5 reasons why Chelsea's loan policy is actually brilliant

#2 Influx of quality in the first team

Thibaut Courtois was one of the most successful products of the Chelsea Loan System

While it is a known fact that not every loan player can go on to represent Chelsea at the senior level, the loan system ensures that those who do are the best of the best.

They have gone through the ordeal of the loan system, established themselves despite the constant movements of clubs, countries and playing styles and have developed their games to extraordinary levels. showing significant mental maturity and determination in the process.

When such a player dons the Chelsea shirt, he is an absolutely LETHAL addition to the setup. Thibaut Courtois is a product of the loan system and has, in the years since, gone on to establish himself as one of the best shot-stoppers in the world.

He is an able replacement indeed to the void left by Cech and has kept the second most number of clean sheets in the Premier League this season. Talk about consistency!

Chelsea also have a ready source of talent from their loan fleet apart from their already established youth academy which helps create a balance between influx and outflow of players while maintaining a standard in the playing 11 which can gun on all fronts for silverware.

For instance, when Peter Cech left, his mantle was ably and seamlessly taken up by Thibaut Courtois, a product of the Chelsea loan system.