https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/09/18/loan-overseas-for-lewis-baker
Loan overseas for Lewis Baker
18 Sep 2020
Lewis Baker will spend the 2020/21 season on loan with Turkish club
Trabzonspor.
https://i.imgur.com/3ScEoch.jpg
At his latest loan club he will again work under ex-Chelsea midfielder
Eddie Newton, who spent many years in various coaching roles with the
Blues men's first team, Academy and loan players. Newton was appointed
permanent Trabzonspor manager last month after leading them to victory in
the Turkish Cup and a second-place finish in the league as caretaker boss.
It will be a fourth season abroad for Baker, who spent two years in the
Netherlands with Vitesse Arnhem and made nine appearances for Fortuna
Dusseldorf in the German top flight last term.
The two-footed midfielder has been with Chelsea since Under-10s level and
frequently captained our youth side, reaching the finals of the FA Youth
Cup and the NextGen Series. He was named Player of the Tournament in the
latter competition which was a forerunner to the UEFA Youth League. He has
been named Chelsea Young Player of the Year and scored a goal against
Manchester United which secured the Under-21 Premier League title in 2014.
In addition, his flicked back-heel against Arsenal for the youth team was
voted by fans as Chelsea's Goal of the Season that same year.
https://i.imgur.com/YoR7KGG.jpg
Lewis Baker with Nathan Ake and the Under-21 Premier League trophy
Baker's senior Blues debut came in January 2014, when he was introduced
off the bench to replace Oscar in a 2-0 victory over Derby County in the
FA Cup third round.
The 25-year-old also has experience of the English leagues through
previous loans, in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday, Reading,
Leeds United and Middlesbrough, and when helping MK Dons to earn promotion
to the second tier.