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Chelsea: Tiemoue Bakayoko signs for AC Milan on season-long loan

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Tiemoue Bakayoko
Bakayoko played 43 times for Chelsea last season, making 34 starts

Chelsea's France midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko has signed for Italian club AC Milan on a season-long loan.

The 23-year-old, who played once for his country in 2017, made 43 appearances for the Blues last season, starting 34 of those matches.

But he was not part of Maurizio Sarri's squad for the first match of the Premier League season as the Italian's side beat Huddersfield 3-0 on Saturday.

Bakayoko signed for Chelsea from Monaco in July 2017 in a deal worth £40m.

This summer the Blues have added midfielders Jorginho - who joined from Sarri's former club Napoli for £45m - and Mateo Kovacic, a loan signing from Real Madrid.

England's Ruben Loftus-Cheek has also returned to the club after last season's loan at Crystal Palace.

Jorginho, N'Golo Kante and Ross Barkley started in Chelsea's midfield on Saturday, with Loftus-Cheek replacing Barkley in the 68th minute.

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  • Comment posted by Paris, at 15:19 14 Aug 2018

    How is the FA opening a placement scheme only available to BAME and women not a violation of anti-discrimination law?

    How is it legal to exclude the indigenous male population from a role on the basis of gender and race?

    Posted it here because they'll never have a HYS on this.

  • Comment posted by In my opinion, at 14:33 14 Aug 2018

    8. Posted by Darren from Devon_Manchester United on 10 minutes ago
    Chelski oil rigs est 2003 are a disgraceful club.

    Darren, you have to be over 16 to post comments on the BBC website, this site is for teenagers upwards.

  • Comment posted by Cookiecrumble, at 14:17 14 Aug 2018

    This is probably the best bit of business chelsea have done in the transfer window.

  • Comment posted by APB, at 14:34 14 Aug 2018

    Excellent signing, for the rest of Serie A

  • Comment posted by F9144, at 16:11 14 Aug 2018

    Granny Xhaxa must be gutted he's now definitely the worst CM in prem

  • Comment posted by TheFridge, at 14:36 14 Aug 2018

    One of the worst big money transfers in recent times, he was shocking.

  • Comment posted by Emile Heskey for England Captain, at 14:16 14 Aug 2018

    He was pretty dreadful last season.

    It'd be interesting to know the percentage of Chelsea players out on loan compared to those physically at the club.

    Saying that, please loan us Tammy Abraham, Chelsea. We'll take any others you've got too and you can have Ross McCormack in return.

  • Comment posted by Tim, at 14:29 14 Aug 2018

    He was well out of his depth last year. Some truly awful displays.

  • Comment posted by nigget, at 15:04 14 Aug 2018

    Fans forget, the manager see's him in training, attitude will also play a part, and so will form/performances so far. Chelsea are in a better position than a few fans, who believe they know better than pro's, because Chelsea have made a few errors while showing they can win the title, doing it there way.

    and no i'm not a chelsea fan

  • Comment posted by UTC, at 14:31 14 Aug 2018

    Good luck boy...perhaps the Serie A is better suited for your game.

  • Comment posted by FXImpactUser, at 16:19 14 Aug 2018

    The weakest player in Chelsea's squad last season, how Conte persistently played him is a mystery. Given Conte played in midfield himself it made it all the more bizarre.

    Good luck to him at Milan but his touch and reading of the game are awful. Would much rather play Loftus-Cheek.

  • Comment posted by Donfitzg, at 19:08 14 Aug 2018

    Isn't the first player to come to the PL with a decent reputation, only to suffer a first season meltdown, won't be the last. If Chelsea fans think he's bad, you should have seen our faces up at Old Trafford when Djemba-Djemba had played a few games - and he was meant as our replacement for Keane......

  • Comment posted by The secret pundit, at 14:46 14 Aug 2018

    Never understood why he was signed in the first place. These people get paid good money to scout talent. To think, had they just consulted me, I'd have saved the club £40m. Ridiculous.

  • Comment posted by urbanracoon, at 16:15 14 Aug 2018

    @40. Arbee
    Hazard won France player of the Year playing for Lille, the club he played for before joining Chelsea. That doesn't make him French. The same way that Mo Salah isn't suddenly English after winning PL Player of the Year

  • Comment posted by Romanticide, at 22:05 14 Aug 2018

    Has to be one of the top three worst Chelsea players ever. Probably a good thing that Conte is gone otherwise this twonk might still be playing for us. Whos idea was it to sell Matic to one of our biggest rivals and then buy this clown to take his place? For goodness sake!!

  • Comment posted by tatlock, at 19:44 14 Aug 2018

    Unfortunately he was so poor for Chels. There were some sparks near the end but he never quite got it. As others have said Loftus Cheek is our guy please get him on the Park

  • Comment posted by HAM5TA, at 19:28 14 Aug 2018

    Should have just played Loftus Cheek last year instead.

  • Comment posted by MrBlueBurns, at 16:35 14 Aug 2018

    #52 Braddy

    "Thought he was a decent player ? Is this not the case, or do Chelsea have plenty midfielders ? (genuine question)"

    In central midfield they are now down to:-

    Kante
    Jorginho
    Barklay
    Loftus-Cheek
    Fabregas
    Kovacic
    Drinkwater

    I think they have enough to get by.

  • Comment posted by Paul M, at 19:49 14 Aug 2018

    40 million !!!!!!!!!!!! Worst player in the team last year - good riddance

  • Comment posted by memofromturner, at 18:59 14 Aug 2018

    Praise be! Probably the worst player I’ve ever seen in a Chelsea shirt; and that’s saying something considering the dark days of the old 2nd Division in the early 1980s!

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