Italian manager Antonio Conte thinks Chelsea academy is on the rise following the progress made by Nigerian defender Ola Aina and other emergent stars.<br /><br />The likes of Aina, Dominic Solanke, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori started off at the academy, rising through the ranks before they were handed their first-team debuts, and ex-Chelsea striker Carlton Cole is a notable graduate of the academy.<br /><br />England youth internationals of Nigerian descent Ike Ugbo and Tariq Uwakwe have been promised that they will be given a chance in the first-team in future.<br /><br /><span class="body1">&ldquo;</span>The Academy is doing a really great job. In my squad we have a lot of young players from the Academy &ndash; Chalobah, Ake, Ruben, Aina - and it&rsquo;s important to have a link between the first team and Academy, <span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">&rdquo; said Conte to the national press at Friday</span></span></span><span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">&rsquo;s press conference. </span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="body1">&ldquo;</span>These young players have stayed with me because they deserve it, not because I want to give them a gift. <br /><br /><span class="body1">&ldquo;</span>In the future I hope to absorb many players from the Academy.<span class="body1"><span class="body1"><span class="body1">&rdquo;</span></span></span><br /><br />Victor Moses and Ola Aina will be hoping to get game time when the Premier League leaders travel to face Carl Ikeme&rsquo;s Wolves in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. <br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<span class="body1"></span>