Batshuayi returns to Palace on loan

Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi returned to Crystal Palace on a season-long loan Thursday.

Batshuayi, 26, has moved back to Selhurst Park after a successful loan spell with Palace in the second half of the 2018-19 season.

The Belgium international scored six goals in 13 appearances for Palace to help them avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Batshuayi spent last season as a fringe figure in Frank Lampard's Chelsea squad and the close-season signings of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz had pushed him further down the pecking order.

Batshuayi, whose only Premier League goal for Chelsea last term came way back in October, will hope to play regularly for Palace and earn a spot in Belgium's squad for next year's European Championship.