Flashback - Dave Clement's Son Tipped for PSG Coaching Role

Flashback:

Appointed by Chelsea
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Chelsea look to future with Paul Clement set to replace Ray Wilkins
The times they are a changing at Chelsea, which is why Ray Wilkins was dismissed and Paul Clement is expected to be named as his successor.



Ray Wilkins-Chelsea look to future with Paul Clement set to replace Ray Wilkins
Feeling blue: Ray Wilkins is set to be replaced by Paul Clement as Carlo Ancelotti's assistant Photo: ACTION IMAGES

By Gerry Cox

10:30PM GMT 13 Nov 2010

It is no coincidence that Wilkins went after the departures of Michael Ballack, Deco and Ricardo Carvalho this summer. Those players are already being replaced gradually in the first-team squad by the likes of teenagers Jeffrey Brouma, Gael Kakuta and Josh McEachran, the 17-year-old prodigy who has received his first call-up to the England Under-21 squad, for their game against Germany on Tuesday.

As Chelsea move slowly towards the sort of self-sufficiency that should keep Michel Platini and Co happy, by satisfying Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations, they will be relying more on home-grown youngsters and less on expensive imports from abroad.

Which is where Clement fits in. He is son of the late Dave Clement, who played alongside Stan Bowles and Gerry Francis at QPR, and also brother of former Chelsea and West Brom defender Neil.

Paul Clement has worked his way through the coaching ranks at the club’s Cobham training ground, having started working with Chelsea’s schoolboys 16 years ago before leaving for a six-year stint at Fulham’s academy. He returned in 2005 to work with the youth and then the reserves before stepping up to first-team duties under Guus Hiddink two seasons ago.

He will sit alongside Carlo Ancelotti in the dug-out at Stamford Bridge for the game against Sunderland on Sunday, and it is widely expected that his appointment as permanent No2 to the Italian will be rubber-stamped in the next few days.


Ancelotti has already spoken of his desire to see more young players progress from Chelsea’s academy to the first team, and Clement will help speed the progress, having worked well with many of them already.

On Friday, after expressing his gratitude to Wilkins, Ancelotti spoke in glowing terms about the man who has been a key part of his coaching staff for some time. “He has fantastic experience because he was a teacher at our school, he has great ability to speak with the players, his experience with the academy was very good because he had a lot of exercises to propose to the players.

“Last year was the first time I worked with him, and he will be a fantastic coach in the future. Technically he is able to explain exercises in training well, and he gets his point across.” So he fits perfectly with Chelsea’s aim of bringing through more young players.

“That is our philosophy,” added Ancelotti. “This year we have started to put more young players in the squad, such as Kakuta, Brouma and McEachran, and they will be more involved and play more and more. We have to be patient but they will play. I want to play McEachran in the next game.”

Axed by Chelsea
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Flanman, you're right about his son Neil.
But Dave Clement (RIP) had two sons. And this is other

Well believe it or not many moons ago i used to work part time for sainsburys, and paul clement also worked there during the summer of 91 i think it was, he was at uni then and was a lovely fella, his brother was on the books of villa at the time i remember him saying, good luck to him, i reckon he still looks for the rs results he was a fan when i worked with him.

Just re the other Clement, Neil Clement: Flashback to him & WBA Career/Retiring...(Has also said nice things re QPR)
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