The Loan Report

The last three seasons have returned almost 3000 appearances and some 300 goals from dozens of Chelsea youngsters embarking on more than 100 individual loan moves. It’s an operation of immense logistical ambition on a scale never before seen in England (and only occasionally anywhere else) and yet, for all of that, can we really say it’s been a success? Speak to ten people with some level of knowledge and…

In the final Loan Report of the season we have two goals from a pair of the less-heralded loanees, and one of them in particular proved extremely decisive at the very end of the campaign. Headliners Papy Djilobodji has been something between a figure of derision and an encapsulation of everything wrong with Chelsea’s transfer policy since joining last summer but he has played pretty well for Werder Bremen in…

The Loan Report turned up its second domestic title winner of the season this weekend whilst, with the season finishing for several teams, John Swift signed off his Brentford stay with another goal, and a fellow Championship player celebrated promotion. We begin, though, with Marco van Ginkel. Headliners The Dutch international midfielder was deemed surplus to requirements by a nondescript Stoke City team who are finishing the season in mid-table…

The closing weeks of the 2015-16 season are upon us and several Chelsea loanees have plenty yet to play for. Chief amongst them and grabbing the headlines again this week is Marco van Ginkel. Headliners PSV’s battle to retain their Eredivisie title will go down to the last day of the season as they beat Cambuur 6-2 on Sunday to stay level with Ajax on 81 points, trailing the Amsterdam…

The headlines in this week’s Loan Report are unfortunately of a negative nature as Todd Kane suffered a serious knee injury that both ends his season and significantly dents his chances of making a dream return to Chelsea. Headliners It’s been a great season for full-back Kane, who had been an ever-present for Eredivisie upstarts NEC Nijmegen and developing into a prospect of some repute. Named the club’s vice-captain, his…

The Dutch stranglehold over the Loan Report goalscoring action of late was broken this weekend as Michael Hector and Juan Cuadrado tipped us over the 70 mark on the season, fast approaching last season’s final tally of 83. Headliners Hector got things started on Saturday with his second goal of the season and his first in the league for Reading. It came in a losing cause away to Leeds but…

Seven of the last eight goals scored by Chelsea loanees have come from those stationed in the Eredivisie, with two more of those arriving this weekend. Marco van Ginkel added to a prolific tally at PSV on Saturday whilst Todd Kane grabbed his first goal for NEC Nijmegen on Sunday. Headliners Kane has had a wonderful season on loan at Nijmegen, just a twenty minute journey down the road from…

It was a weekend of free-kicks from the Eredivisie as club football returned from the latest international break. Marco van Ginkel and Lewis Baker each scored a dead-ball effort to kick off the latest edition of the Loan Report. Headliners Van Ginkel has found his return to Dutch football far more favourable than his stay at Stoke, featuring regularly, earning Champions League recognition, and weighing in with the sort of…

Two of Chelsea’s best and brightest youngsters caught the eye this past week in the land of the Loan Report as Andreas Christensen scored his third goal in Borussia Mönchengladbach colours whilst Dominic Solanke marked his return to action with a brace off the bench for Vitesse and Juan Cuadrado showed everyone what he’s capable of on the big European stage. Headliners Christensen has, of course, been a mainstay in…

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…