Morning Blues: Are Chelsea Sending Their Youngsters to the Wrong Clubs?
Today’s Morning Blues is a Loan Watch special, rating how Chelsea’s loan army has started the 2026/27 season. We look at the big-money loans: Garnacho’s struggle for minutes at Aston Villa and what it means for his obligation to buy, Disasi playing regularly at Palace, and Badiashile’s quiet start at Napoli. He also covers Strasbourg, where Jørgensen, Antwi and Essugo are all getting European football. There’s praise for the academy graduates thriving in the EFL, led by 17-year-old Ryan Kavuma-McQueen at Portsmouth. There are also real concerns over Jesse Derry at Sporting, Mamadou Sarr at Real Sociedad and Shim Mheuka at Celtic, which raise a bigger question: is Chelsea sending young players to big clubs, when what they need is regular football? Plus Lampard’s Coventry beating Newcastle 4-1, the Panorama documentary, and the one loanee Daniel would recall in January. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:37 Lampard’s Coventry thrash Newcastle 01:30 Panorama and the City fallout 02:26 Garnacho at Aston Villa 03:49 Disasi, Badiashile and Mudryk 04:45 Strasbourg: Jørgensen, Antwi and Essugo 06:10 Academy graduates in the EFL 08:17 Jesse Derry and the problem with loan placement 10:37 Sánchez, Sarr and Mheuka 13:20 Who I’d recall in January Get involved Rate and review the show; it’s free and helps more Chelsea fans find it. Email: sonofchelseaofficial@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sonofchelsea Substack: https://sonofchelsea.substack.com/ Up the Chels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices