FA Cup Fifth Round weekend saw a limited schedule of fixtures, with only Tammy Abraham of Chelsea's Premier
League loanees in action.
Part of the reason Zelalem (along with some other Premier
League loanees) is going there is evidently to get experience playing in front of the 50,000 that regularly fill Ibrox
Eleven points off safety and with their closest rivals having made useful additions — Reading reinforced their back line with Premier
League loanees Andy Griffin and Zurab Khizanishvili while Plymouth signing Damien Johnson was Birmingham's midfield lynchpin not so very long ago — Peterborough chose deadline day to part ways with manager Mark Cooper after less than three months and only 13 games in charge.
Whilst not all our successful, some of really hit the mark during the early stages of the season, with loan players have won man - of - the - match awards for Stoke City and West Ham United — here are the eight most impressive Premier
League loanees so far:
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Not exact matches
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho may have given a small insight into just how he feels about Atletico Madrid
loanee Thibaut Courtois by blanking him in the tunnel when the two sides met in that Champions
League earlier this week.
There was just one goal scored over two legs of the Champions
League quarter - final between Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid — coming from Manchester United
loanee Chicharito.
It's been a slow summer thus far for the Premier
League champions with Antonio Rudiger the only notable addition, and especially with key areas to address plus with the likes of Nathan Ake, Bertrand Traore and more
loanees being shipped out, Conte needs to add quality and depth.
Manchester United
loanee Tom Cleverely hasn't seen his popularity dwindle after spending this season on loan with relegation threatened Aston Villa, as five Premier
League clubs — including Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur — are reportedly vying for his signature.
Manchester United
loanee Javier Hernandez scored a last minute winner to take Real Madrid through to the Champions
League semi-finals after a 1 - 0 win over local rivals Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea
loanee Patrick Bamford has been nominated for the Football
League Young Player of the Year award, according to the club's official website.
Another Chelsea
loanee — Brazilian playmaker Lucas Piazon — scored Reading's third as they came from behind to knock out their Premier
League opponents at the Madejski Stadium.
As the Daily Mirror reports, this has led to several critics reserving judgement on the former Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester
loanee, who only scored his first Premier
League goal in April 2014.
Martin has contributed 16
league goals this season, while the Aston Villa
loanee Bent, added another five strikes in just eight appearances since his move.
Manchester United
loanee Javier Hernandez scored a last minute winner for Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening, to get Los Blancos in to the semi finals of the Champions
League.
All three Premier
League clubs linked to the player invested in their offensive options in the summer, with Liverpool signing Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino, Tottenham signing Son Heung - min and Clinton N'Jie, and Chelsea moving for AS Monaco
loanee Radamel Falcao.
The former Leicester
loanee has scored five Champions
League goals in just two group stage games so far, which makes his the current top scorer in the competition.
Inter Milan manager is lining up a triple Premier
League transfer raid with forgotten Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic top of his wanted list, along with Stoke City's Asmir Begovic and West Ham
loanee Alex Song, according to The Mirror.
PSG have sent multiple players on loans to those
leagues in recent seasons, which have resulted in significant playing time for almost every
loanee.
Leo Bonatini's form has dropped off quite a bit since Christmas time, and
loanee Benik Afobe has done little to suggest he'd be able to cut it in the Premier
League.
Josh Ginnelly was in the Altrincham side against Grimsby but it was a bad day for them and a National
League debut to forget for the
loanee.
Currently on a deal with Anderlecht until June 2019, Egyptian international winger Mahmoud Hassan, nicknamed «Trezeguet» (23), who's now playing for Turkish side Kasimpasa as a
loanee, has been targeted by two Premier
League clubs.
Caleb Ekuban has inexplicably gotten a run in the first team over Pierre - Michel Lasogga, and while the Hamburger SV
loanee seems to be campaigning for a move to the Premier
League, he's still the best option that Leeds have at striker.
Since the latest international break in November, the Manchester City
loanee has played just five times — only once on the Premier
League.
Bolton gave their ailing confidence levels a significant boost with progress in the Carling Cup during the week, as goals from Chris Eagles and
loanee Gael Kakuta sealed a comfortable 2 - 0 win over Premier
League rivals Aston Villa at Villa Park.
With improved squad depth this season in defence and midfield courtesy of returning
loanees like Carroll, Alli, Pritchard should increase our ambition of going further in the competition, plus with the incentive of a guaranteed Champions
League place for the winner, Mauricio Pochettino will be looking to win this competition this season.
Vitesse suffered their first
league defeat of the season on Saturday despite having all four Chelsea
loanees feature for the first time.
The Chelsea
loanee now has 2 in 53 Premier
League appearances.
Another Arsenal
loanee whose season so far has been heavily affected by injury, Wellington appeared to be settling in English football, but he hasn't featured in any of Bolton's last ten
league fixtures.
The goal for the
loanee was a Capital One Cup score against Premier
League club Everton back in August.
The Bournemouth
loanee has not done himself any favours endearing himself to his parent club after he backed Antonio Conte's side to claim the Premier
League crown
City
loanees Pablo Maffeo, Aleix García, Douglas Luiz and Marlos Moreno could be crucial in helping Girona stay in the
league this season, and they will not be an easy proposition for any team in La Liga.