The last Loan Report before Christmas comes laden with goodies in the form of four more goals to bring you this week. Headliners The first of them was scored on Wednesday night by Brentford’s John Swift. He came off the bench away to Cardiff in midweek to score another very ‘Lampard-esque’ goal to bring the Bees level at 2-2 late in the game, only for them to then concede at…
Chelsea’s Under-18s ended a wonderful 2015 by extending their unbeaten run to twelve matches in all competitions courtesy of a last-minute equaliser away to Brighton on Saturday. In a tightly-fought and often fractious pre-Christmas fixture, Iké Ugbo gave the Blues the lead from the penalty spot early in the second half only for Brighton to turn things around. Daniel Mandriou struck an equaliser and Jordan Maguire-Drew looked to have won…
Chelsea are off and running in the defence of their FA Youth Cup crown as they swept aside a dogged Huddersfield Town 6-1 at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium on Wednesday night. The Blues are seeking to become the first team in sixty years to win three successive Youth Cup titles and kicked off this year’s campaign with a win that was hard-fought at times but wholly deserved. Tammy Abraham continued his…
The FA Youth Cup returns in earnest this Wednesday as Chelsea begin the defence of their crown once again and, having won both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 editions, are seeking to become the first club to win three in a row since Manchester United claimed five in a row at the competition’s inception in the early 1950s. It promises to be a tough ask, not least because a considerable number…
Nathaniel Chalobah celebrated his 21st birthday this week with his first Napoli goal. It’s therefore appropriate to kick off our Loan Report with a look at that in the first of an Italian double-header. Headliners The young midfielder – yes, he’s still young – hasn’t had much of a look-in during his time at Naples, with just one start in the Europa League to his name alongside a five-minute cameo…
Stipe Perica takes a rare step into the spotlight this week as the Loan Report’s solitary goalscorer, but the last seven days have also been largely positive for Chelsea’s army of talented young loanees. Headliners The young Croatian forward is approaching a year in Italy at Udinese after leaving Dutch side NAC Breda last January to embark upon an 18-month deal with the Zebretti, and it’s not been plain sailing…
Chelsea’s Under-18s remain very much on course to finish atop the Southern standings this season as they produced another typically rampant performance to beat West Ham United 4-0 at Cobham on Saturday. Jacob Maddox opened the scoring with little more than a minute played and, although they had to wait until the second half before Miro Muheim, Trevoh Chalobah and Iké Ugbo added to the tally, the young Blues were…
Chelsea secured a place in the last eight of this season’s Barclays Under-21 Premier League International Cup on Friday night courtesy of a 5-0 walloping of Celtic at Aldershot’s EBB Stadium. Four goals in twenty-three resounding first-half minutes paved the way for their progression as Mukhtar Ali, Kevin Wright, Charly Musonda and Kasey Palmer all got on the scoresheet in a display of relentless and clinical attacking play. The remainder…
Jeremie Boga takes centre stage in this week’s Loan Report as he crowned his first Ligue Une start with a first senior professional goal. Headliners Prior this weekend, Boga had only started once for Rennes against Bastia in the French League Cup but, with injuries limiting Philippe Montanier’s options in attack, he handed the 18 year-old a first start in the league away to Reims. He was nominally positioned as…
Chelsea remain clear at the top of the Barclays Under-18 Premier League after notching a resounding 5-0 win over third-placed Leicester City at Cobham on Saturday. Joe Edwards’ side took their goals tally to 23 from their last four outings with another formidable display of attacking; Iké Ugbo moved into double figures for the season with a first-half brace whilst Jacob Maddox, Mason Mount and substitute Charlie Wakefield all got…