However, only three were kept on by the Blues’ head coach, as the rest were forced to look elsewhere for their next career step.
But who were they?
Here are the players who trained with the Fratton Park outfit in pre-season 12-months-ago.

17. Renedi Masampu
The Chelsea defender spent the second half of last season on loan with Birmingham last term, but he failed to make an appearance for Lee Bowyer’s side. Instead he played mainly for the under-23s. Picture: Henry Browne/Getty Images Photo: Henry Browne
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