Hull City have confirmed that they have re-signed Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter on loan for another season.

The 23-year-old spent last season on loan with Hull, and made 18 appearances in all competitions for the club.

Hull has sealed a loan deal for the Chelsea academy product with an option to buy, although the transfer fee amount is unclear.

Baxter joined Chelsea at the age of 8, but is yet to make a single appearance for the Chelsea senior team.

This will be his ninth loan spell since 2016, and may be his final year as a Chelsea player, as Hull can now sign him permanently.

The youngster spent 10 years in the Blues’ academy set up before graduating to the first team in 2016, and former Chelsea goalkeeping scout Christophe Lollichon had revealed back in May that he believes the 23-year-old goalkeeper Nathan Baxter has Premier League quality.

“I was assigned to the Loan Department (at Chelsea), an extremely efficient department at Chelsea at the goalkeeper level,” he said.

“The idea was that the young goalkeepers, rather than playing reserve matches, go and get tougher in ‘men’s games’, men’s matches.

“There have been very interesting loans, in particular a boy, undoubtedly the best example, Nathan Baxter. He started on loan at 17 and a half in the sixth division (at Metropolitan Police FC).

“This year, he has shown he was already a Championship keeper (at Hull City) and it has been five years.

“He presumably has Premier League potential. I wish him nothing but happiness.”