Chelsea’s youth coach, Neil Bath, is the driving force behind the club’s academy, which has produced talent worth £500 million. Chelsea named Neil Bath as their academy director in 2004 after a 12-year stint with the club. Nobody could have predicted that 17 years later, the fruits of his labors would be dominating the football landscape in England and abroad. When the West Londoner’s youth programme was completely restructured after the die-hard Blues fan, now 55, was installed in his new position, he put a greater emphasis on acquiring and developing the best talent in London and the South-East. Mason…