League South this year. Runham also trained with the first team last season and is an England youth international

The Blues posted on the club website: ‘Frankie joined the club at eight years old and has moved through the youth ranks in our Academy at Cobham.

‘He made his Under-18s debut during the 2022/23 campaign while still a schoolboy and became our youngest-ever UEFA Youth League goalscorer after netting against Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 15.

‘Frankie was a regular for our Under-18s last term and played important roles in our Under-18 Premier League South title win and our Under-17 Premier League Cup triumph.

‘Congratulations, Frankie’

CHELSEA have a plan for the future that involved alot of the talent that is already at the club – so the news that Runham is has agreed a new contract at the club is massive as he will believe he is good enough for that first team.

He will need to work even harder to fulfill his Chelsea dream – but this is certainly the step in the right direction and the lad will be delighted that he has agreed a new contract at the Blues.