Chelsea transfer news: Blues set to lose their longest serving player with Matej Delac eyeing summer exit
Croatian keeper signed for the Blues in 2009 but has never played for the first team and his contract is up
CHELSEA are set to say farewell to their longest-serving player Matej Delac at the end of the season.
The Croatian keeper, 25, signed for the Blues in 2009 but has never played for the first team and will now quit in the summer.
Delac is currently having a good spell in Belgium with Mouscron.
And that is the TENTH loan move of his bizarre time at Stamford Bridge.
Despite being called up at all levels by Croatia, Delac has had to travel around Europe for game time at various clubs.
His contract is up in the summer and Delac is already looking for a long-term home — and an end to his long but frustrating time at Chelsea.
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And Andy Lonergan, 34, was told he could go before the new manager arrived last month.
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