Chelsea have sent 30 players on loan this 2014-15 season

Lewis Baker is the 30th Chelsea player to have left the club on loan this 2014-15 season alone. 

Lewis Baker is perhaps the club’s brightest prospect in years and could now spend the rest of this campaign at Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship

THE 30 PLAYERS TO HAVE LEFT CHELSEA ON LOAN THIS 2014-15 SEASON 

1. Tomas Kalas – Cologne (season-long)

2. Wallace – Vitesse (season-long)

3. Cristian Cuevas – CU de Chile (season-long with a view to a permanent) 

4. Thorgan Hazard – Borussia Monchengladbach (season-long)

5. Bertrand Traore – Vitesse (season-long)

6. Mario Pasalic – Elche (season-long)

7. Lucas Piazon – Eintracht Frankfurt (season-long)

8. Ryan Bertrand – Southampton (season-long)

9. Gael Kakuta – Rayo Vallecano (season-long)

10. John Swift – Rotherham + Swindon (Robins season-long)

11. Oriol Romeu – Stuttgart (season-long)

12. Joao Rodriguez – Bastia (season-long)

13. Kenneth Omeruo – Middlesbrough (season-long)

14. Christian Atsu – Everton (season-long)

15. Stipe Perica - NAC Breda (season-long with a view to a permanent)

16. Victor Moses – Stoke (season-long)

17. Josh McEachran – Vitesse (season-long)

18. Marko Marin – Fiorentina (season-long with a view to a permanent)

19. Patrick Bamford – Middlesbrough (extended to season-long on Jan 1)

20. Fernando Torres – AC Milan (loan - sold)

21. Marco van Ginkel – AC Milan (season-long)

22. Nathaniel Chalobah – Burnley (six months)

23. Islam Feruz- OFI Crete (season-long, recalled)

24. Matej Delac – Arles Avignon (unspecified)

25. Ulises Davila – Tenerife (unspecified)

26. Jamal Blackman – Middlesbrough (recalled)

27. Todd Kane – Bristol City + Forest (Forest from Jan 8)

28. Alex Davey – Scunthorpe (season-long)

29. Alex Kiwomya – Barnsley (end of season from Jan 6)

30. Lewis Baker – Sheffield Wednesday (youth loan - could end season) 

There are two types of loan deals. 
1)The first is to allow the real talents to hone their skills in lower divisions in a bid to hit the ground running on arrival back at Cobham. 

2)The second is to merely push players into the shop window; those who will not make it into the club’s first-team squad, but who could happily carve careers for themselves in League One, the Championship or lower reaches of the Premier League.