Stats website WhoScored has their predictions up for the game against Frankfurt tomorrow night, and they’ve actually got Chelsea down for a loss. They reckon the Germans will beat us 2-1, and it’s hard to argue they’re far off. We’re still slim favourites with the bookies, but given how we’ve defended at times this season, […]
According to whispers in Portugal, Chelsea are chasing Bruno Guimaraes of Atletico Paranaense in Brazil, and are among the favourites to sign the midfielder. SportWitness say it’s all down to our “good relationship” with the player’s representatives, and we can believe that. That’s a good a reason as any to think that this move may […]
Look at Chelsea’s recent seasons and you have a story of strikers, more or less. After the glory years of Didier Drogba came fallow times with Fernando Torres. Diego Costa’s brief brilliance was balanced by Alvaro Morata, Olivier Giroud and now Gonzalo Higuain toiling in the seasons that have followed. Michy Batshuayi and Romelu Lukaku […]
Maurizio Sarri said before the game against Manchester United that a draw was a good result given the way the table looks in the race for the top four. Some Chelsea fans criticised his lack of ambition in saying that, even though he was right that a point was acceptable. Watching the video of his […]
In years gone back, if you’d told a Chelsea fan that they had to beat Watford at home and Leicester on the road to guarantee themselves Champions League football, they’d likely tell you it was as good as done. They might even have complained about the fact that we’re just fighting to get into the […]
Chelsea got a draw against Manchester United in the crucial away game at Old Trafford, a result that keeps us right in the race for the Champions League. We have the point we needed, but it’s hard to not feel we could have had more. Gonzalo Higuain not only missed a few chances, he also […]
Chelsea battled Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday as the race for the Champions League reached a climax, and it times it became a tale of two goalkeepers. David de Gea spilled pretty much the first shot hit at him, a clean drive from Antonio Rudiger, which Marcos Alonso was on hand to tuck in. […]
Chelsea face Man United this afternoon in a fixture that could go a long way to deciding who will finish in the top four. A win for the Blues could essentially condemn United into playing Europa League football next term. Team News N’Golo Kante is a major doubt after picking up a rib injury in […]
ESPN report that Frank Lampard would not be put off the Chelsea job by the transfer ban – which could benefit two of our most promising youngsters. While there is no guarantee that Maurizio Sarri will get the sack at the season’s end, Lampard has been linked with the Chelsea hotseat, as it’s mentioned in […]
Tiemoue Bakayoko is considering rejecting a permanent transfer to AC Milan due to the continual racial abuse faced by black players in Serie A, report Goal in Italy. Serie A has had a problem with racism for some time now. It only continues to exist due to those at the top failing to punish the […]Chelsea and Man Utd play each other this Sunday in a game that could have a huge impact on both clubs top four ambitions. BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson believes Chelsea will find the game more open and has backed them to take fourth spot come the end of the season. On Monday night the blues […]
Ola Aina is on loan at Torino this season, and by all accounts he’s been a success. To start with he actually broke into the team, and he has since made himself a regular for former Watford boss Walter Mazzarri. There is a buyout clause in his contract which Torino are apparently interest in activating. […]
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard missed out on the PFA Team of the Year, which was announced today. Despite a great season, the Belgian was omitted to make space for Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane in the front 3. You would think that’s hard to argue against. All three are battling in historically good […]
Chelsea’s defender Kurt Zouma is on loan at Everton this season, and he’s been a real success. After breaking into their first XI a couple of months into the season, Zouma has proved to be a consistent option for Marco Silva in defence. The 24 year old is thus a target for them as a […]
Real Madrid have apparently offered Eden Hazard £400,000 a week to join the Spanish club this summer, according to this exclusive from the Sun. That monster offer, which they repeatedly remind us is FREE OF TAX, is, unfortunately for Chelsea, coming straight out of the transfer fee they would otherwise have to pay for the […]
Chelsea have released their nominees for their “Goal of the Season” award, and there are some truly special efforts in there. The outstanding candidate is Eden Hazard’s goal against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, way back in the Autumn. The winger slipped and slided between bodies in Red as he worked his way to the […]
Ask Chelsea fans who they would prefer to be their starting left back next season and most of them will say Emerson Palmieri. His rival for the role, Marcos Alonso made himself into quite the cult hero at the club over the course of his first two seasons, but within 6 months his dreadful form […]
Chelsea will head into this summer with plenty of holes in their squad, and a very uncertain situation regarding whether they will be able to fill those holes. Loan players can come back, but it may be hard to find starting quality players in some of those positions. Reece James can slot in at right […]
Chelsea need attacking signings this summer, with Eden Hazard probably leaving and Callum Hudson-Odoi now injured. Various signings have been mooted, and it’s interesting to read the temperature in the fanbase on each of the ideas. One of the ideas mooted has been that of David Neres, one of the bright stars who has lit […]
According to Matt Law of the Telegraph, whose article you can see linked in the Tweet below, Chelsea are going to offer Callum Hudson-Odoi a new contract. This is hardly news, and they’ve been trying to get him to sign a new deal for ages, but what has changed is the Achilles injury that the […]
Losing Callum Hudson-Odoi to a ruptured Achilles has been a truly bitter blow for Chelsea fans. At this stage they are mainly concerned with whether the career of their young favourite and how it might be affected by such a serious issue. But there are more short term worries too. Callum is no longer just […]
Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa has been speaking about his colleague Eden Hazard, and the Basque stopper called his teammate the “best player in the Premier League.” Kepa must get to see a lot of the winger’s magic in training, so perhaps it’s no surprise that he puts the Belgian up there at the very pinnacle of […]Chelsea fans were horrified to see Callum Hudson-Odoi go off injured in the first half last night, and were even more disappointed to find out that his issue was a very severe one – a ruptured Achilles. Predictably this has lead to doom and gloom across the fanbase. When it comes to the end of […]
Maurizio Sarri is certainly not the sole contributor to Chelsea’s struggles this season – but his in-game decisions continue to baffle. Chelsea’s squad is ridden with players whose best days are behind them, with big contracts and reputation all that’s preventing them from departing. Sarri has had to contend with that from day one, which […]
The Sun report today that AC Milan are keen to make Tiemoue Bakayoko’s loan deal from Chelsea permanent, for the fixed fee in the deal of £30m. Some Chelsea fans are keen to see Baka return to the club, given the transfer ban we could be facing this summer. That’s despite the disastrous time the […]
Maurizio Sarri was strikingly reluctant to put Callum Hudson-Odoi into this Chelsea team, and we feel he’s like to try and dump him now he has a chance. The Italian coach could no longer resist the pressure from the fans and the media to give the kid some games, and he played so well that […]
Chelsea take on Burnley at Stamford Bridge tonight, and after a hectic period of games, Maurizio Sarri has the chance to pick his favoured XI, with a 6 day gap before our next match. That means changes all over, but the question will be what happens at left back. Emerson has been the first choice […]
Chelsea appear reluctant to let go of a loanee who has impressed at every opportunity this season – Reece James. James won our academy player of the year at the end of last season, ahead of now first-teamer Callum Hudson-Odoi. The natural next step for the Englishman was a loan stint away from the Bridge, […]
Chelsea have been through such a busy patch, with games coming thick and fast in the midweeks, that even the impressively stubborn Maurizio Sarri has been forced into some serious changes. The XIs he’s picked in the league has varied game to game, and without knowing whether the coach is really putting the Europa League […]
Emerson has finally had the run in the team that fans were crying out for all season, and he hasn’t really impressed. As we’ve seen in his year here, he can show flashes in games and do some things that Marcos Alonso can’t. But he can never really turn that into whole games of being […]
Chelsea have the second leg of their Europa League quarter final against Slavia Prague tonight, but plenty of fans are looking at the other side of the draw and wondering who we might get in the final. We shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves however. We will play the winner of Benfica and Frankfurt, and those […]With Maurizio Sarri having undergone a “minor dental surgery”, according to reports in The Sun, Gianfranco Zola took yesterday’s press conference ahead of the game with Slavia Prague. The Chelsea legend has done this a few times before this season, usually when the pressers are coming thick and fast like they are now. As always, […]
WhoScored were today linking Zenit St Petersburg with potentially making a move for Mateo Kovacic. That would mean them signing him permanently from Real Madrid once his loan at Chelsea ends. It’s an interesting prospect, given he’s divided opinions at Chelsea. Maurizio Sarri clearly likes him as a tidy, technical player, and he’s even used […]
Nicolas Pepe is the man who Chelsea should sign to replace Eden Hazard this summer. He’s super fast, he’s a deadly finisher on the evidence of this season. He’s a dribbler who can attack space without the ball or defenders when he’s got it. With better teammates around him, there’s no limit to how impressive […]
For a long time, Chelsea fans have been watching every one of Maurizio Sarri’s starting XIs hoping to see one (well, three) names on the team sheet: Callum Hudson-Odoi. Now, in games like the fixture against Slavia Prague tomorrow, many will be hoping that they don’t see the 18 year old’s name feature. Why? Because anyone who […]
Gary Cahill has suddenly found himself frozen out at Chelsea this season, after years as a dependable regular. He arrived at the club with little fanfare, and it looks like he will go that way too, with West Ham the latest club to be linked with a move for the defender once his contract expires […]
Aleksandr Golovin came very close to joining Chelsea last summer. The deal was so close that some journalists were reporting it as done. In the end, that turned out not to be the case, and in fact the Russia midfielder, fresh from starring at the World Cup, moved to Monaco. They have had a disastrous […]
Mason Mount’s return to the Derby County team has sparked a massive revival for the Rams, who are shooting up the table after a rather tepid start to 2019. They’ve been banging them in recently, with Mason alone grabbing a hattrick against Bolton at the weekend. The turnaround has been noted by the Derby Telegraph, […]
Watford coach Javi Gracia has been linked with the Chelsea job in the last few days, leading to plenty of idle speculation about what changes might be made should the Spanish coach take over at Stamford Bridge. Squawka posted the following piece which noted that Andreas Christensen has played far fewer minutes this season under […]
Nicolas Pepe has been one of the great breakout sensations in European football this season, tearing apart Ligue 1 with Lille and attracting the attention of all of Europe’s top clubs. This week, Gerard Lopez, the president of Lille, confirmed that he would be leaving in the summer, as you can see in these quotes […]
Transfer rumour writers aren’t quite sure what to make of Chelsea’s situation. The Blues are currently facing a two window ban, although they are in the process of appealing it, with the prospect of a final attempt to at least postpone the punishment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. That hasn’t stopped people speculating […]
Simon Johnson of the Evening Standard has just published this article comparing the relative successes of the signings of Gonzalo Higuain at Chelsea, and the man AC Milan picked up to replace him, Krzysztof Piatek. It’s not a hard balance to weigh up. Piatek has continued his exceptional form from the start of the season […]
Andreas Christensen has been patient. Very patient. He waited years in the academy, rising through the ranks and earning an impressive loan move at a young age. Then it was two years of waiting on loan in the Bundesliga. He came back to Chelsea, waited on the bench for six months under Antonio Conte, and […]
Without much warning, Maurizio Sarri played Eden Hazard as a false 0 against Liverpool. Olivier Giroud has been doing well recently, and looked certain to play for the Italian in this vital game. But in the end, the former Napoli boss reverted to the concept he’s tried several times already this season, with his star […]
Chelsea’s punishing run of games goes on, and they have no time to lick their wounds after defeat to Liverpool. They now have to take on Slavia Prague in the return leg, knowing that Burnley are lurking on Monday night. The Slavia game is nicely in hand now, and a heavily rotated team can be […]
This is a fixture will be remembered for Steven Gerrard’s slip in 2014, which gifted Demba Ba a goal as Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners at Anfield ruining Liverpool’s chances of a first Premier League title. Five years on and the blues find themselves in a similar situation, again having the chance to have a […]The Europa League remains the most realistic avenue back into the Champions League for Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea. The Blues’ upturn in form of late has seen them force their way back into the top four, but the race has never been so competitive. Our focus ought to remain, at least in part, on the Europa […]
The Premier league season is moving into the latter stages, and there is still a battle on for the remaining two Champions league spots between Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea. If you had said this following the opening period of the season to Chelsea fans they would be surprised. Chelsea were battling it out […]
If you’re hoping to see Tiemoue Bakayoko back at Chelsea next season, you better start preparing for the worst. Bakayoko was, to put it plainly, awful for us last term. There didn’t appear to be any hope of him developing into a player useful for a club like Chelsea. However, he has successfully turned his […]
We may well see Michy Batshuayi back at Stamford Bridge next season, with Kristof Terreur providing some much-craved details on his situation. Batshuayi divides opinion among the Chelsea faithful, but you can’t deny that he knows how to find the back of the net. That’s more than can be said for many strikers we’ve seen […]