Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has confirmed that youngsters Nathaniel Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will for sure be staying in the Blues team for the remainder of the season, but defender Ola Aina could still be loaned away before the January transfer window closes.
Chalobah has been the stand-out youngster in Conte’s Blues team this season, as he has already made eight league appearances for the first-team, while Aina and Loftus-Cheek have only featured twice.
Conte suggests that a loan deal for Aina could be the best for his development following the returns of Kurt Zouma and Nathan Ake, who already have experience from starting a game in the Premier League.
“For the rest of the season Ruben and Chalobah will for sure continue to stay with us. For Ola, there could be the possibility to go on loan, but there are four days to see the situation.”
– Antonio Conte, ANS
Chelsea will be playing Brentford tomorrow afternoon in the fourth round FA Cup tie at Stamford Bridge, and Conte is expected to name a good cast of youngsters into the Blues starting line-up.
