The Loan Report: August 6-12
The new Chelsea Loan Army season is barely two full weeks old, but already we’ve had plenty of action to reflect on, and a healthy goalscoring start to the campaign.
Headliners
Three more goals came long over the past seven days, beginning with Mario Pašalić’s strike on debut for Atalanta. A substitute in their Europa League qualifier away to Hapoel Haifa, he entered the fray after an hour, and took just five minutes to find the back of the net to help his new team to a 4-1 win.
Pašalić will cost Atalanta €1m for the season, and they have a €15m option to buy him permanently.
Sunday brought with it two more goals, one for a current Vitesse p...