Chelsea
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Aston Villa are looking to continue their summer recruitment after the signing of Emi Buendia under Arsenal’s noses with a £40 million swoop for Tammy Abraham. The England international has fallen down the pecking order under Thomas Tuchel after playing a key role at the start of the season under Frank Lampard. Abraham’s star has waned to such…
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Pep Guardiola couldn’t fault the efforts of the team despite falling at the final hurdle in the Champions League. Kai Havertz’s solitary strike just before the break was enough to earn Chelsea the win in Porto and consign Manchester City to a heartbreaking defeat in their first European final in 51 years. City battled until…
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A smiling Thomas Tuchel was able to reflect on turning Champions League final disappointment last year with PSG into triumph this year with Chelsea after his side got the better of Manchester City for a third meeting in a row. A Kai Havertz goal decided the final in Porto and the German was just one…
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Images of the superyacht Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is building have been revealed. The 500-million euro project will result in the world’s most powerful yacht. Complete with a helipad and 48 cabins, the 460-foot yacht, known as ‘Solaris’, has been photographed by Carl Groll. Although still to be water tested, the boat, which is being built in Germany, should…
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Frank Lampard accepted his Chelsea side were well beaten at Leicester on tuesday and pinpointed the areas which decided the game in the hosts’ favour. The boss pulled no punches in his assessment of the 2-0 loss, with goals at the beginning and end of the first half condemning Chelsea to a fifth defeat in eight…
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Chelsea are a long way from being serious Premier League title contenders, club manager Frank Lampard says. The Blues, who sit third in the table, visit champions Liverpool on Wednesday, when Jürgen Klopp’s side will lift the trophy at an empty Anfield. Chelsea need a win at Anfield to guarantee top 4 finish Three seasons ago it was Chelsea who…
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A masked gang has robbed the former England football star Ashley Cole at his Home Counties mansion. Cole, 39, is thought to have been at home when thieves wearing camouflage gear and balaclavas struck in Fetcham, Surrey. The thieves are thought to have ransacked the property and made off with high-value jewellery after forcing entry…
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Former Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari has finally explained the rationale behind his sacking at Chelsea in 2009 after just seven months in charge of the Blues. Chelsea fans were happy when the club’s chiefs hired World Cup wining coach Felipe Scolari as replacement for Avram Grant in 2008, but he only lasted for seven…
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Chelsea want to sign Marc-André ter Stegen this summer if Barça are open to negotiation. This is according to the ‘Sunday Express’. Kepa Arrizabalaga has disappointed Frank Lampard to the point he’s asked the club to actively search for a replacement. The name at the top of the list is ter Stegen. Other options include Onana…
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Frank Lampard wants France to leave N’Golo Kante out of the squad for next month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers so the Chelsea midfielder can recover from injury. Kante played through a knee problem in the Europa League final against Arsenal and consequently spent much of pre-season recovering. The 28-year-old was only fit enough to appear as a…
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Chelsea lost 4-0 to Bournemouth in one of the English Premier League’s most intriguing games this season. Joshua King (47’, 74’) scored a brace while goals from David Brooks (63’) and Charlie Daniels (90’+5) increased the score line during Wednesday’s humiliating victory which marked Chelsea’s second consecutive loss this 2018/19 EPL season. Bournemouth were lucky…
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Three days after losing 2-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea bounced back with a brilliant performance against former 2018/19 league leaders, Manchester City, and Eden Hazard thinks this massive win restored hopes for the Blues’ campaign to win another English Premier League trophy. Image: Eden Hazard Goals from N’golo Kante and David Luiz were all…
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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has sent a farewell message to Napoli, the first top-flight football club he managed in Italy before leaving for the English Premier League following his appointment on 14 July, 2018. Image: Maurizio Sarri Sarri, 59, granted an interview to Italian paper Il Mattino on Sunday, describing the decision to join…
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Maurizio Sarri, the Italian football coach whose managerial services were employed by Chelsea FC on 14 July, says he’s appalled by the club’s non-smoking policy. Sarri, 59, expressed shock and disappointment that a majority of Chelsea players hold no love for nicotine. Although the former Napoli coach has shown commitment to their 2018/19 football…
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Defending champions Real Madrid will take on free-scoring Paris Saint-Germain while English champions Chelsea will slug it out with Barcelona on the specified dates for this year’s UEFA Champions League round of 16. Here are some facts you probably didn’t know, or so we thought: Lionel Messi has never registered against Chelsea in eight previous…
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Speculations in the football world say Antonio Conte will most likely be elsewhere, far away from the Stamford Bridge next season, but the manager insists he has no secret plan to jump ship. Image: Antonio Conte This summer will make it almost 2 years since his arrival at Chelsea, following a three-year contract which The Blues celebrated…
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