Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink is blocking a loan move for Bertrand Traore.

The Mail on Sunday says Traore will be given his chance to prove he can be a long-term solution to Chelsea's issues with strikers after he impressed playing for the Under-21s last week in front of Hiddink and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

Hiddink was impressed with Traore's all-round performance and convened a meeting afterwards to insist the 20-year-old Burkina Faso international will have first-team opportunities in the next four months.

Ironically, the performance came in the week in which FIFA began to probe whether Chelsea had breached rules regarding the transfer of young players by using him in an Under-18 friendly match against Arsenal in 2011 when aged 16. Chelsea are confident they have not breached the rules and he only officially signed for Chelsea after his 18th birthday, when such moves are officially allowed under FIFA rules.