Chelsea's loan goals... 85 and counting at other clubs this season (but how would this team get on in the Premier League?)

When young striker Patrick Bamford continued his scoring streak for new temporary club Derby on Tuesday night, he added another statistic to Chelsea’s incredible loaning system.
He netted the 85th goal scored by
a Chelsea loanee this season - indeed, the club have enough players plying their trade elsewhere to fill a whole squad.
Europe is littered with young (and not-so-young) players on the Blues’ books, all hoping to make their parent club aware of their talents.

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On target: Patrick Bamford has scored two goals in three appearances since joining Derby in the new year

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Hitman: Bamford scored 17 goals in 27 appearances for MK Dons in the first half of the season

Chelsea's Patrick Bamford on leaving MK Dons for Derby County

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Making his mark: Bamford is expected to return to Chelsea this summer after his stint at Derby

THE FULL LIST

GOALKEEPERS
Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid)
Matej Delac (FK Sarajevo)

DEFENDERS
Patrick van Aanholt (Vitesse)
Wallace (Inter Milan)
Nathaniel Chalobah (Middlesbrough)
Todd Kane (Blackburn)
Kenneth Omeruo (Middlesbrough)
Ryan Bertrand (Aston Villa)

MIDFIELDERS
Oriol Romeu (Valencia)
Marko Marin (Sevilla)
Christian Atsu (Vitesse)
Bertrand Traore (Vitesse)
Cristian Cuevas (Vitesse)
Ulises Davila (Cordoba)
Thorgan Hazard (Zulte Waregem)
George Saville (Brentford)
Josh McEachran (Wigan)

FORWARDS
Victor Moses (Liverpool)
Romelu Lukaku (Everton)
Lucas Piazon (Vitesse)
Milan Lalkovic (Walsall)
Patrick Bamford (Derby)
Jhon Pirez (Leganes)
Stipe Perica (NAC Breda)
Joao Rodríguez (Uniautonoma)

The highest profile of them are already elite talents in the world’s best leagues, like Atletico Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois or Everton target man Romelu Lukaku.
Others, like youngsters Bamford and Nathaniel Chalobah, are hoping their exploits in the Championship help them play a role at Stamford Bridge next season.
Then you’ve got the likes of Marko Marin and Victor Moses, who the club could not get rid of permanently.
It might seem mad, but there’s a plan. What’s been better for Courtois, sitting on the bench behind Petr Cech for three years or becoming one of Europe’s top keepers at Atletico? 
Or Lukaku. Would he have been better vying for playing time with Fernando Torres and Samuel Eto’o or being Champions League-chasing Everton’s main man? We know the answer.
Bamford scored goals for fun in League One for MK Dons, now he’s doing the same in the second tier. At Chelsea, he’d have been playing reserve team football, maybe chucked a 90th-minute cameo in the Capital One Cup.
Add to that those playing together at Dutch feeder club Vitesse, and the benefit – for most of them at least – is clear. 
It works the other way, too. Gael Kakuta, once seen as one of the brightest talents in Europe, has just returned to Chelsea after another unsuccessful spell – this time with Vitesse.
The Blues can’t afford to risk trying these players out in crucial Champions League and Premier League games, and it’s much better for them to experience pressure at sides challenging for honours than rotting in the reserves.
With that in mind, here Sportsmail picks the a dream team of Chelsea loan stars.

 

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Loan arrangers: But how would this side get on in the Premier League?

GOALKEEPER

Thibaut Courtois
Touted as the best young stopper in the world, Courtois is one of Chelsea’s top assets without having played a game for the club. Atletico Madrid are hell-bent on hanging on to a player who has become one of their leading stars since his loan move and are preparing a £40million bid, while the Blues would like hitman Diego Costa in return.

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He's a keeper: Thibaut Courtois has been in fine form in Spain and Atletico Madrid want to turn his loan move into a permanent deal

DEFENCE

Wallace 
The 19-year-old Brazilian turned out for the first-team in Chelsea’s pre-season tour of Asia, and was loaned to Inter Milan. The right back has only made three substitute appearances this season for the Nerazzurri, but will take experience form being part of a huge set-up.
Nathaniel Chalobah 
The England U21 star was one of the best players in the Championship last season as the fulcrum of Watford’s play-off chasing side, but couldn’t establish a place at Forest this campaign. Having now joined Middlesbrough, Chalobah – who can play at either centre half or defensive midfielder, will hope to reassert his status as one of Chelsea's brightest prospects.

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Kenneth Omeruo 
Having been one of the mainstays of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph last year, 20-year-old Omeruo has set his sights on the World Cup by joining fellow Blue Chalobah at Middlesbrough. The Teesside club have been making the most of manager Aitor Karanka’s links with Mourinho. 
Ryan Bertrand
One of the many, many surprising stories of Chelsea’s 2012 Champions League triumph was Bertrand making his European debut in the final against Bayern Munich. After going on loan to what seemed like the whole of the Football League, Bertrand never cemented a place ahead of Ashley Cole. Now third in the pecking order behind Cole and Cesar Azpilicueta, he’s gone to Villa Park for first-team football ahead of a likely departure from Stamford Bridge this summer.

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Done deal: Defender Ryan Bertrand unveiled at Aston Villa's Bodymoor Heath training ground earlier this month

MIDFIELD

Victor Moses
Snapped up from Wigan by Roberto Di Matteo in 2012, the Nigeria winger had a steady first season at Stamford Bridge, particularly in the victorious Europa League campaign. Despite the hard-working former Crystal Palace star having the hallmarks of a ‘Mourinho player’, the arrivals of Andre Schurrle and Willian relegated him in Chelsea's pecking order. He went to Liverpool where he has also struggled to hold down a place. He’s almost certainly pulled on a blue shirt for the final time.

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Young gun: Nigerian international Victor Moses has made 14 appearances for Liverpool this season

Oriol Romeu 
Tipped as the successor to Claude Makelele when he was plucked from Barcelona’s youth side in 2011 – with the Catalan giants retaining first refusal on the midfielder – a succession of injuries and manager hampered his chances of getting into the side. He’s now at Valencia but will have been dismayed at Chelsea's recent acquisition of Nemanja Matic.
Josh McEachran 
Once tipped as a future star for Chelsea and England, McEachran is in last-chance saloon with his loan move to Wigan. Having wowed in the club’s youth teams and early first-team matches (he was the first player born after the inception of the Champions League to appear in the competition), McEachran’s loan moves at Swansea, Middlesbrough and Watford have been a disaster. 
Often hitting headlines for being out with Coronation Street actress girlfriend Brooke Vincent, McEachran is only 13 months younger than Chelsea's main man Oscar. Finally deliver on his huge potential at the DW Stadium and there might be one last shot.

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On the fringes: Josh McEachran has not broken through at Chelsea and is on loan at Wigan

Marko Marin
One of the only Chelsea players not to have benefitted from the Champions League win, Marin was signed before the Munich final but was marginalised by the signings of stars such as Eden Hazard. 
His infrequent starts in his sole season at Stamford Bridge did little to impress and he was packed off to Sevilla. His performances in La Liga have improved greatly, but from Chelsea’s point of view they’re welcome to him.

STRIKERS

Romelu Lukaku 
The striker conundrum is one of the biggest debates at Chelsea, and Lukaku netting goals for Everton did little for people overlooking the profligacy of Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto’o and Demba Ba. Mourinho is insistent Lukaku’s departure was of his own making, but many a Blue-tinted spectacle has looked upon his displays away from his parent club with frustration.
Still raw, the young Belgian will have every hope of following in the footsteps of idol Didier Drogba and becoming Chelsea’s leading man – that’s if his relationship with the real leading man, Mourinho,  can be repaired.

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Loan star: Romelu Lukaku was West Brom's key man last season and has impressed at Everton this term

Patrick Bamford
Plucked from Nottingham Forest in 2012 after an unbelievable scoring record at youth level, Bamford has lit up the Football League this season, scoring 14 in 23 for League One MK Dons and then surprising everyone by repeating the trick a level up, with three goals in four for Championship play-off hopefuls Derby. Keep it up and there’s nothing to say he can’t be a Premier League striker.

JUST MISSING OUT

Lucas Piazon – He’s the Eredivisie’s top scorer with feeder club Vitesse, but the classy Brazilian just misses out due to Bamford’s scoring record in England.
Thorgan Hazard – Another player who has lit up a European league, Eden’s brother recently won the Belgian League’s Player of the Year award thanks to his spell at Zulte Waregem.