22 January 2012
This week’s Loan Report features a clutch of players who were involved for the first time with their new clubs this weekend, headlined by Dijon’s Gael Kakuta. The French Under-21 international swapped the Reebok Stadium in Bolton for Stade Gaston Gérard and wasted little time in making an impression for his new club, grabbing a [...]
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17 January 2012
After going seven league matches unbeaten before the winter academy break, Chelsea have now lost consecutive London derbies in 2012 after a narrow 2-1 defeat away to Fulham on Tuesday afternoon. It was an all-Swedish affair in front of goal as a Muamer Tankovic brace led the whites to victory, and despite a late effort [...]
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16 January 2012
After a hiatus over the Christmas/New Year period, the issue of Chelsea Pitch Owners is once again moving to the centre of attention in SW6. The Annual General Meeting will be taking place in The Harris Suite at Stamford Bridge on Friday 20th January at 11.00am, and whilst it’s unlikely to be conducted before as [...]
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15 January 2012
The first full Loan Report of 2012 is somewhat abridged, but a host of new faces have embarked upon spells away from Chelsea since the Christmas break, and are likely to be followed by more as the month of January wears on. Gael Kakuta and Josh McEachran lead the way in high-profile moves, with Kakuta [...]
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11 January 2012
Chelsea advanced into the Fifth Round of the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night after a hard-fought win away to Norwich City, prevailing on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. Four successful spot kicks saw Adrian Viveash’s troops home as Jamal Blackman saved one and watched another hit his crossbar in the dreaded shootout. Viveash [...]
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11 January 2012
Reserve team players Gael Kakuta and Ben Gordon have this afternoon finalised loan deals for the second half of the 2011-12 season. Kakuta’s protracted move to French top division outfit Dijon FCO has finally gone through, whilst Gordon will make a return to Kilmarnock, where he spent the first half of the 10-11 campaign. News [...]
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07 January 2012
Chelsea’s first under-18 match of 2012 ended in stoppage time heartbreak as they went down 3-2 to West Ham United. Twice the Blues had gone behind in the first half but goals from Amin Affane and Nathan Ake restored parity. Unfortunately, a stoppage time indirect free-kick from Jack Powell saw all three points go back [...]
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05 January 2012
Having turned 17 last month, young defender Nathaniel Chalobah has this week agreed his first professional contract with Chelsea. The England Under-19 international will put pen to paper on a deal which which keep him at Stamford Bridge until at least 2014. The two-year deal is a standard length for a first pro deal at [...]
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03 January 2012
Those of you who have kept a keen interest in Chelsea’s loan activity this season will have noted that not everything has gone smoothly. Whilst the likes of Thibaut Courtois, Tomas Kalas and Jeffrey Bruma have all featured regularly for their temporary clubs and are generally having good seasons, at the other end of the [...]
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01 January 2012
There are currently eight young Chelsea players out on loan both at home and abroad. A further trio – Milan Lalkovic, Sam Walker and Ben Gordon – have already spent time away and are now back at Chelsea. With the opening of the winter transfer window, attentions not only turn towards the high-profile deals the [...]
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