{"id":625074,"date":"2023-07-11T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625074"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:56:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:56:01","slug":"david-datro-fofana-chelsea-loan-union-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/11\/david-datro-fofana-chelsea-loan-union-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Agreement Signed\u2019: Chelsea\u2019s \u2018New Didier Drogba\u2019 Leaves on Loan to Bundesliga Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea youngster David Datro Fofana has successfully completed his medical tests and finalised a loan move to Union Berlin. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1678480509318430721\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the talented forward will spend the upcoming season with the German club as part of his development.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_polling_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>David Datro Fofana Joins Union Berlin on Loan From Chelsea<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Understand David Datro Fofana has just completed medical tests as new Union Berlin player on loan from Chelsea \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n<p>Agreement sealed and documents now signed for loan until June 2024 with no buy option included.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go. \u2714\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwsvuyltdX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QwsvuyltdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1678480509318430721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Loan Agreement Signed<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues and the Berlin-based club have reached an agreement for the loan transfer of the Ivorian. The deal has been finalised, with all the necessary documents signed by both parties. Fofana will be wearing the colours of <i>Die Eisernen<\/i> until June 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/09\/chelsea-refuse-negotiations-for-andrey-santos-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Refuse Talks to Transfer \u2018Beast\u2019 Who Pochettino Wants to Test Out in Pre-Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it is important to note that no buy option has been included in the agreement. This means that the striker will return to Stamford Bridge once the loan spell concludes.<\/p>\n<h3>Exciting Opportunity for Both the Forward and Union Berlin<\/h3>\n<p>The loan move to Germany presents an exciting opportunity for the 20-year-old to continue his development as a player. Joining a club in the competitive environment of the Bundesliga will allow him to grow both technically and tactically.<\/p>\n<p>By securing the loan signing, Union Berlin demonstrate their ambition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/P4CN5VwOuF0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strengthen their squad<\/a> and compete at the highest level. The club have qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history after yet a brilliant season in the Bundesliga where they finished in fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Fofana, who has been called Chelsea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/en\/transfer-news\/uk-premier-league\/2022\/12\/who-is-datro-fofana-chelsea-striker-molde\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;new Didier Drogba&#8221;<\/a>, will provide the team with more options in attack and enhance their chances of success.<br \/>\n<a id=\"IcrDjjFmRWl9_68JeNcsQQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1467447553\" 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:'IcrDjjFmRWl9_68JeNcsQQ',sig:'Sm61q8YMNoU5cftdE7a1xb1dBJggvjIMUIQCcp5aWFw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1467447553',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea&#8217;s Development Strategy for David Datro Fofana<\/h3>\n<p>The West London side&#8217;s decision to loan out their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/12\/16\/chelsea-signing-datro-fofana\/\" target=\"_self\">January signing<\/a> aligns with their development strategy for young players. The club believes that exposing their talented prospects to different football environments and challenges is crucial for their growth and long-term success.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the Blues will be hoping that their club makes the right decisions as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VaSiVa4NgKQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rebuild under new manager Mauricio Pochettino<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Chivista\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chivista<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea youngster David Datro Fofana has successfully completed his medical tests and finalised a loan move to Union Berlin. According to Fabrizio Romano, the talented forward will spend the upcoming season with the German club as part of his development. [metabet_core_polling_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;] David Datro Fofana Joins Union Berlin on Loan From Chelsea Understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":625093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[11,4,3,28],"tags":[1407,9624,4119,7616],"class_list":["post-625074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-bundesliga","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-chelsea-transfers","tag-david-datro-fofana","tag-union-berlin","tag-union-berlin-transfers"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625074","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\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}