Chelsea consider Andrey Santos loan recall in January amid Nottingham Forest struggle

The highly-rated Brazilian has barely featured under Steve Cooper despite an impressive summer
17 November 2023

Chelsea could recall Andrey Santos from Nottingham Forest in January due to a lack of game-time since his loan move to the City Ground.

The 19-year-old Brazilian has featured for just 96 minutes in two appearances since joining Forest in the summer.

He was not even on the bench for their 3-2 defeat at West Ham before the international break and Chelsea could activate a break clause in his season-long loan deal.

Santos joined Chelsea in a £16million deal from Vasco de Gama in January and the Blues have high hopes for the teenage midfielder, who earlier this year captained Brazil to the South American Under-20 Championship.

He also ended that tournament as joint-top scorer with six goals and is viewed as one of the top young talents in world football.

Forest coach Steve Cooper is renowned for working with emerging young talent and Chelsea had hoped that a move to the City Ground would be good for his development.

But the moved has not worked out and Chelsea can recall him in January if he has not played a certain number of games.

Chelsea's Andrey Santos has made just one start so far on loan at Nottingham Forest
Getty Images

His only start so far this season came in a 1-0 Carabao Cup defeat by Burnley in August, while his sole Premier League appearance was as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 3-0 loss against Liverpool at Anfield in October.

If recalled, Chelsea could look to send him back out on loan for the second half of the season or he could join back up with Mauricio Pochettino’s first-team squad.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in