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The new "multi‑year global partnership" will see IFS move off the front of the shirt in the summer, but the wider agreement will run until 2028. Chelsea are seeking around £65m per season from their next long‑term front‑of‑shirt partner.

I agree that it is NOT acceptable (and the kit logo looks hideous, ffs), but IFS (formerly known as Indurstial and Financial Systems) is not some random AI firm, it is a 43 year old company, is industrial AI enterprise software-oriented (it is one of the biggest industrial AI independent firms on the planet, (ie not tied to one of the big 7 tech firms: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla), and is, since 2015, majority owned by the 2nd biggest atm private equity company on the planet, EQT. EQT (majority owned by Investor AB, ie the Swedish ultra powerful and famous Wallenberg family) is headquarted here in Stockholm, and and trails only KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) in the US as to who is the biggest private equity firm globally in terms of funds raised the last 5 years: Top 5 Private Equity Firms by Global Capital Raised the past 5 years: KKR (KKR & Co. Inc.) EQT AB Blackstone Thoma Bravo Carlyle Group also, Hg (a huge London-based private-equity group, formerly known as Mercury, with the 10th biggest PE holdings on the planet) also holds a minority stake of IFS. IFS (again, originally Industrial and Financial Systems) is a Swedish enterprise software company headquartered in Linköping. The company develops cloud-based business software focused on asset- and service-intensive industries, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM), and field service management (FSM). History Founding and early years IFS was founded in 1983 in Sweden and launched its first software product IFS Maintenance in 1985. Five years later the complete product suite known as IFS Applications was launched. In the next several years saw IFS expanding its presence in the Scandinavian region with the establishment of offices in Norway, Finland, Denmark and then expanding outside Scandinavia into Poland. 1993, saw IFS introduced its first graphical user interface and expanded to Malaysia. In 1995, it expanded to North America.

Everton have made Chelsea striker Liam Delap their top summer target. The 23-year-old Englishman only arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer from Ipswich Town. (Football Insider), external i'm getting more and more excited

Exactly this is the more simple on paper of the shitty run we have coming up... We need to start and finish with the same tempo not do a half and go to sleep

Cucurella I guess

In the clips I’m seeing on Twitter he looks really good like he always does when he’s fit. Sadly, that won’t last long.

That is a HIDEOUS shirt sponsor and it’s also once again just another short term bandaid deal. Of course it had to be some random AI slop company. For the life of me, of all the strange and questionable things that have happened under BlueCo, them apparently being complete.y unable to secure us a long term, super high profile/prestigious shirt sponsor is the weirdest and most puzzling thing. These guys are supposed to be business and finance geniuses and we’ve scrounged around for FOUR YEARS looking for a sponsor only to end up here?

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/Chelsea-football-club-selects-ifs-as-principal-partner Chelsea Football Club today announces a multi-year global partnership with IFS, the world's leading provider of Industrial AI. As part of this commitment, IFS will be elevated to Principal Partner with immediate effect, featuring on our front of shirt for the remainder of the 2025/26 season — marking the beginning of a long-term collaboration that places advanced AI at the heart of football performance, operational excellence and fan engagement.

Made his long-awaited return today, representing our Under-21s They were held to a 2-2 draw with Dirty Leeds Cole Palmer and Liam Delap were cheering him on ⚽ Slipped in the shower afterwards - out for another 8 months

Then we will get 'Romeo Lavia pulled up and is now out for 4 months' Wasting our time with this bloke

Yet, this hasn't deterred his friend, Tunde Olayinka, from launching a United-themed quest to win Palmer over. He shared a photograph of himself alongside the Chelsea star whilst holidaying in Dubai. In his message, he wrote: "One day, I will get CP (Cole Palmer) to Utd, back home where he belongs. Go ask him who his favourite team is," accompanied by a Red Devil and football emoji. Think this Tunde Olayinka bloke wishes he was a Chelsea player, but hes not good enough, either that or he has a serious manlove crush on Palmer

Keep saying it - said it with Maresca when we were trying to push certain players out - would keep Chalobah as a squad player. Still our best/most reliable CB probably, options aren’t great but in terms of HG status, knowing the club, age, experience… really strange we would try and let him go again other than for pure profit on the spreadsheet. Badiashile signing just hasn’t worked out after initial promise & Tosin…. well Tosin should never ever have been signed at all & anyone who disagrees should probably put down the crack pipe 🤣

I was thinking specifically of the left footers who like to play on the right flank

This is not designed to be a dig at Enzo Maresca, simply a nod towards a more basic…View the full article

No dropping of the guard please...need to treat this as a massive game not thinking it's going to be a breeze We know what happens when shit teams come and sit in tight

Delap linked to Newcastle and United is not what he needs or them clubs need full stop. He is way out of his depth him, he needs to be at a bottom of the table side or a team that is mid table fodder where he plays all the time and even here I'm being kind. Could see him joining a Wolves when they get relegated to flourish in the Championship

Plus there is Gittens and Garnacho. I can see we cash out on Garna, but Gittens likely to stay around if we don't want to takrle big loss after just one season.

What does the jigsaw look like with Estevao, Neto, Palmer & Quenda competing for minutes?

Check this out. Nearly 10 minutes of glorious playmaking.

We are going to win this aren't we? 2-0🫣

English striker Liam Delap, 23, is likely to leave Chelsea this summer, sparking interest from clubs including Manchester United, Newcastle and Everton. (Caughtoffside), external "Please make it so number one"

Phew. Sooner we move on, the better