The Loan Report: January 7-13

The turbulence of the January transfer window has already made an impact on the loan army at Chelsea, for both good and bad, as this week’s report shall duly reveal.

Headliners

For Kasey Palmer, it has most certainly been positive. Out of favour and unable to earn regular playing time at Blackburn in the first half of the season, he swapped Lancashire blue for Bristol red, and joined Bristol City for the rest of the campaign. City are battling for a playoff spot, Rovers are firmly in mid-table, so make of that what you will.

Linking up with fellow Chelsea players Tomas Kalas and Jay Dasilva, he made an instant impact in scoring the winning goal in their 2-1 win over Bolton on Saturday. All three were impressive in their own ways, and City could be a team to watch very closely between now and May.

Kurt Zouma has had relative stability by comparison at Everton, and grabbed his first goal for the Toffees in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth to lift the club into the top half of the table.

England

Premier League

Kenedy was ineligible for Newcastle’s trip to Chelsea.

Championship

The big loanee head-to-head of the weekend saw Reece James’ Wigan face Tammy Abraham’s Aston Villa. Wigan won 3-0, Abraham missed a big early chance, and James was as terrific as ever. A cursory twitter search whenever Wigan are in action is testament to the esteem in which he’s held at the DW Stadium, so we can but look forward to seeing how Chelsea ruin his development ahead of next season.

https://twitter.com/dumidrexel/status/1083402592795967488

Derby’s trip to Leeds on Friday night was marred by allegations of spying from the hosts ahead of the match, but Leeds were a class apart on the night, sending Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount – who turned 20 this week – to a 2-0 defeat.

Izzy Brown is still injured, and there is no more Lewis Baker at Elland Road, as he has moved to Reading for the rest of the season. He made his debut for the Royals as a second-half substitute in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, and played well. It will hopefully be a confidence-boosting start for a player who so desperately needs to kick-start things after a disappointing last eighteen months.

Todd Kane’s Hull City demolished Michael Hector’s Sheffield Wednesday as their rampant recent form continues to see them rise up the table, while there was a rare win for Trevoh Chalobah and Ipswich at home to Rotherham.

League One

Brad Collins was in goal for Burton as they received a 9-0 hiding from Manchester City in the League Cup Semi Finals in midweek. Hardly disgracing himself, he made a number of good saves on an impossible night for him, but still went down to a 3-2 defeat at home to Gillingham on Saturday.

Dujon Sterling’s rock-solid spot at right-back for Coventry saw him play throughout their 1-1 draw with Wimbledon.

League Two

Nathan Baxter has been joined at Yeovil Town by Josh Grant and, together, they helped the Glovers to a first league win since October, with a clean sheet thrown in for good measure in the 1-0 win at Mansfield Town.

Jacob Maddox, still not 100%, played 70 minutes of Cheltenham’s 3-1 defeat to Tranmere Rovers.

Non-League

Karlo Ziger, a 17 year-old youth team goalkeeper who is yet to make his Development Squad debut, joined National League side Sutton United in an emergency deal on Friday that could last until the end of the season. Without a registered goalkeeper to play in the FA Trophy at Spennymoor on Saturday, the Croatian was thrown in at the deep end, and made a string of outstanding saves despite being on the end of a 3-0 defeat.

He is expected to play second-fiddle to Ross Worner for the most part, and will train at Chelsea on a part-time basis, but his debut outing will have given everyone at Sutton pause for thought moving forwards.

Italy

Serie A is on a two-week break but the Coppa Italia continues in its absence, with Tiémoué Bakayoko playing ninety minutes in Milan’s 2-0 win at Sampdoria. Ola Aina played just one minute fewer as Torino exited at the hands of Fiorentina, and there’s Monday night action away to Cagliari for Atalanta and Mario Pašalić.

Spain

Michy Batshuayi has returned from Valencia and, at the time of writing, is on the verge of joining Cesc Fabregas at Monaco for the rest of the season. His final appearance was a 45-minute stint in their Copa del Rey at Sporting Gijon.

Kenneth Omeruo was rested as Leganés were defeated by Real Madrid in the cup, a wise decision, as his return for the league match against Huesca yielded a clean sheet and a 1-0 win.

Joao Rodriguez played just over twenty minutes as Tenerife lost at Oviedo in the Segunda, and Josi Quintero got exactly the same as Lleida lost to Villarreal B in Segunda B.

France

Matt Miazga is curiously back in favour at Nantes. He didn’t get off the bench this week in either match but, considering he wasn’t even in the matchday squad for more than a month, that’s small progress.

Victorien Angban played 71 minutes as Metz won at Orleans to remain five points clear at the top of the Ligue 2 table.

Netherlands

The Eredivisie doesn’t return from its winter hiatus for another week, but the second tier is back, with Fankaty Dabo getting 68 minutes in Sparta Rotterdam’s 3-3 draw at Cambuur. It was his first outing since mid-November, and he’s hopefully over his latest injury issues.

Kyle Scott is no longer with Telstar and has been linked with Ascoli in Italy’s Serie B.

Northern Ireland

Jared Thompson’s league debut for Warrenpoint ended in a 4-0 defeat to top-of-the-table Linfield.

Statistics

Started: July 14th
Final: May 29th

Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe/Cont Other Mins
Played
Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tammy Abraham Aston Villa 40 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3450 40 26
Ola Aina Torino 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2275 32 1
Victorien Angban Metz 25 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2056 29 1
Tiemoue Bakayoko Milan 30 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 2972 38 1
Lewis Baker Leeds United 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 491 14 0
Lewis Baker Reading 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1497 19 1
Michy Batshuayi Valencia 15 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 952 22 2
Michy Batshuayi Crystal Palace 11 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 923 12 6
Isaiah Brown Leeds United 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
Trevoh Chalobah Ipswich Town 43 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3273 44 2
Jake Clarke-Salter Vitesse 28 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2895 36 1
Charlie Colkett Shrewsbury Town 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 306 6 0
Fankaty Dabo Sparta Rotterdam 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1625 24 0
Jay Dasilva Bristol City 28 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2383 32 0
Josh Grant Yeovil 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 720 8 0
Kylian Hazard Cercle Brugge 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1116 21 4
Michael Hector Sheffield Wednesday 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3242 37 2
Reece James Wigan Athletic 45 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4005 46 3
Tomas Kalas Bristol City 39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3586 40 0
Todd Kane Hull City 39 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3363 40 3
Kenedy Newcastle United 24 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1529 26 1
Jacob Maddox Cheltenham Town 38 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3077 43 4
Mason Mount Derby County 37 9 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3745 42 11
Matt Miazga Nantes 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 810 9 0
Matt Miazga Reading 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1620 18 0
Alvaro Morata Atlético Madrid 15 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1245 17 6
Victor Moses Fenerbahce 14 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1076 15 4
Charly Musonda Vitesse Arnhem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
Nathan Atletico Mineiro 11 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 1 835 22 2
Kenneth Omeruo Leganés 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2434 28 0
Kasey Palmer Blackburn Rovers 15 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 984 17 3
Kasey Palmer Bristol City 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 538 16 2
Danilo Pantic Partizan Belgrade 29 6 3 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 3043 40 8
Mario Pašalić Atalanta 32 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 2047 40 8
Lucas Piazón Chievo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 4 0
Christian Pulisic Dortmund 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 651 11 4
Josimar Quintero Lleida 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 693 18 0
Baba Rahman Schalke 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 327 4 0
Baba Rahman Reims 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 965 11 1
Joao Rodriguez Tenerife 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 447 12 1
Ruben Sammut Falkirk 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 967 15 0
Kyle Scott Telstar 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 995 14 2
Dujon Sterling Coventry City 38 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3307 39 0
Fikayo Tomori Derby County 46 1 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4692 54 2
Iké Ugbo Scunthorpe United 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 936 16 1
Jack Wakely Basingstoke Town 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1355 16 0
Kurt Zouma Everton 32 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2838 34 2
Total 82392 1124 115



Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Mins
Played
Total
Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht
Nathan Baxter Yeovil Town 35 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3420 38 11
Jamal Blackman Leeds United 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 180 2 0
Brad Collins Burton Albion 31 10 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3115 35 11
Eduardo Vitesse 29 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3060 34 5
Jared Thompson Warrenpoint 10 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 13 4
Ethan Wady Tooting & Mitcham United 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 810 9 3
Karlo Ziger Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 90 1 0
Total 11845 132 34