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Deal Imminent: Chelsea set to confirm midfielder Houghton move to Plymouth


Chelsea midfielder Jordan Houghton is poised to join League Two promotion-hopefuls Plymouth Argyle, sources have told TEAMtalk.com.

As revealed by TEAMtalk.com earlier this week a number of Football League clubs were chasing the highly-rated midfielder, but Plymouth have won the race for his signature.

Houghton, 20, enjoyed a spell out on loan at Gillingham earlier this season, making 15 appearances for the club before returning to Stamford Bridge in January.

Chelsea feel the England Under-20 international would benefit from going out on loan again to get some valuable first-team experience under his belt.

Plymouth boss Derek Adams is thought to be an admirer of Houghton and sees him as a key addition to his squad for the run-in to the season.

Plymouth are currently third in League Two and are well-placed to secure automatic promotion and Houghton’s arrival will come as a welcome boost to the squad.

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This one looks decent. England u16 u17 & u20 so the bhey has obviously got talent.

if he comes good maybe then it will finally end all the crap about Boateng.

We still need to bring in a couple more to really strengthen our push

I'm hearing that he's signed.

Quick edit. Yes, he has.

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Pleased on the surface with this one - at least shows some intent to get some additional quality in.

If the report that McHugh, Hartley and Threlkeld all in contention for Saturday is accurate, we are looking in better shape already.

Innocent Egbunike wrote:

Pleased on the surface with this one - at least shows some intent to get some additional quality in.

If the report that McHugh, Hartley and Threlkeld all in contention for Saturday is accurate, we are looking in better shape already.

Hell yeah baby

Good luck to the lad & welcome
But we are still short at the back would like to see at least 2more arrivals..lets hope they aint put all there eggs in one basket with this chelsea kid & rush injured players back to quick

It's a start I suppose, need a replacement for Brunt though and probably somebody who can play CB/RB too.

Looks a decent one and here until 31st May.Well done DA,good luck to the guy and hope his stay is a successful one.Could be a good boost just at the right time,Conor Clifford made a big impact on loan from Chelsea,fingers crossed that Jordan can match that.

Somebody reported on the Herald website that he is a similar player to Conor Clifford- a box to box midfielder with lots of energy. Has also played 18 times for Gillingham, this season, who were near top of League 1 at the time. Looks a good signing.

He's on Chelsea's books so he's obviously talented, better this type of loan than some Donkey out of Scunthorpe /Bury reserves.

Will do his confidence the world of good to be in a promotion winning side.

Good news on the face of it, obviously has some talent.

Probably not paying any of his wages either, Chelsea aren't short of a few bob.

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

He's on Chelsea's books so he's obviously talented, better this type of loan than some Donkey out of Scunthorpe /Bury reserves.

Nardiello came from the man utd setup so that theory doesnt always wash lol. Im waiting to see how he does

The Pilgrims' boss said it is a possibility that he could complete another loan signing before the game against Accrington.

Adams would not give away any more clues than that, but it would not be a surprise were he to bring in a defender

Angry wrote:

sufferedsince 68 wrote:

He's on Chelsea's books so he's obviously talented, better this type of loan than some Donkey out of Scunthorpe /Bury reserves.

Nardiello came from the man utd setup so that theory doesnt always wash lol. Im waiting to see how he does

That was quite a long time ago.

seadog wrote:

Will do his confidence the world of good to be in a promotion winning side.

Shame he had to come here then

Sounds like a good signing, and does it indicate Adams has finally given up on Boateng ? I hope so. No point hanging around for something that isn't going to happen as points continue to slip away.
I thought I read somewhere, possibly Starnes, that Adams was looking for experience, not youth. This doesn't fit with that.
I guess he'll go straight in on Saturday.

Freathy wrote:

seadog wrote:

Will do his confidence the world of good to be in a promotion winning side.

Shame he had to come here then

Same initial thoughts as Lord Biro (that'll smart ) Starnes said we were looking for experience. Odd.

The proof is in the pudding but good luck to the lad.

Also, if he stays true to form DA won't play him for a few games anyway. He seems to like letting new signings settle in for a bit first.
Given McHugh and Oscar are allegedly 'in contention' for Saturday they could easily be squarely back as first team regulars by the time DA is ready to play Houghton.

You have to wonder what our 1st choice XI now is. I do anyway. I honestly haven't a clue.

Earlier in the season it was nailed on: McCormick, Mellor, Nelson, Hartley, Sawyer at the back with McH and Boat in front of them, Roobs up top, Carey in behind with Jervis out wide one side and Wylde on t'other.

Of that lot we are currently without Hartley, McH and Boat and Jervis has gone off the boil.

What we do seem to have done is achieve a settled shape based on the above.

If McH is fit does he come back in midfield or at CB? That's the first question to be settled. If he goes into midfield we have to trust Purrington at LB and move Sawyer central. I don't think any of that is likely. If McH comes back he'll go to CB to minimise the disruption to the back 4.

That leaves the two sitters. Step forward Oscar and Simpson, presumably, but neither of them have huge physical presence in comparison to McH and Boat.

We still have Roobs and Carey in their preferred roles so presumably Tanner and Wylde go wide.

And Simpson hasn't really been that impressive. Oscar offers huge energy and seems to get stronger the longer the game goes on whereas Simpson is all about slotting in, moving the ball on, covering gaps and playing shape which is fine but he rarely seems to actually win the ball either on the deck or in the air.

And then there's Nardiello. He hasn't contributed anything at all yet so why did we bring him in? If he's going to play we need to go 4-4-2 so that's him and Roobs up top, Wylde wide, Carey and Oscar central with some sort of back four (see earlier in this post for those options).

I would imagine the new lad, Carey and Oscar will form the basis of a midfield possibly with Tanner and Wylde wide and Roobs on his tod up top.

Jervis and Nardiello benched to provide options as the game unfolds? The other subs would have to Simpson, Purrington, Bittner, Rooney and Harvey because I can't think of anybody else that might be available.

Welcome to the lad. A decent signing on paper, but then so was Luke Croll.