https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/09/07/bramall-lane-loan-for-ampadu
Bramall Lane loan for Ampadu
07 Sep 2020
Ethan Ampadu will continue his development in the Premier League with
Sheffield United after joining the Blades on a season-long loan.
https://i.imgur.com/9tlBB3T.jpg
It will be a second temporary switch for Ampadu, who turns 20 next week.
He spent last season gaining experience at RB Leipzig, where he was a
team-mate of Timo Werner's. He played seven games in Germany, including
the full 90 minutes of a Champions League round of 16 win at Tottenham on
Leipzig's path to the semi-finals of that competition.
Ampadu joined Chelsea from Exeter City in 2017, and became our
eighth-youngest debutant in a Carabao Cup game that September. He has so
far made 12 appearances in his Blues career, seven of them starts. In
2018/19 he featured on three occasions in our successful Europa League
campaign, although a back injury cut his season short.
Capable of playing at centre-back or midfield, Ampadu has been a regular
in the senior Wales team since making his debut against France aged 17. In
the past seven days he has helped Ryan Giggs's side record back-to-back
1-0 victories, against Finland and Bulgaria, with assured performances in
the heart of defence.
https://i.imgur.com/d4Gdngs.jpg
Ampadu playing for Wales against Finland last week
He joins a Sheffield United side that surprised many by finishing in ninth
place in the Premier League last season following their promotion from the
Championship. Chris Wilder's side start the new campaign by hosting Wolves
on the same night we travel to Brighton. Their second league match is away
to Aston Villa.