REPORTS: Chelsea loan two promising players, as another Chelsea coach set to leave club
On Monday night, The January transfer windows ends, but that does not stop some players leaving the club on loans.
However, according to latest reports, Southern League Premier Division South club Hendon FC announced the loan signing of Chelsea youth-teamer Ethan Wady on Tuesday.
The deal was completed in time before the closure of the January transfer window and he was eligible for the ongoing game against Gosport Borough.
The American-born glovesman previously spent time on loan with Tooting & Mitcham United and National League South side Dartford last season.
Wady joined Chelsea midway through the 2017-2018 season and signed a scholarship deal in July 2018 before inking his first professional contract at the end of the 2019-2020 campaign.
The European champions have also loaned out teenage French-born Moroccan goalkeeper Sami Tlemcani.
Tlemcani will be spending the remainder of the season at Merstham FC who compete in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
The 17-year-old was on the bench for Morocco in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Guinea in October 2021 but was left out of their squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ashley Cole set to join Lampard’s backroom staff at Everton
Latest reports reaching us that Chelsea staff coach Ashley Cole is set to join Frank Lampard’s backroom staff at Everton with the club’s new manager keen to reunite with his former Chelsea and England teammate.
Cole has been combining roles with Chelsea’s academy and the England u21 side, but is now set to be offered the chance to join Lampard’s coaching team at Goodison Park.
Lampard was appointed as manager of the Toffees on Monday and has already began constructing his staff, assembling an experienced team that includes Joe Edwards, Paul Clement and Chris Jones, whilst both Duncan Ferguson and Alan Kelly having kept their existing roles at Everton.
The Times are now reporting that Lampard wants Cole to join his team, having spent more than a decade as teammates for England and enjoyed a successful eight-year spell together at Chelsea.
The duo won a host of major honours together at Stamford Bridge, including the Champions League, Premier League and four FA Cups.
Lampard will take charge of Everton for the first time when the Toffees face Brentford in the FA Cup’s fourth round this weekend, having returned to management 12 months after his dismissal at Chelsea.
He will be tasked with leading the Merseysiders away from the Premier League’s relegation places, with Everton just four points above the drop zone after a disappointing start to the season under predecessor Rafael Benitez.