Patrick Bamford

“I don’t know if the fans will like me saying this but I was really close to the ex-chairman of Nottingham Forest Nigel so that was just to say thank you.”

“I was his god son. Him and my dad were best mates ever since they grew up. I’ve grown up with his son Michael who is on loan at Stevenage.”

“It was a sad loss when we lost him, that was just me saying thank you.”

“We were very close. He lived down in London and I lived in Nottingham but in the holidays we always just spent time together.”

“It was a little difficult to leave Nottingham Forest but I think I had to for my career. Chelsea gave me an option and I had to do that.”

“I’m loving it here so far and the players have made it easy for me to settle in.”

“Steve McClaren made it clear he wanted me, he spoke to me in mid-December and asked me to come. Hopefully I can repay him with some goals.”

“I think there were three leading the race for me - Burnley, Wigan and Derby. Chelsea gave Steve permission to speak to me in the middle of December and he was the first to call me.”

“I know what Steve is about, the way he played and the way he trained and what his coaching was like. It was always my preferred option.”

“The main aim is to try and get Derby promoted. But it has to be a stepping stone to get into the Chelsea first team.”