The Loan Report: August 11-17

August 17, 2014

We’re back for another busy season for the Loan Report here at TheChels.net, and with no fewer than sixteen Chelsea players having already departed on temporary moves, there’s plenty to cover already. We were given over 120 goals during 2013-14 and a goalscoring streak that covered every week of the campaign until the very last one came up empty and whilst we’re not going to reach those heights again, it’ll…

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The Loan Report: Spanish Promotion Special

June 22, 2014

Late June during a World Cup summer might seem an unusual time to be catching up on Chelsea loanees but the 2013-14 club season in Spain extended well into the summer as two Blues youngsters went in search of promotion. The playoffs in both the Segunda Division and the remarkably unforgiving Segunda B structure called for a long and tiring schedule, but one which ultimately successful in both cases. For…

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The Loan Report: Season in Review – Spain

May 30, 2014

With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Spain. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Thibaut Courtois,Atlético Madrid,55,0,0 Marko Marin,Sevilla,31,2,6 Oriol Romeu,Valencia,18,0,0 Ulises Dávila,Córdoba,31,5,n/a Jhon Pirez,Leganés,17,1,0 [/table] The Story? Courtois pieced together what would almost go down as the storybook year. Already a Copa del Rey, UEFA Europa…

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The Loan Report: Season in Review – England

May 27, 2014

With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in England. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Ryan Bertrand,Aston Villa,16,0,0 Romelu Lukaku,Everton,33,16,6 Victor Moses,Liverpool,22,2,0 Patrick Bamford,MK Dons/Derby,52,25,5 Billy Clifford,Yeovil,1,0,0 Nathaniel Chalobah,Nottm Forest/Middlesbrough,24,3,0 Sam Hutchinson,Sheff Wed,10,1,1 Todd Kane,Blackburn,28,2,3 Josh McEachran, Watford/Wigan,19,0,1 Kenneth Omeruo,Middlesbrough,14,0,1 Milan Lalkovic,Walsall,42,6,4 Daniel Pappoe, Colchester/Kingstonian,14,0,0 George Saville,Brentford,44,3,4 Sam…

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The Loan Report: All 123 Goals

May 25, 2014

More than thirty Chelsea players combined for upwards of forty different loan moves during the 2013-14 season. Naturally, they combined to register a series of landmarks that are unlikely to be surpassed in the near future if at all. At least one of them scored for 37 consecutive weeks of the club campaign, falling short of an unbroken streak at the final hurdle. Twenty-one of them found the back of…

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The Loan Report: Season in Review – Rest of the World

May 23, 2014

With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Colombia. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Matej Delac,FK Vojdovina/FK Sarajevo,25,0,0 Mario Pašalić,Hajduk Split,16,5,4 Joao Rodriguez,Uniautónoma,6,1,1 [/table] The Story Delac’s nomadic career took in two new destinations over the last nine months as he stopped in…

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The Loan Report: Season in Review – Belgium, France and Italy

May 22, 2014

With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in Belgium, France and Italy. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Kurt Zouma,Saint Etienne,9,0,1 Gael Kakuta,Lazio,2,0,0 Wallace,Inter,4,0,0 Thorgan Hazard,Zulte Waregem,50,17,20 Billy Clifford,Antwerp,4,0,0 [/table] (Zouma’s appearances count from when he signed for Chelsea) The Story? Signed during the January transfer window and…

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The Loan Report: Season in Review – The Netherlands

May 21, 2014

With the 2013-14 season now pretty much over, it’s time to take a look back over a record-breaking campaign on the loan front. Today, we look at the Chelsea’s prospects in The Netherlands. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Apps,Goals,Assists Christian Atsu,Vitesse,28,5,6 Cristian Cuevas,Vitesse/FC Eindhoven,15,1,0 Sam Hutchinson,Vitesse,2,0,0 Gael Kakuta,Vitesse,14,3,1 Lucas Piazon,Vitesse,31,11,8 Stipe Perica,NAC Breda,26,6,1 Patrick van Aanholt,Vitesse,34,5,3 Bertrand Traore,Vitesse,15,3,0 [/table] The Story It was a season of what could have been in…

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The Loan Report: May 12-18

May 18, 2014

It’s the final Loan Report of the 2013-14 season, and the streak is over. In every single week of the club campaign stretching as far back as the first days of August, a Chelsea loanee has scored a goal. More than thirty players have combined for over forty different loan deals and 123 goals but with fewer than a one third of that tally left in action over the past…

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The Loan Report: May 5-11

May 11, 2014

The season may be winding down and the overall number of Chelsea loanees continues to dwindle with campaigns wrapping up across Europe, but the goalscoring streak that has been alive since the opening weekend back in July is alive and kicking. Thorgan Hazard and Romelu Lukaku took it into a 38th week over the past seven days and we begin with the irrepressible Belgian duo. Headliners Hazard has been terrific…

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