January is upon us, and as is conventional at Chelsea at the moment of yr, all of the speak is about loans.
There are doubtlessly some everlasting gross sales (and perhaps even purchases) to come back, however these first few days are often spent tweaking the non permanent strikes made in the summertime which aren’t figuring out. Final yr we noticed Andrey Santos’ catastrophe spell at Nottingham Forest ended, for instance. He was moved to Strasbourg, the place he had a superb time and stays to at the present time after extending the mortgage for an additional yr.
This season’s Santos seemed to be Lesley Ugochukwu – a powerful central midfielder despatched to a group in direction of the underside of the Premier League the place he’s struggling for minutes. However not like Santos, , the Frenchman appears like he may but keep put, regardless of a nasty begin on the South Coast.
Second likelihood is a threat – however could also be one value taking
The change in supervisor at Saints has come at simply the proper time for Ugochukwu. Ivan Juric didn’t play him in his first sport in cost, however in keeping with the BBC’s Adam Blackmore, that would change quickly. Blackmore says Ugochukwu’s future is “now brighter” following the change, that the supervisor says the teen will keep “as issues stand” and that Juric “actually charges him.”
The 20 yr previous’s on Sunday was good – we surprise if it earns him a begin this weekend?
boss Ivan Jurić simply confirmed to me that Max Cornet will head again to West Ham this month – no shock there !
Nevertheless, Lesley Ugochukwu’s future at Saints is now brighter underneath Jurić and the supervisor says he’ll keep as issues stand – Jurić actually charges him
It’s a threat, given how issues have gone to this point, however we will see why Chelsea may persevere with this deal regardless of the unhealthy begin. They may give it till the tip of the month to see how issues go, and pull the ejector seat on the finish of the window and ship Ugochukwu elsewhere if there are not any adjustments.