Thursday 15 January 2015

Why the Chelsea Loan Policy is a Success

"Sending players out on loan is not part of our philosophy. It's a decision we make case by case... there's no policy or clear philosophy behind it like at Chelsea" said the Bayern Munich Technical Director. So why is chelsea's loan policy so criticized by big clubs ? Its simple because Chelsea have come up with a smart business model which enables them to make money and find the best talent in the world.

Chelsea have 30 PLAYERS on loan this season playing in various leagues of the world and almost all of them are playing in teams less superior to Chelsea. Its simple we buy unproven but talented youngsters for a very minimum amount and send them on loan to different clubs in different leagues where they get a chance to prove themselves. Now after their loan spell is over there are two types of players with two different scenarios and one exception scenario:-
  • Player Gain Thibaut Cortois - Bought for a bargain fee in a region of €7-8 M, spent 3 years on loan at Athletico Madrid, proved himself, came back given a chance earned his position as Number 1 and is now the clubs First Choice Keeper.Case of Thibaut Courtois really justifies the loan policy. Getting a player of such high quality after a few years on loan makes it totally worth with.


  • Financial Gain Patrick Van Holt - Bought in 2007 by Chelsea for €3,000,000, spent his time at 4 different clubs never made an impact at any and in 2004 was sold for €2.0 M by Chelsea which doesn't include the loan money we made by sending him on loan.

  • Exception case Kevin De Bruyne and Lukaku - Both very talented players had successful loan spells but after coming back to Chelsea DEMANDED their place instead of EARNING it especially Lukaku. Which lead them they being sold at almost twice the amount they were bought for showing that the winner in this case was again Chelsea.

Everyone out of these loaned players has a chance to make a mark and come back to Chelsea and FIGHT for his place just like Zouma did and is getting rewarded by the Manager. Mourinho himself is very interested in the youth system this time and is monitoring the progress of all his loaned players as Thorgan Hazard recently said that Mourinho is in his contact with his father and is pleased with his development. Where as Thorgan Hazard is enjoying a good spell some players like Tomas Kalas(The guy who kept suarez in his pocket last season against liverpool) arent able to make their mark on their loan spells even though chelsea have now sent him to Boro and if he doesn't impress or develop as chelsea would like then Chelsea wont be wrong to sell him which again would be much more for what we bought him for.

Out of these 30 loaned players only few will make the Chelsea team and rest all will be sold but with PROFIT and if out of these players you gain two - three gems like thibaut cortois and make money out of others make this system a SUCCESS !!!!

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