Chelsea thrilled by their ‘wonderful’ youngster on loan and already have big plans for him

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Chelsea are reportedly quite excited about the potential of their young player, who’s currently out on loan.

Chelsea have used the loan system to their advantage so effectively over the years. Hopefully, the current batch of players out on loan can have bright futures at Stamford Bridge.

If you look at the current Blues squad, the likes of of Levi Colwill, Reece James and Cesare Casadei previously played out on loan to further their development.

Incidentally, Football.London reports that Chelsea are planning to find Omari Kellyman a loan move in January.

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Chelsea thrilled with Andrey Santos

According to GiveMeSport, Chelsea are ‘delighted’ by the progress of their youngster Andrey Santos this season during his loan spell with French club Strasbourg.

It is explained that the Blues feel like the 20-year-old midfielder could become a first-team regular at Stamford Bridge further down the line. Interestingly, Thiago Silva previously tipped Santos for a “wonderful future” on Instagram earlier in the year.

The report adds that the Brazilian youngster has been closely watching Chelsea matches this campaign while away from the club to help learn the system and the style of Enzo Maresca.

Apparently, Chelsea insiders think that the South American star has the right skillset to thrive in a Maresca team and the club has no plans to sign any more central midfielders.

Andrey Santos on fire this season

Santos has made a blistering start to the new campaign in Strasbourg. We suspect the fact that he spent the second half of last season on loan with the French club has made things a lot easier.

Santos, 20, is an all-action central midfielder who’s got so much quality both on and off the ball.

He’ll be aware that breaking into Chelsea’s first-team squad in midfield is going to be so tough because of the current options, but he’s certainly growing and proving his quality right now.

Santos has scored three goals in his opening four Ligue 1 appearances of this campaign. Remarkably, no central midfielder has scored more goals than Santos in Europe’s top five leagues this season.