Chelsea's promising young 18-year-old winger Isaiah Brown has publicly insisted that he does not want to leave the Blues on a loan deal next season, as he made his first-team debut in a eleven minute cameo against former side West Brom at the Hawthorns last night.
Despite a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Tony Pulis' side, Brown and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, as well as others, have established themselves as extremely bright prospects for the not-too-distant future, and Isaiah is eager to stake his claim amongst the strength in depth of the newly-crowned Premier League champions, having been crowned a champion of his own as a youth player in the respective set-up's of U-18 and U-21 football this season.
The Blues have over twenty players on loan at respective clubs already, including the likes of Patrick Bamford (Middlesbrough), Christian Atsu (Everton) and Bertrand Traore (Vitesse), but the teenager is eager for the opportunity to prove himself at Stamford Bridge in the 2015-16 campaign and beyond.
Brown had this to say: "It is a hard balance, but if you're training with the best players in the world and learning from the best manager in the world, what more can you ask for? That's maybe more development for me than going to play in the Championship. What happens next season all depends how pre-season goes. We will have a sit down and talk about it and see where my future is. But long-term, it is definitely at Chelsea."
Isaiah was controversially booed when he was brought off the substitutes' bench against the Baggies, the team he left in 2013, but has maintained the fact that he has no regrets over moving, considering he has been a Chelsea fan since he was a little boy. "Some people don't understand, but ever since I was a kid I have been a Chelsea fan. I grew up watching Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Gianfranco Zola and I had videos of every season. My dream was always to play for Chelsea so when the chance came, I couldn't say no. It had nothing to do with the money - I love Chelsea and I love playing for the club I supported."