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"To loan or not to loan"- Charly Musonda

There is no doubt that Chelsea may have the best youth facilities in the country, but yet the only notable academy graduates in the past decade have been Andreas Christensen and John Terry.

But among the most promising youth talents currently on the Blues books is Belgian winger Charly Musonda, yet his future, much like the fate of many remains up in the air following Sarri’s appointment.

Last season the 21-year-old, who had previously lit up La Liga with Real Betis whilst on loan in 2016-17 failed to light up Scotland on loan at Celtic playing just four times since joining in January 2018.

You just have to type into Youtube “Charly Musonda highlights” to see the Brussell born winger’s immense promise. It was, of course, fellow Belgian Eden Hazard who took his fellow countryman under his wing so you would expect the 21-year-old to be talented.

But with Kenedy, who in all due respects is a better overall player, loaned out to Newcastle that leaves Musonda’s future up in the air once more.

Charly Musonda is in a sort of limbo, despite training in the first team and playing in pre-season for the Blues he is still being linked with a move away.

Currently, Chelsea has at their disposal Eden Hazard, Willian, Piazon, Pedro, Hudson-Odoi and of course Musonda at their disposal in the wide positions. With Hudson-Odoi impressing last season, not to mention notching an assist for Pedro against Perth his quality is clear. So it may turn into who Chelsea see more promise in Musonda or Hudson-Odoi.

Should Chelsea opt to loan out the 21-year-old there would be no shortage of suitors, and we have already seen the likes of Loftus-Cheek impress whilst on loan in the Premier League.

Despite his talent, many clubs are reluctant to sit down and talk with Musonda due to his excessive entourage. One of the big criticisms of Musonda was he and his team chose the easy route moving to Chelsea’s youth academy in 2011 from Anderlecht, where he missed a crucial part of his training.

Yet his former educators Anderlecht may be willing to take the Youngster back on loan. Granted that Chelsea pays at least half of his excessive wages.

But what Chelsea would hate is for another “one that got away” story we have already seen with the likes of Mohammed Salah, Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne. Only time will tell if Musonda will be as good as the aforementioned names, but for the Blues sake, we all hope he is.

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