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Date published: Thursday 4th February 2021 2:25 - Dave Tindall
New Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed why rising stars Billy Gilmour and Faustino Anjorin weren’t allowed to leave the club on loan during the January transfer window.
The Scot and the Englishman were both linked with moves away. And several other fringe players were also part of the Deadline Day rumours.
But despite his recent arrival at Stamford Bridge, Tuchel said he’d already made up his mind to work with the current squad.
That meant not bringing any new players in but also keeping the ones he had. It included the main subjects of speculation,
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Chelsea s Lewis Bate has been named December 2020 s Premier League 2 Player of the Month.
The 18-year-old played in a key role in Chelsea winning all three of their matches in the month, defeating Leicester City 2-1 and beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 before rounding off the year with an emphatic 6-1 victory over Manchester United.
The midfielder played every minute as the PL2 defending champions moved to the top of the Division 1 table. I was shocked when I found out just because of the level of competition there was among the nominations, Bate told the club s official website.
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Seven up-and-coming talents have been nominated for December 2020 s Premier League 2 Player of the Month award.
The shortlist was decided by the Premier League s Football Development Panel, after PL2 club coaches nominated the best performance by an opposing player in each of their league matches during the month.
The Panel will also choose the winner, who will follow in the footsteps of September winner Sam Greenwood, of Leeds United, and Manchester City s Cole Palmer and Liam Delap, who claimed October and November s awards respectively.
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The 19-year-old midfielder helped Chelsea beat Leicester City 2-1 before scoring twice and claiming two assists in an emphatic 6-1 win over Manchester United to leave the Blues top of PL2 Division 1 at the end of 2020. Anjorin also made his full UEFA Champions League debut in a 1-1 draw against Krasnodar.