Chelsea’s Jake Clarke-Salter set to complete loan move from champions to Championship.
Chelsea’s young centre-back prospect Jake Clarke-Salter is set to complete his loan move today to Championship side Sunderland, according to the London Evening Standard.
The 20-year-old has only featured once in the Premier League for the Blues and spent most of last season on loan at Bristol Rovers, where he made 13 appearances and scored one goal.
The highly rated England youth international was part of the FIFA U20 World Cup winning squad from June and was once talked up by John Terry as a potential long term replacement for the long serving skipper.
“He reminds me a bit of myself,” JT said in an interview in 2016, “I hope he goes on to take my position and get in the first team.”
Things have not gone quite as Terry may have hoped for Clarke-Salter, who has struggled for game time at Stamford Bridge as most Chelsea youngsters do.
His only appearance for Chelsea this season came in a League Cup tie against Nottingham Forest, where he was used as a late substitute.
Regardless, the arrival of Clarke-Salter will be welcomed by Sunderland boss Chris Coleman, whose side currently sit bottom of the Championship with 22 points and need all the help and additional quality they can get.
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