Brighton sign Chelsea youngster on loan for the rest of the season
Brighton have signed Chelsea youngster Jack Wakely on loan until the end of the campaign, with the player linking up with the academy side at his new team.
The 20-year-old defender was in no danger of troubling the first team at Chelsea, despite being a regular across the blues' youth sides in recent years and earning himself a new deal last year which runs until the summer of 2021.
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His only first team experience has come on a loan spell at Basingstoke, where he played 15 games. Wakely is not going to be playing in the first team for the club either, but he will be involved with Brighton’s Under-23 team.
Brighton head of academy John Morling said: ‘We wanted to bring an extra option at the centre of defence, and we are deli...