Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo has defended his club's loan policy.

The reigning Premier League champions have been accused of unfairly stockpiling players and then sending them out on loan so other clubs cannot have them permanently.

One case in point is winger Victor Moses who signed a four-year deal before joining West Ham United on a season-long deal but Emenalo insists that situation is merely part and parcel of developing players in the modern game.

"We have the difficult job - one we happily accept because we are a big club - of trying to balance being successful with making sure we have the right players at the right time," he told Chelsea TV.

"Sometimes we know there are players whose development is not finished, just like Victor, who we want to keep with our squad but who maybe needs to play more football to get to the level we think he can get to, because he is very, very talented."