{"id":20423,"date":"2026-07-23T10:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20423"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:51:58","slug":"chelsea-officially-announce-striker-contract-and-immediate-loan-move-read-chelsea-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20423","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea officially announce striker contract and immediate loan move &#8211; Read Chelsea F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chelsea striker Lois Shooter has signed her first professional contract before completing a season-long loan move to Nottingham Forest. The 18-year-old has committed her future to the Blues until 2028, with an option for another year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea confirmed Shooter\u2019s new contract and loan move on Wednesday. The striker said the agreement was a proud moment for her family and thanked those who supported her development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shooter joined Chelsea at 15 after previously developing within the London City Lionesses youth system. She scored 12 goals for the Under-18s during the 2025\/26 WSL Academy League campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The England youth international also travelled to the Netherlands with Chelsea\u2019s first team last summer. She later earned several places in Sonia Bompastor\u2019s senior matchday squads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lois Shooter has signed her first professional contract with Chelsea until the summer of 2028. \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Lois will now spend next season on loan at WSL 2 side Nottingham Forest. \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) July 22, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chelsea striker Lois Shooter handed Nottingham Forest opportunity<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shooter will now spend the 2026\/27 season with Nottingham Forest in WSL 2. The loan should provide her with regular senior football after a productive campaign at academy level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea have used similar moves to create clearer routes for young players. Brooke Aspin recently completed a permanent return to Bristol City after struggling for regular senior opportunities with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shooter remains part of Chelsea\u2019s long-term plans. Her contract could run until 2029 if the club activates its additional one-year option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forward has already gained international experience with England\u2019s youth teams. Chelsea previously confirmed her involvement with both the Under-19 and Under-20 squads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nottingham Forest can now offer Shooter an important development platform. A productive loan spell would strengthen her chances of competing for a senior Chelsea role when she returns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea striker Lois Shooter has signed her first professional contract before completing a season-long loan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}