Lewis Baker

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Chelsea youngster Lewis Baker is close to joining Reading on loan following his recall from Leeds, according to Sky sources.

The 23-year-old made 14 appearances after joining the Yorkshire club in the summer but only two of them were Championship starts.

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa said on Wednesday that he had wanted Baker to stay beyond his loan deal and into next season, but admitted the player had legitimate expectations to play more than he had.

Baker is one of a number of loan deals the Royals are targeting this month as they bolster their squad for new manager Jose Gomes, and they recently secured Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria until the end of the campaign.

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2 hours ago, mccg said:

BAKER CLOSE TO READING MOVE

Chelsea youngster Lewis Baker is close to joining Reading on loan following his recall from Leeds, according to Sky sources.

The 23-year-old made 14 appearances after joining the Yorkshire club in the summer but only two of them were Championship starts.

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa said on Wednesday that he had wanted Baker to stay beyond his loan deal and into next season, but admitted the player had legitimate expectations to play more than he had.

Baker is one of a number of loan deals the Royals are targeting this month as they bolster their squad for new manager Jose Gomes, and they recently secured Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria until the end of the campaign.

Josh mceachran mark II

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Few years ago, he was looking like a top prospect. Problem is all his English loans have been unsuccessful. It is a shame. He looked to have everything. Two footed (literally), excellent technique, strong, eye for goal and a real dictator of the game. Leeds barely started him and the rare the times he did, he was subbed off. He has so much ability as well. But he needs first team football and needed to leave Leeds. Colkett, now him. Two of the biggest influencers in our midfield in the academy set up look lost out on loan.

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Chelsea deal confirmed as Sarri sends 23-year-old away

https://ninetyminutesonline.com/chelsea-deal-confirmed-as-sarri-sends-23-year-old-away/

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8 minutes ago, mccg said:

Chelsea deal confirmed as Sarri sends 23-year-old away

https://ninetyminutesonline.com/chelsea-deal-confirmed-as-sarri-sends-23-year-old-away/

Loan Army salute!!!!

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24 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Loan Army salute!!!!

Is that like a 40 gun salute , 1 for each of loaness .BOOM 

Chelsea given 18 months to ‘cut loan army from 39 to eight’

https://www.football365.com/news/chelsea-given-18-months-to-cut-loan-army-from-39-to-eight

Fire sale here we come if this true! Sell sell sell 

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41 minutes ago, mccg said:

Is that like a 40 gun salute , 1 for each of loaness .BOOM 

Chelsea given 18 months to ‘cut loan army from 39 to eight’

https://www.football365.com/news/chelsea-given-18-months-to-cut-loan-army-from-39-to-eight

Fire sale here we come if this true! Sell sell sell 

I don't think it will actually affect us that much

Chelsea confident new rules capping loan players will not mean offloading their youngsters

Matt Law, football news correspondent

30 NOVEMBER 2018 • 1:13PM

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/30/chelsea-confident-new-rules-capping-loan-players-will-not-mean/

Chelsea are confident they will not be forced into a player cull as a result of the new loan rules that will be announced next year.

The Fifa council will ratify new rules in the New Year that have prompted fears that clubs that loan out a large number of players, such as Chelsea, will be forced into a rethink. But Premier League clubs are hopeful that domestic loans and those involving club or association trained players under the age of 21 or 23 will not be affected by the rule change.

Non-domestic loans or those involving players over the age of 21 or 23 are likely to be capped at six, seven or eight, but that would not cause Chelsea huge problems.

With clubs likely to be given more than a year to fall in line with the rule change, until the 2020-21 season, Chelsea believe they could make adjustments to make sure they fulfil the new criteria without having to offload a large number of players.

Chelsea currently have 39 players out on loan, but a large number of them are club or associated-trained players aged under 23 or 21 and 20 of them are currently playing in England. The matter will be discussed in February, with Fifa aiming to have the new rules in place in March, ahead of their implementation for the start of the 2020-21 campaign.

 

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6 hours ago, Vesper said:

I don't think it will actually affect us that much

Chelsea confident new rules capping loan players will not mean offloading their youngsters

Matt Law, football news correspondent

30 NOVEMBER 2018 • 1:13PM

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/30/chelsea-confident-new-rules-capping-loan-players-will-not-mean/

Chelsea are confident they will not be forced into a player cull as a result of the new loan rules that will be announced next year.

The Fifa council will ratify new rules in the New Year that have prompted fears that clubs that loan out a large number of players, such as Chelsea, will be forced into a rethink. But Premier League clubs are hopeful that domestic loans and those involving club or association trained players under the age of 21 or 23 will not be affected by the rule change.

Non-domestic loans or those involving players over the age of 21 or 23 are likely to be capped at six, seven or eight, but that would not cause Chelsea huge problems.

With clubs likely to be given more than a year to fall in line with the rule change, until the 2020-21 season, Chelsea believe they could make adjustments to make sure they fulfil the new criteria without having to offload a large number of players.

Chelsea currently have 39 players out on loan, but a large number of them are club or associated-trained players aged under 23 or 21 and 20 of them are currently playing in England. The matter will be discussed in February, with Fifa aiming to have the new rules in place in March, ahead of their implementation for the start of the 2020-21 campaign.

 

That's very good news but I have no doubt than sooner or later, just shifting the players this side of the English Channel will not suffice to satisfy some stupid FIFA regulations. I rather think that they will try until they manage to completely illegalize our loan system. Man I hate regulation and I hate FIFA.

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Fortuna Dusseldorf are working to sign Lewis Baker from Chelsea, report Bild on Sunday evening.

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Sell him. 2-5m euros or whatever. No point keeping.

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Crazy to think that, this time 3 seasons ago, we were talking about him being our biggest talent and probably breaking into the team the following season. His loans to all the English teams have not worked out, so good move. He had a brilliant season at Vitesse. Awful spell at Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday. Below average spells at Middlesbrough too. A shame because 5 years ago he won the young player of the year and had a brilliant goal record from midfield. Was scoring for fun. Very unique in fact he is ambidextrous.

That Chelsea Youth twitter page who puts so much devoted time into the academy is probably Lewis Baker's biggest supporter and always saw him as an outstanding talent. If he was integrated into the team after his Vitesse spell, we may of had a total different situation but we will never know...

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21 hours ago, Stats said:

 Very unique in fact he is ambidextrous.

 

ambipedal

ambidextrous means 2-handed 

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Why the fuck are we still loaning out Lewis Baker? Surely the club can see he's nowhere near good enough, just fucking sell him.

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Loaned to Fortuna Dusseldorf.

 

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Still keeping players that have no hope here for a quick dime. This shit needs to stop.

 

ambipedal

ambidextrous means 2-handed 

 

Dembele can also write with both hands. [emoji1]