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football.london takes a look at Chelsea's players who are out on loan over the last week.

Ethan Wady - Was on the bench for Woking as they qualified for the FA Cup with a victory over Southend United. Hull's Andy Dawson said: "He's down at Chelsea at the moment, they're assessing him, and hopefully, in the next week or two, he'll be back here. The Chelsea loanee was helpless as he headed into position, and goalkeeper Alexander Nubel looked to fizz a pass to Caio Henrique. Jamie Cumming - The young goalkeeper was in net for consecutive defeats for MK Dons as they fell to Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle. The ball smashed off Sarr's thigh and headed into the net to open the scoring. He will be unavailable for the game against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. Nathan Baxter - The goalkeeper put in a steady performance but could not prevent Birmingham from netting twice against Hull as the Tigers' difficult start to the season continued. Stoke boss Alex Neil said: "Dujon, for me, is arguably one of the best one-v-one defenders I've ever seen. He produced a Malang Sarr - The French defender was involved in a bizarre own goal as Monaco fell 4-0 to Trabzonspor. He'll play at a really high level. "He'll have a really good career, Jamie.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been one of the standout performers at Chelsea since Graham Potter took charge last month.

He needs to constantly push himself to the limit." Southgate was in attendance at Villa Park on Sunday, where he saw a lot of players from either side that could be called up to the World Cup squad that is announced later this week. "In general, he is shy and a very calm person. Against Aston Villa on Sunday, Loftus-Cheek was moved out to the right-hand side, but then he changed back and became more central again. A lot of extra work went into it, but I always believed I could get back to that point I was at before the injury." He's been used as a right wing-back, where he has consistently impressed, or in the centre of midfield, a more natural position. I'm a powerful player who relies on his body and strength, but I lost a lot of that, so I felt like I needed a season where I could just play as much as possible [spent the 2020/21 season on loan at Fulham]. It's nothing more than an outside shout right now, but Loftus-Cheek has quietly played himself into contention of being named in Southgate's squad. Then, in May 2019, the unthinkable happened to Loftus-Cheek: a ruptured Achilles that would eventually keep him sidelined for over a year. He won man of the match after a superb display. Loftus-Cheek made his World Cup debut against Tunisia in England's opening match, where he replaced Dele Alli with 10 minutes to go. Unfortunately for Loftus-Cheek, he was dropped from the XI for the Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, where he was an unused substitute in all three games.