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- Updated: July 21, 2016
Chelsea sent as many as 35 players on loan last season and look set to send many of their young stars out again ahead of the new campaign.
Their academy is one of the country’s most successful – Chelsea retained their UEFA Youth League title in April before winning a third consecutive FA Youth Cup a week later – and the club boasts a deep pool of U21 talent.
With competition for a first-team place intense, however, many look elsewhere for regular football.
Ahead of the upcoming season, 10 Chelsea youngsters have already departed on loan to locations as varied as Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands. We take a look at their prospects…
Nathan Ake – Bournemouth (season-long loan)
The Dutch-born defender was named Watford’s Young Player of the Year after a successful campaign at Vicarage Road last season, earning a place as Quique Sanchez Flores’ first-choice left-back.
Chelsea rate him highly and he is under contract until 2020, but opportunities at Stamford Bridge remain limited and in March he summed up his predicament.
“Of course I would like to return to play for Chelsea,” he told the official KNVB website. “But it is important for a player of my age to get regular playing time.”
Antonio Conte clearly agreed and a move to Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth looks a good fit.
Andreas Christensen – Borussia Monchengladbach (season-long loan)
Christensen was one of the big success stories last season, starring for Borussia Monchengladbach in the same Champions League group as Manchester City and Juventus and ending the season as the club’s Player of the Year.
The defender is midway through his two-year loan stint but Monchengladbach are keen to make his move permanent and had a £14.25m offer turned down by Chelsea, on Tuesday. Despite the rejection, Christensen’s loan will continue with talks over a transfer shelved until the winter.
Christensen averaged fewer fouls-per-game than any other Bundesliga centre-back and more …
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