Nameless If we are compelled to select Baba as a condition of his loan how come we haven’t always picked him ? He was on the bench away at Swansea (having found one instance that disproves the theory I can’t be bothered to look for more !).
You would also query why Chelsea would want such a clause. It makes sense for a young player who you want to be getting game time and experience but Baba has no future at Chelsea. He’ll simply leave at the end of his contract.
He's been sub 5 times iirc
Vision made the reasonable suggestion he wasn’t fully fit for those ones.
I still don't buy it. It would be a very poor contract to sign for a mediocre player in a position we had options already.
It is possible, but people bandy it around like it's an established fact, when it isn't.
I couldn't find an example of him being an unused sub in the games NGW has started. So it's possible every game he's in the squad he plays.
Convienent he was 'injured' for the recent game he dropped from the squad where we had 6 loanees available.
You'd think Chelsea might require a similar deal for Casadei... but he's dropped after one game for McIntyre in midfield.