Chelsea midfielder opens up on his time at Huddersfield Town - and special praise for one Terriers player

The teenager made 19 appearances for the Terriers last season and despite not being able to play his part in a successful fight against relegation from Championship to League One, he insists that his time in West Yorkshire will prove to be invaluable for him in the long run - lining up alongside the likes of Hogg.

The Town veteran has just signed a new deal to keep him at the club for a 12th successive season.

Matos commented: "Every point means something, every goal means something and it’s hugely important.

"It’s a tough environment, but the senior players at Huddersfield helped me a lot and I learned a lot from them.

"Players like Jonathan Hogg were great and they were very good guys."

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Matos is back at his parent club and turning his thoughts to the 2024-25 campaign.

Despite the disappointment of Town’s demotion back to the third tier for the first time since 2011-12, the midfield enforcer believes that his experiences in West Yorkshire - both on and off the pitch - have helped to toughen him up.

The England youth international, one of several young Chelsea players to make the loan switch to Town in recent seasons, added: “It was good for me, I played a lot of games, got a lot of minutes and it was a great experience for me.

"My objective was to go out and play a lot of minutes in a good league in the Championship.

"Despite the disappointment of relegation, it was a really good experience and I learned a lot.

"It was tough at the start, but gradually I adapted to my new living environment and learned to live by myself.

"Fortunately, my family came to pretty much every home game that I played and they were really supportive of me.

"I spoke to a lot of people at Chelsea during my time at Huddersfield, guys like Ed Brand.

"They were watching my games and giving me feedback all the time which was really useful."