Bad Records of 3 Loan Players in the Premier League

DBasia.news –  Chelsea have successfully signed Gonzalo Higuain as the loan player from Juventus since June 30th, 2020. Higuain was signed worth 18 million euro and could be released 36 million euro.

Gonzalo Higuain’s arrival is expected to fill the gap in Chelsea front line. Maurizio Sarri thinks Chelsea strikers can’t fulfill the expectation.

Even though he doesn’t have an impressive record with AC Milan, Higuain isn’t an average striker. He proved his accuracy in Real Madrid, Napoli, and Juventus.

Moreover, Higuain is probably the special request from Maurizio Sarri. No wonder, during their collaboration in Napoli, Higuain could score 36 goals in Serie A within a season.

But, Chelsea must be cautious because the Premier League isn’t an easy league. Some loan players formerly expected to give the additional strength could do nothing.

Who are they?

Simone Zaza

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At the beginning of 2016-2017 Premier League, West Ham United signed Simone Zaza from Juventus. At that time, The Hammers spent 5 million euro to lend him for one season with 20 million euro release clause.

However, Zaza’s journey in West Ham wasn’t really good. The Italian player didn’t score any goal in 11 initial matches.

The situation triggered West Ham returned Zaza sooner to Juventus, in the middle of the season. Next, Zaza went to Valencia in 2017. Currently, he plays for Torino.

Alexandre Pato

Pato arrived in Chelsea as the loan player from Corinthians in 2016 January transfer market. At that time, The Blues bombers like Diego Costa, Loic Remy, and Radamel Falcao were injured.

But, the Brasilian player had a physical problem and often benched. Pato just had two caps under the era of interim manager Guus Hiddink.

After scoring one goal, Chelsea decided to return Pato to Brasil at the end of the season. Next, the former AC Milan player continued the journey to Villareal by scoring six goals in 24 matches.

Radamel Falcao

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Falcao is one of the most accurate players when he was playing in Porto and Atletico Madrid. He scored 142 goals within four seasons. But, when he joined AS Monaco, the story became unlikely.

The Colombia national team player got an ACL injury that made him passed the 2014 World Cup. But, Manchester United made a dramatic step by signing Falcao during the last minute of the 2014 summer transfer market.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t shine in Manchester United. He just scored four goals under the Louis van Gaal era. At the end of the season, Chelsea decided to lend Falcao for the 2015-2016 season. However, he just scored one goal.