Youth & Reserves

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…