When Chelsea struggled to give young players first-team opportunities, they could always rely on help from Vitesse Arnhem.
The Blues are renowned for sending their up-and-coming stars on loan to other clubs to aid their development and for years, Vitesse were the main beneficiary.
We’ve looked at the 29 players that Chelsea sent out on loan to the Eredivisie side to see how they’ve fared since.
Matej Delac
Delac spent the 2010-11 season at Vitesse but returned to Chelsea without making a single appearance for the Dutch side.
The goalkeeper went on to have another eight loan spells in seven different countries before joining Danish side AC Horsens on a free transfer in 2018.
Nemanja Matic
Matic’s impressive performances on loan at Vitesse led to a permanent move to Benfica in 2011, only for the midfielder to Chelsea three years later.
After winning two Premier League titles during his second spell at Stamford Bridge, he reunited with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United in 2017. And now he’s back with Jose again at Roma.
On this day: 2017 – Nemanja Matic scored THIS goal for #Chelsea (vs Tottenham). #CFC pic.twitter.com/1EZBv3h31o
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Slobodan Rajkovic
Rajkovic signed for Chelsea as a 16-year-old in 2005 and was tipped to succeed John Terry in defence.
But work permit issues meant that the defender never played for the club and instead spent four seasons on loan in the Eredivisie before joining Hamburg in 2011.
The 33-year-old recently joined MTK Budapest.
Ulises Davila
Davila joined Chelsea in 2011 and was immediately loaned out to Vitesse, but he mainly featured for their reserves and made just three first-team appearances in 2011-12.
After further loan spells at Sabadell, Cordoba, Tenerife and Vitoria Setubal, he was sold to Mexican side Santos Laguna in December 2015.
The attacking midfielder is now plying his trade out in Australia with Macarthur FC.
Tomas Kalas
Kalas spent two seasons on loan at Vitesse between 2011 and 2013 and established himself as an almost ever-present in their backline.
The defender then returned to Chelsea and made his Premier League debut in the famous 2-0 win over Liverpool in 2014, but that was one of just four appearances for the Blues.
He had another four temporary spells away from Stamford Bridge and finally cut all ties with the club in 2019, joining Bristol City for £8million. He’s still there today and is approaching 150…
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