Spanish Press: Chelsea Want Drenthe In January

Real Madrid's forgotten man, Royston Drenthe, could be en route to Chelsea in January if Marca is to be believed...

Spanish sports daily Marca claims that Chelsea are seriously considering a move for Royston Drenthe in January.

The former Feyenoord man signed on at Real Madrid this summer, but has yet to truly make an impact: indeed, he's started just four Liga games for the club, and none since September.

Chelsea were said to be interested in the 20 year old, left-footed maestro, who broke through to the Feyenoord first team early last season, this summer.

However, with Real Madrid bidding 14 million euros for his services - and Drenthe being extremely eager to leave Rotterdam for the Spanish capital - he became a blanquillo in short order.

But with his early days at the Bernabeu proving to be far from successful, a loan switch to Stamford Bridge may benefit player and club alike.

It is thought that the influence of new assistant manager Henk Ten Cate is at play here, the Dutch master being a huge fan of his young countryman.