{"id":489805,"date":"2019-07-24T06:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=489805"},"modified":"2019-07-24T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:04:47","slug":"birmingham-city-jake-clarke-salter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/24\/birmingham-city-jake-clarke-salter\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Complete Signing Of Jake Clarke-Salter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have signed England Under-21 captain <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0df092d3\/Jake-Clarke-Salter\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Clarke-Salter<\/a> on a season-long loan deal from <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Jake Clarke-Salter Makes Birmingham City Loan Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OFFICIAL: Blues have signed Jake Clarke-Salter on a season loan from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ChelseaFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Club beat off significant competition for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@England<\/a> Under-21s Captain.<\/p>\n<p>Full details ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJ8sNXWEC6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/QJ8sNXWEC6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeJake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeJake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPjaykRQNH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lPjaykRQNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCFC\/status\/1153961086418411523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Highly Sought After Defender<\/h3>\n<p>Birmingham City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2019\/07\/23\/birmingham-pole-position-loan-jake-clarke-salter-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fought off significant competition<\/a> from Leeds United and Swansea City to land the England youth skipper.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old enjoyed a successful loan spell at Vitesse Arnhem last term, impressing along with fellow new Blues signing <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0c4f30d6\/Daniel-Crowley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Crowley<\/a> in the Eredivisie.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke-Salter is eligible to appear for the Blues in both the Sky Bet Championship and Emirates FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>From non-league Carshalton, Clarke-Salter joined Chelsea&#8217;s Academy aged nine and progressed through the ranks in rapid succession.<\/p>\n<p>He made his Premier League debut in a 4-0 win at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a> aged just eighteen.<\/p>\n<p>The talented central defender has a plethora of youth honours attributed to his name. Clarke-Salter has lifted two UEFA Youth League titles with Chelsea, three FA Youth Cups and was part of the England squad that won the Under-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke-Salter was loaned to Bristol Rovers for the 2016-17 season but suffered a fractured arm.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared for Chelsea in the EFL Cup in September 2017 before heading out on loan to <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke-Salter had held talks with Steven Gerrard at the Toulon Tournament regarding a move to Rangers; however, the defender instead chose to move to Holland and Vitesse for the 2018-19 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was named England Under-21 captain for the European Championship in Italy in June; however, the tournament was not as successful as planned for Aidy Boothroyd&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>At 6ft 1in, Clarke-Salter is a daunting figure that will provide competition for a starting position in Pep Clotet&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Rt_W9W6_QDd4Si6ZxgNqEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1150819275\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Rt_W9W6_QDd4Si6ZxgNqEQ',sig:'rpP12QWo4-N7-eAk_iM3d1F_EbL8kbhqwKdpjZiwmyQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1150819275',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have signed England Under-21 captain Jake Clarke-Salter on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea. Jake Clarke-Salter Makes Birmingham City Loan Move OFFICIAL: Blues have signed Jake Clarke-Salter on a season loan from @ChelseaFC. The Club beat off significant competition for the @England Under-21s Captain. Full details ? https:\/\/t.co\/QJ8sNXWEC6#WelcomeJake #BCFC pic.twitter.com\/lPjaykRQNH \u2014 Birmingham City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":489806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,33,11,32,3,28],"tags":[1318,197,660,1154,1915,40],"class_list":["post-489805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-championship","category-chelsea","category-league-football","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-birmingham-city","tag-championship","tag-frank-lampard","tag-jake-clarke-salter","tag-pep-clotet","tag-premier-league"],"modified_by":"Matt Lee","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}