Reply With QuoteBREAKING: Chelsea youngster Ethan Ampadu has undergone a medical ahead of a potential loan move to Bundesliga side RB Leipzig according to Sky in Germany.
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 19, 2019
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Great move for him (and us)
BREAKING: Chelsea youngster Ethan Ampadu has undergone a medical ahead of a potential loan move to Bundesliga side RB Leipzig according to Sky in Germany.
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 19, 2019
ETHAN AMPADU MOVES ON LOAN TO THE BUNDESLIGA
Ethan Ampadu has today joined RB Leipzig on loan for the 2019/20 season. It will be the versatile 18-year-old’s first loan since joining from Exeter City two years ago.
He became our eighth youngest debutant of all time when he played a Carabao Cup game that September and the midfielder/central defender has been part of the Chelsea squad ever since. He also became a full Wales international shortly after his Blues debut, but last season was cut short by a back problem which caused him to withdraw from an international call-up and then miss club action from our Europa League win against Malmo in February onwards.
Although Ampadu recovered sufficiently to make the trip to Baku for the final, he was not involved in the match but subsequently played two European Championship qualifiers for Wales last month. Now he has the chance to develop by playing top-level football in the Bundesliga and Champions League this coming campaign. Leipzig finished third in the German top-flight last season behind Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
In his two years at Chelsea so far he has made 12 appearances, seven of them starts. Last season he featured in three of our Europa League games and in September 2018 he signed a new five-year Chelsea contract.
After Frank Lampard’s arrival in Japan for our continuing pre-season preparations, our new head coach had this to say about loaning out Ampadu:
‘I tried to sign Ethan on loan at Derby last year so I’m a big fan, but with the minutes he played last year, in the interest of Ethan and of Chelsea, the idea he can play a lot of games somewhere could be good for him.
‘I really wanted to work with Ethan this year. That’s a slight disappointment, but it’s to benefit of him. In midfield and defence we have a lot of quality, so each player is a case by case.’
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/20...the-bundesliga
I personally was starting to really worry about Ampadu's development, particularly at Chelsea. However this is fantastic news for himself, Wales and Chelsea. There aren't many clubs in Europe more committed to developing young players than Leipzig. We're about to find out what he's made of.
Great move for him. Let’s hope he stays fit!
Assuming he plays DMF, his main competition will be Tyler Adams and Kevin Kampl.Originally Posted by Der Kaiser
https://bulinews.com/news/2871/the-b...of-2019-so-far
...prediction...
if he plays a decent smount of games he'll pick up a couple of red cards..has to grow up..fastish
He's quite a decent tackler and has good timing. His red cards are a yellow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49010835
Ademola Lookman to RB Leipzig on a permanent deal
It looks like my alt teams for next season are going to be RB Leipzig, Bournmouth and Juventus.
A confident and impressive debut - well played, @ethanamp4 ��
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BTW he more or less played the same CDM role that he does for Wales.
Interestingly, they played 3 x 45 mins, which is a good idea for friendlies.
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