Patrick Bamford has scored 19 goals for Middlesbrough this season and is the Championship 's Player of the Year . It is an impressive tally and may yet sweep the club back to the Premier League . He is on loan from Chelsea and the question being asked is whether he could be Stamford Bridge 's answer to Harry Kane next season . One difference . Kane got his chance because Tottenham 's expensively imported striker Roberto Soldado disappointed . Patrick Bamford ( left ) hopes to become Chelsea 's answer to Tottenham Hotspur 's Harry Kane next season . Middlesbrough 's Bamford insists he wants to fight for his place at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea . Click here to read chief sports writer Martin Samuel 's brilliant column on Jack Grealish . The same can not be said of Diego Costa at Chelsea . And how many goals would Costa score in the Championship ? More than 19 , probably . Bamford says he wants to fight for his place at Stamford Bridge but that is an uphill struggle at a point in his career when he should be breaking through and playing regularly . He would be as well angling for a permanent move to Middlesbrough . He 'll get games and , if he 's good enough , Chelsea can always buy him back later : it worked for Nemanja Matic . Bamford has scored 19 goals for Middlesbrough this season and is the Championship 's Player of the Year .
Patrick Bamford was crowned the Championship Player of the Year . The starlet has scored 19 goals for Middlesbrough this season . He is also a member of England's World Cup squad, and will be hoping to add more silverware to his collection in Brazil next summer.