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The first goal in this week’s Loan Report belongs to Marko Marin, although it may end up being taken away from him upon further review. The second belongs to Jeremie Boga who is back in the good books at Rennes after a few recent struggles. We begin in Turkey… Headliners Marin is often the butt of many jokes and is typically held up as the poster boy for the less-successful…
Chelsea’s Under-18s bounced back from defeat at Manchester City last weekend with a 1-0 win over Everton at Cobham on Saturday to get their national title challenge back on track. The Blues know they will likely have to emerge victorious from the Elite stage of competition if they are to feature in next season’s UEFA Youth League and were able to secure all three points in a game of few…
Chelsea’s Under-21s made it seven league matches unbeaten stretching back to November on Friday night with a 2-1 victory over Leicester City at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium. The young Blues controlled much of the game and were good value for their win as they came from behind with goals either side of half time. Joe Dodoo had given Leicester a 19th-minute lead, but Jake Clarke-Salter cancelled that out with an assist…
Chelsea extended their unbeaten Under-21 league run to six matches stretching back to November with a 3-1 win away to Reading at the Madejski Stadium on Monday evening. The majority of the action came early with Tammy Abraham and Jacob Maddox, making his maiden appearance at this level, scoring for the Blues either side of a Tariqe Fosu equaliser. The visitors enjoyed the better of things thereafter, making and spurning…
We didn’t have quite as many goals this week but the one we can bring you belongs to Izzy Brown, and it was his first in senior professional football. Headliners Injuries have struck Vitesse down of late, including a long lay-off for Dominic Solanke, and so Brown has not only been able to enjoy a regular run of starts after his own spell on the sidelines, but on Sunday he…
Chelsea’s Under-18s experienced a frustrating start to the elite stage of their Barclays Under-18 Premier League title challenge on Saturday morning as they let a two-goal lead slip to eventually lose 4-3 away to fellow challengers Manchester City. Dujon Sterling had provided Joe Edwards’ side with an early lead only for Lukas Nmecha to quickly cancel that out with the first of two goals on the day for him. Iké…
Chelsea exited the Barclays Under-21 Premier League International Cup at the Semi Final stage on Thursday evening as they went down 2-1 to PSV Eindhoven at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium. A Kasey Palmer free kick had given the home team a sixth-minute lead but that was wiped out by an own goal midway through the first half, and a Steven Bergwijn goal just before half time proved enough for PSV to…
Southampton and Chelsea met at St Mary’s in Under-21 action three days removed from their respective first teams squaring off at the same venue but the Blues were unable to find the same success as their illustrious counterparts, instead sharing in a 0-0 draw on a frustrating evening on the south coast. Despite making much the better going throughout the match, Chelsea were unable to find a way through and…
The goals continued to come in a steady supply over the last seven days in the land of the Loan Report with a pair of midfielders adding to their respectable tallies for the season. We begin in midweek, where John Swift broke his duck at home for Brentford. Headliners Heading into their clash with Wolves at Griffin Park, Swift had scored four goals this season but they had all come…
Chelsea reached a seventh successive FA Youth Cup Semi Final on Friday night as they emerged victorious against a tough Reading side at Stamford Bridge. Second-half goals from Jay Dasilva and Tammy Abraham were enough to see the Blues to a 2-1 win but they were made to fight for their reward as Axel Andresson scored a late goal for the visitors on a night where there were three missed…