Chelsea's Swedish defender Joseph Colley is open to the idea of joining a foreign club on loan to continue his development but has ruled out a return to Sweden.

The Gambian-born youngster has hinted that he would love to remain on the books of the Blues for the 2017-2018 season.

''As it looks now, I will play in U23 but next season we will probably find some loan somewhere to play first-team football," Colley told fotbolldirekt.se.

He added : ''No, I'd rather go outside Sweden as it feels right now. I'm more into Holland where I think I can develop more.

''But it's far away now and I just want to focus on the season that comes''.

A product of Brommapojkarna, the 18-year-old Colley joined Chelsea in July 2015 following a successful trial.

The Sweden youth international made 31 appearances for the youth teams of Chelsea last term.

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