TOMAS KALAS has told Chelsea he wants to quit the club this summer after growing tired of being shipped out to clubs around Europe.
Kalas has been sent on loan six times in nine years as a Chelsea player and is now fed up with being a footballing nomad.
The Czech international defender has spent this season impressing in the Championship at Bristol City but knows his chances of a first team role at Stamford Bridge are thin.
And football.london say the 25-year-old now wants to find a club that will take him on a permanent basis so he can finally settle down.
Since arriving at Chelsea as a highly-rated teenager, Kalas has enjoyed loans at Sigma Olomouc, Vitesse Arnhem, FC Koln, Middlesbrough and Fulham before this year’s stay at Bristol City.
He was handed a new four-year contract by Chelsea in 2017, but it appears the West London club see little chance of him ever making the grade at the club.
He has made only four first team appearances during his nine years with the Blues, all of which were five years ago.
So Kalas knows he has to move on if he is to carve out a consistent and regular career with one side.
City boss Lee Johnson has admitted he would be interested in making the current loan move permanent if a deal can be agreed with the Premier League club.
Johnson took three players from Chelsea this season – Kalas and youngsters Jay DaSilva and Kasey Palmer.
Now he wants all three to remain part of his plans for next season as he tries to plot a challenge for promotion to the top flight.
Johnson said: “I do believe this is the right football club for them.
“You never know what Chelsea have got in mind for them.
“I think they would be more than comfortable coming back and settling and rooting themselves in the Bristol area and driving us forward.”
