8 - July 2022
7- July 2023
6- July 2024.
These new rules will significantly impact on the Chelsea model of stockpiling players and then sending them out on loan.
It really won’t because those numbers are only refer to international loans both in and out and even then the maximum number doesn’t include players under the age of 21 or club trained.
We had 28 players out on loan last season of those 9 had International loans , 2 Kennedy and Ballo returned in January
Of those 9 only 5 were over the age of 21 and we had Saul in from AM on loan.
Loans within the same Football Association arent factored in even so we had 19 and only a couple ( Drinkwater and Rahman ) were either over the age of 21 or weren’t club trained.
At one time we were way way in excess of the soon to imposed numbers but the club have been moving tonward compliand for a while