Charly Musonda completes 18-month loan move from Chelsea to Celtic. He must come back stronger.

Chelsea have confirmed that Charly Musonda has joined Brendan Rodgers at Celtic on an 18-month loan deal. In my opinion he must come back here stronger and ready to start games at Chelsea. 

There will be plenty of people that are upset or complain about the move for the exciting Belgian talent and I can understand that to a point. However, it’s clear that he needs to improve his physical frame and his strength if he is to challenge our first eleven to play in the Premier League week in, week out.

So far, this season for Chelsea he has impressed with cameo appearances in the Carabao Cup scoring his first goal at Stamford Bridge and the few appearances he has made coming on as substitute in games with his assist for our fourth goal against Brighton as a particular highlight. His pass to Victor Moses was sublime and carved their defence wide open.

However, that’s all good but we need Musonda to really kick on now and play regularly in competitive, physical football to improve his game and I agree with a move to Celtic.

According to reports, there were 24 clubs in for Musonda to take him on loan this month which is a staggering amount with Leganes in La Liga proving to be the main rival for his signature to Celtic but in my view, La Liga does not represent the best challenge at this stage in his career having already spent time on loan at Real Betis so heading up north is the better option. It seems that the club are of the same opinion.

Charly Musonda is now 21-years-old and is at a critical time in his career. He has just signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract extension at Chelsea to keep him here until 2022 and now must accelerate his career by making the best out of this move.

In Scotland he will face a physical game, faced paced at times and of course heated when it comes to the old-firm games. He needs to demonstrate that he can cope with the attention his much-publicised move has received as he will now become a target for the opposition.

We know he has the talent and fantastic ability. It’s now time to prove you can deal with the physical demands of the game and come back here stronger to instantly challenge for a regular start at Chelsea.

Good Luck Charly!