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Michy Batshuayi returns to Crystal Palace on loan after signing Chelsea contract extension as Roy Hodgson bolsters his attack ahead of the new Premier League campaign

Michy Batshuayi has returned to Crystal Palace on loan after signing a contract extension with Chelsea.

Batshuayi joined Chelsea for £33million from Marseille in 2016 but has struggled for regular game time and been pushed further down the pecking order this summer following the Blues’ spending spree.

The £53m signing of Timo Werner, adding to Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud already in the squad, means Batshuayi would have been the fourth-choice striker in Frank Lampard's options.