First of many loans since he's on a 8 years deal. Nothing against the guy, even at the time thought was a strange signing. He's not a proven player from a good league,  doesn't have the next big thing tag on him either.

5 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

First of many loans since he's on a 8 years deal. Nothing against the guy, even at the time thought was a strange signing. He's not a proven player from a good league,  doesn't have the next big thing tag on him either.

Well he's going to a top club in Germany, we only spend £10m on him. Berlin will be spending money on a loan fee that may well cover his amortized transfer fee. If he doesn't become a top talent, we can sell him, and could well recoup our transfer fee.

Basically, he's an asset that's more likely than not going to be profitable. 

that's a really good loan 

8 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

that's a really good loan 

If he plays

10 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

If he plays

2 striker system. One of which is a 32 year old. 

17 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

Huh? It’s loan without buy option. 

Misread. 

In my opinion he looked promising when he played, just very raw. He could be a good dribbler, fast 

I'm happy about this loan

 

If anything this is proof of the new system potentially working. Not all the young signings will work out. 
 

young player bought for a cheap fee. Isn’t first team ready so can go out on loan, if he doesn’t end up being Chelsea level he’s on low wages and we won’t take a book hit on him. Someone will take a low fee gamble on a young player from Chelsea, always. 
 

This is completely different to the old system that gave us Bakayoko (although Baba R is probably a closer comparison here)

6 minutes ago, Blueboys said:

If anything this is proof of the new system potentially working. Not all the young signings will work out. 
 

young player bought for a cheap fee. Isn’t first team ready so can go out on loan, if he doesn’t end up being Chelsea level he’s on low wages and we won’t take a book hit on him. Someone will take a low fee gamble on a young player from Chelsea, always. 
 

This is completely different to the old system that gave us Bakayoko (although Baba R is probably a closer comparison here)

True, although the fees we are paying for these 17, 18 and 19 year old kids isn't far off what continental clubs are paying for cross European seasoned pros. We are paying 15m - 20m for some of these kids.

We run the risk of the next group coming through will have no homegrown players because we would have bought the lot and they wouldn't have done the time in the youth set up. Getting an Hutchinson or the double barrelled lad from Everton is one thing but we just have to be mindful that we don't over tip the balance.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

True, although the fees we are paying for these 17, 18 and 19 year old kids isn't far off what continental clubs are paying for cross European seasoned pros. We are paying 15m - 20m for some of these kids.

We run the risk of the next group coming through will have no homegrown players because we would have bought the lot and they wouldn't have done the time in the youth set up. Getting an Hutchinson or the double barrelled lad from Everton is one thing but we just have to be mindful that we don't over tip the balance.

I can’t remember the rules exactly but I’m sure it’s if you are trained for 3 seasons before being 21 at the same club you count as homegrown, so hopefully some of the younger ones fall into that category.

i can see the concern for the current youth players, we’ve already lost some of them. Definitely a watch this space area, hopefully most that are Chelsea level will stay and follow that route although 1 of those that left recently will obviously become a star because life 

just scored for Union Berlin in a friendly 

 

Well, that's a decent finish!

good way to introduce yourself 

We should sign him 

3 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

We should sign him 

Only if he kisses the Berlin badge.

So we had a young striker we could of played but stuck with the false finisher in Kai

 

Another 2 goals and an assist in DDF's latest preseason match, this time against Atalanta.

Potter and Lampard deserve what they got for not giving him a shot!! We needed goals but they kept turning to Kai!!

Just to confirm, he is just out on loan? 

27 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

 

Another 2 goals and an assist in DDF's latest preseason match, this time against Atalanta.

Wow, he’s already everything Lukaku isn’t, I love his tenacity to fight for every ball. The fact he can somersault like that tells me he doesn’t get injured.

5 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

Just to confirm, he is just out on loan? 

Yep. Season-long to UB.

Starts on the bench for Union Berlin in the CL away game against Real Madrid.On TV at the moment.

Asleep at the corner.