Things are starting to settle into a familiar pattern early in this Loan Report season and, although it might be a little too soon to jump to such conclusions, there are signs that Mario Pašalić might be a big hit for Monaco in 2015-16. Headliners The Croatian midfielder had already opened his account for the Ligue 1 side with a ferocious strike away to Young Boys in the Champions League…
We kick off this week’s Loan Report with two goals that take our fledgling season’s tally to three. Mario Pašalić got things off and running in the Champions League a fortnight ago and, on Friday night, Vitesse came to the party for the first time in 2015-16. Headliners Hosting Roda in their first home match of the new campaign, Peter Bosz’s side finally found their groove after a problematic few…
It’s time to begin another season of the Loan Report. With twenty-two developmental players already having been borrowed from other clubs there’s plenty to report upon already in what promises to be the busiest #CFC #loanwatch season yet. England Of those twenty-two, three are in the Premier League, and whilst neither Christian Atsu (Bournemouth) nor Patrick Bamford (Crystal Palace) saw opening day playing time, Marco van Ginkel did as he…
The vast majority of Chelsea’s loan army returned to Cobham this week to report for pre-season training under the tutelage of Eddie Newton. Yes, such is the scale of the club’s operation in this arm of development, they have an entirely separate squad training and working together under Newton and his new assistant Paulo Ferreira. Some will join the first team squad when they return next week and a lucky…
We’ve reached (pretty much) the end of the 2014-15 club season, which means it’s time to look back over the campaign as far as things went on the loan front at Chelsea Football Club. In this review, we look at events as they unfolded in the various remaining parts of the world littered with Blues youngsters. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Club,Appearances,Goals Uli Dávila,Vitória Setúbal,14,0 Matej…
We’ve reached (pretty much) the end of the 2014-15 club season, which means it’s time to look back over the campaign as far as things went on the loan front at Chelsea Football Club. In this review, we look at events as they unfolded in Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Team,Appearances,Goals Tomas Kalas,Köln,0,0 Uli Dávila,Tenerife,11,1 Gael Kakuta,Rayo Vallecano,35,5 Thorgan Hazard*,Gladbach,29,4…
There’s plenty of reason to celebrate in the final Loan Report of the 2014-15 season as Vitesse secured Europa League qualification whilst one youngster who has not always had an easy ride during his Chelsea career got his hands on a league title this weekend. Netherlands Having seen off PEC Zwolle last week, Vitesse were left with a two-legged tie against Heerenveen with a place in the Third Qualifying Round…
We’ve reached (pretty much) the end of the 2014-15 club season, which means it’s time to look back over the campaign as far as things went on the loan front at Chelsea Football Club. In this review, we look at events as they unfolded in England. Who? [table class=”table table-striped”] Player,Team,Appearances,Goals Nathan Aké,Reading,5,0 Christian Atsu,Everton,13,0 Lewis Baker,Sheffield Wednesday,4,0 Lewis Baker,MK Dons,12,3 Patrick Bamford,Middlesbrough,44,19 Ryan Bertrand*,Southampton,27,2…
The season is winding down towards its conclusion but there remains a few prevailing interests on the Chelsea loanee front. We kick off this weekend, as we have done quite often this season, with Bertrand Traore. Headliners To say Vitesse’s fortunes have improved somewhat since manager Peter Bosz opted to move the Burkina Faso international into a centre forward role back in November would be understating things somewhat. His prolific…
A brace from Bertrand Traore took the total goals scored by Chelsea’s assembled loanees this season to a round 80 (which then increased further later in the day) but his efforts weren’t enough to ensure direct passage into the Europa League for Vitesse this weekend. Headliners The geel en zwaart went into the final round of Eredivisie fixtures knowing a win and help elsewhere would ensure a third-placed finish and…