Chelsea Ready to Bring Back Andrey Santos from his Loan Spell at Nottingham Forest

Chelsea are ready to recall midfielder Andrey Santos from his loan with Nottingham Forest over his lack of minutes.

Santos arrived at Stamford Bridge to real excitement this summer and Forest worked hard to convince Chelsea to send the 19-year-old there on loan, eventually succeeding on August 25, 2023.

Six days later, however, Forest struck permanent deals for Ibrahim Sangare and Nicolas Dominguez for close to £40m combined, and the duo have dominated the minutes in Steve Cooper’s midfield. As a result, Santos has just seven minutes of Premier League action to his name.

Chelsea are unimpressed with Santos’ limited game time and sources have confirmed to 90min that, after talks with Forest, the Blues are prepared to trigger their break clause in the deal and recall Santos in January.

Forest boss Cooper confessed in October that he had been in contact with Chelsea over his use of Santos, but after just one cameo appearance for the midfielder, the Blues are prepared to act and send him elsewhere.