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I’m fine with us targeting experienced players already doing well in the PL, but that’s assuming we target the BEST players in the league outside of the big boys like United and City did with Mbeumo, Cunha, Semenyo, and Guehi. Guys who were massively outperforming thekr small teams. Guys who you look at with a degree of certainty that they’ll look even better once in a bigger team. Elliot Anderson for example. But our dreadful season and the mess throughout the club has surely ruled us out as even a consideration for him. Guys like Alex Scott and the kid from Wolves look like nice talents but don’t scream sure fire hits at all. They’re yet more huge gambles which we can’t afford.

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Chelsea WANT IRAOLA? | FABREGAS TO Chelsea 😱 | ROSENIOR WONT LAST! Chelsea should not start next season with Liam Rosenior as their manager. With Cesc Fabregas and Andoni Iraola potentially available this summer, would either of them even consider joining Chelsea with the club in serious turmoil? Let me know your thoughts on the next Chelsea manager in the comments below!

🗯🔵Chelsea are one of the clubs interested in Bournemouth forward Junior Kroupi. (@ChrisWheelerDM) 💥🔵Chelsea have accelerated interest in Bournemouth's Alex Scott. (@MiguelDelaney) ❌️🔵Gary O’Neil has confirmed that Aaron Anselmino is out for the rest of the season.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE 🤬🤯 BLUE CO OUT! Explore the mounting tension surrounding the current management of Chelsea FC. This breakdown examines recent financial disclosures and the growing disconnect between the club's leadership and its fanbase, highlighting the factors fueling widespread frustration among supporters ahead of an upcoming match.

Good luck to him, he has the fire in the belly and old school attitude to succeed, something our board will never allow because a yes man and puppet is the one they want. I'd love a manager with the fire in the belly like Simeone, someone who will rag players about the dressing room and hang them on coat hooks to make them listen. Issue in this day and age footballers are weak as piss and don't like being 'told' Absolute pussies who all the cash without the hard graft

Dumb as fuck the lot of them

Estevao is a top tier prodigy but still a teenager is not gonna move the needle, bring consistency to this squad. We'll have to forego the next few wonderkids we want to sign and we'd need to shop in the market where we have a body of work in the Premier League to assess - Joao Pedro type signings

Not to mention gettable and realistic at this point. I can't see Elliot Anderson or Morgan Rogers even considering our circus seriously anymore

All this turmoil stems from the custodians temporarily running, in the loosest of terms, our club.

Barco is Enzo's replacement, and like I have said before and this is not a dig at Barco, but they'd sooner take the Strasbourg options before anything else, it's cheaper and easier.

Like with Rosenior, we are now seeing the real Garnacho, hopefully this is the sign that the club have already told him that he is being packed away. Just an awful buy

A clown signed by clowns, now clowning around.

So certain academy players are worried about long term development/breaking through at the club. Sigh. I said this years ago when we started selling likes of Mount, Gallagher etc for PSR that it wouldn’t take long for academy players to get disillusioned/struggle to see why they’d stay here. The constant barrage of 16-21 year old signings from abroad again and again also a huge, huge issue for pathways from the academy. Supposedly had one of the best academies in Europe too... BlueCo gonna tear that to shreds also? Not to mention when you’re seeing shite footballers like Tosin or Fofana play when the club rejected a loan for you in the January, no wonder Josh wants out. And you bet your arse they’ll not budge from that. Can see it now, Villas-Boas will just go well you paid £106.8m for Enzo Fernandez who had played about the same amount of games….

Froholdt is not ready to replace Enzo, but idk who would be. I love him though. He's absolutely one of the most exciting young midfielders in Europe imo. I'm obviously biased from watching him come through Copenhagen, but I think he got what it takes to become a success at a big club. Would be a dream player for Simeone at Atletico. Good technical ability and an insane work rate, it's honestly mind blowing watching the way he keeps going throughout a whole match, and he will allow another midfielder to have more freedom. Great mentality too, always fighting on and getting on with it, instead of crying to the ref or blaming others.

💥🔵Viktor Froholdt, the 19-year-old Danish central midfielder for Porto, is on the radar of several European giants, and Chelsea is among them, who may make a move in the summer if Enzo Fernández leaves the London club. Porto will only consider selling for a value close to his £74 million release clause. (@cmjornal) 🗯🔵🇵🇹 Gonçalo Inácio is attracting interest from major clubs. The 24-year-old central defender has drawn the attention of clubs in England (Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man United) and Spain. His release clause is £52 million, but it's negotiable. (@edu17burgos) 💨🔵Brighton are expecting to recoup at least £50m from Van Hecke, who is attracting interest from the Premier League. (@alex_crook)

they needed to wait 4 years to understand that is necessary experience players? jesus christ, what a joke

https://www.tiktok.com/@agarnacho77 ahahah

Waiting for the fan protest pre United game. Put some of that stuff around here, please. Thanks

FAN VIEW: A Bridge too far "A decline that may prove difficult to arrest and ultimately lead to being a Bridge too far!" https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/fan-view-a-bridge-too-far Fan View article by Archie Standing Spring is supposed to herald renewal and change. The days stretch longer, the darkness of winter recedes, and with it comes a sense of cautious optimism. Yet as the warming air drifted across the pitch at Stamford Bridge, framed by the familiar pre-match spectacle of fireworks and choreographed music, there was an unmistakable feeling of déjà vu. For all the symbolism of the season, the question lingered: might this finally be the moment the tide begins to turn? For all the spectacle, what followed felt painfully familiar. Watching us this season has become an exercise in predictability, not of triumph, but of frustration. Once again, Chelsea managed to find a way to lose. Once again, the post-match conversation circled the same well-worn themes. And once again, the club appears to be teetering on the brink, caught in a cycle it cannot seem to break. In years gone by, even amid inconsistency, there was always the quiet reassurance of “next season” the belief that incremental progress was inevitable, that lessons learned would translate into improvement. That optimism now feels increasingly fragile. As Chelsea peer over the edge, the issues are no longer isolated, they are compounding. This, it feels, is a defining summer for the current ownership. The margin for error has all but disappeared. One misstep could trigger consequences too significant to ignore. A poor summer could lead to cataclysmic consequences. There are five critical areas that demand resolution: 1. The Manager: stick or twist? The question is unavoidable. Do Chelsea persist with a manager who, thus far, has offered limited evidence to justify long-term faith? Or do they risk further instability in pursuit of a clearer direction? 2. Squad Structure: imbalance at every level Successful teams are built on balance: a reliable starting XI, a core group of players capable of stepping in without diminishing quality, and a handful of emerging talents developing without undue pressure. Chelsea’s current composition is skewed. There is an overabundance of potential and depth, but a shortage of proven, top-tier starters. The consequence is a squad rich in promise yet lacking in certainty. This summer must address that imbalance decisively. Key positions: goalkeeper, centre-back, central midfield and left wing require immediate, high-quality reinforcement. Not prospects, but players capable of elevating the team from day one. 3. Stadium Plans: clarity required The future of Stamford Bridge cannot remain ambiguous. Whether redevelopment or relocation, supporters deserve transparency. A clear outline of options would at least provide a sense of direction, even if a final decision is not yet reached. 4. Front-of-shirt sponsorship: a lingering farce The absence of a front-of-shirt sponsor has moved beyond a financial concern into something of an embarrassment. For a club of Chelsea’s stature, this is a situation that must be resolved swiftly and decisively. 5. Ownership and fan relations: a widening divide Perhaps most critically, the relationship between ownership and supporters has eroded to its lowest point in recent memory. Trust cannot be demanded; it must be earned. That begins with honest communication and a visible commitment to the fanbase’s concerns. There still remains a path back toward stability and progress. Address these issues with clarity and conviction, and there is reason for cautious optimism. Fail to do so, and the current spiral risks accelerating into something far more damaging, a decline that may prove difficult to arrest and ultimately lead to being a Bridge too far! Written by SPTC community member and Chelsea fan, Archie Standing. Drop him a follow on X.

Chelsea fans have a right to be frustrated, changes are needed! The players aren’t the cause of the issues we have, and I want to support them to finish the season as well as we can https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/Chelsea-fans-have-a-right-to-be-frustrated Words aren’t adequate to express how I feel about Chelsea right now. Anger, frustration, sadness, disappointment, all of the above. Seeing a team without character or belief, whose heads go down as soon as they go behind or concede a goal. Its even more disappointing as this team has shown character before, coming from behind to win many times. But a combination of mental/physical fatigue, from 114 games in 90 odd weeks with only a two week break and short preseason, plus internationals, added to weak squad depth and a total loss of confidence and belief, have conspired to land us in this situation. Everyone is angry. We all want a competitive Chelsea team who play for the shirt, show pride and character and win football matches. Whether or not you agree with the protests or think they’ll work, they are ultimately happening because people care about their club and want the best for it. But I’m seriously considering scaling back on social media for a few weeks - of course, if there’s big news or big results, I’ll likely show up and comment - but at the very least cutting down. Because to me, its gone beyond anger with many people. On social media especially, it’s becoming toxic. I think every fan agrees that things need to change at the club. The Sporting Directors, Head Coach, recruitment, it all needs changing. I was so angry after Sunday and I’m still frustrated. But its going too far with some people. I’ve seen people on Twitter twisting facts to suit negative agendas, making up quotes (even ESPN picked up on a fake quote and published it), editing videos to make them sound like co-owner Behdad Eghbali said something he didn’t, flat out abusing people who have a different take on the issues at the club, others approaching everything with a negative slant, no context, no objectivity, less focus on accuracy. If people think doing that kind of thing is going to get their views listened to or effect change, they’re living in a fantasy land. Aggression, inaccuracy, fake quotes, abuse, insults, aren’t going to change a thing. All they will do is divide fans amongst ourselves, and get our views ignored even more when we need to be heard. I’m certainly feeling less safe to share my views for fear of being abused, insulted and labelled falsely. I’ve been labeled a “Clearlake enabler” (which if you’ve read my recent posts here you’ll know is a complete joke), and even a “fake fan”. Given I’ve been going to Chelsea games since 1988 and seen us get relegated and fight relegation regularly, and my family have been supporting Chelsea since the 1950s, that’s an absolute joke, not to mention hugely disrespectful. And it does no good at all. I’ve made the mistake in the past of letting my anger around Chelsea get ahead of me, and I ended up nearly losing a friendship over it. Thankfully we resolved things, but I regret the whole episode. So I’m not going to make that mistake again. I’m as angry about things at Chelsea as anyone, but I’d rather not participate in social media dialogue when things are this toxic. Fans should be able to share different views without vile abuse or being called a fake fan. My own view is, in short summary (and maybe I’ll unpack this more in coming articles), this: Despite appearances, in my view the project has not failed. Its been sabotaged. Other projects similar to ours have succeeded - because they hired best in class sporting directors and head coaches, and allowed them to do their jobs. In my view, we’ve not hired absolute best in class people to run the football side, and we’re now seeing the consequences. There’s been poor recruitment and squad building, and some poor appointments throughout the football hierarchy at the club. There is a core at Chelsea now though. Despite performing abysmally recently, this squad has, in the last 11 months, beaten and outplayed some of the best teams in Europe, won two trophies and shown huge potential. But the wider recruitment and squad building haven’t been good enough. Our depth is not good enough, we don’t have enough leaders and fighters, and not enough established talent. In short, the Sporting Directors haven’t done a good enough job, and head coach Liam Rosenior, is sadly not the level required at Chelsea. I’d also add though, that after 114 games in 90 weeks plus internationals, and only a two week break and short pre-season, players are mentally and physically fatigued, and low on confidence. That’s certainly one big reason performance levels have dipped, but it doesn’t excuse just how bad we’ve been recently, and the lack of character shown by the team. Bottom line, in my view there needs to be a change in the football structure, more specifically, the head coach and Sporting Directors, and a vast improvement in recruitment. It’s simply non-negotiable at this point. We need to sign more PL proven, plug in and play top quality players, with emotional maturity, physicality and leadership/fighting qualities. Two top PL proven CBs, a top PL proven midfielder and attacker, in addition to Mike Penders, Geovany Quenda and Emanuel Emegha coming in, alongside a proven, established manager (they can still be young, they just need to be proven), and the squad and club will be a lot stronger and more competitive. I know people have a go at the wage structure and I absolutely get it. My view is that although it can probably be tweaked and have a little more flexibility, we don’t have the money to pay multiple players 300k per week base salaries, not if we want to be sustainable. If we do and the signings don’t work, we’ve seen with multiple players recently that its tough to move those players on. We need to sell about 8-9 players at least, and upgrade on them in the summer. Do I have faith we will upgrade successfully? Frankly, no, not right now. I think Chelsea fans have every right to be skeptical of recruitment, and about promises made by the club, after the last two summers. They have to deliver this summer, simple as that. I think everyone just needs the season to be over as soon as possible. Try and get three wins and a couple of draws from the last 6 games and that should at least guarantee us Europa league football, and who knows, if Liverpool are inconsistent, maybe there’s a vain hope we can finish 5th. I’m not even certain we’ll beat Leeds in the FA Cup right now, and even if we do, I’d expect us to lose badly in an FA Cup final to Manchester City, the favourites. Get the season over as quickly as we can and then get on with making the big changes that are needed. In the meantime, I want to stay away from the abuse and toxicity I see on Twitter, it does me or no one any good. It doesn’t help Chelsea. It doesn’t change anything. No matter how angry we are, taking it to abusive, hateful levels is counter productive. I include myself in that too. All we can do as fans is ensure our voices are heard, make smart, educated arguments about what we want to change (I’m almost certain Clearlake aren’t selling Chelsea anytime soon, so to me that’s a pointless agenda), and cheer on the players. The players aren’t the cause of the issues we have, and I want to support them to finish the season as well as we can. Then we can let the dust settle, see where we are and hope against hope the club keeps their promises and learn their lessons. The Score

Sources: Some players wanting out openly talking about leaving - similar to Frank Lampard's time as interim Unhappiness in the camp and players eyeing moves away https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-some-players-wanting-out On the surface it might look OK in the training pictures when players are smiling and having some banter, but behind the scenes, there is a chunk of unhappy players at Chelsea right now. Further to this, said unhappy players are actively exploring transfer moves away this summer. SPTC Sources have heard that there is a general unhappiness in the squad right now and overall, there isn’t a lot of trust that Liam Rosenior is the man to get them challenging on all fronts again. A top source has explained to us that the general feeling in the group of players wanting out has been similar to when Frank Lampard took the interim head coach role and players were just waiting out their time to leave the club in the summer. Some players have been openly talking about leaving the club in and around the dressing room and within their circles. This summer though, it will not be as easy for players to leave, and that is also causing tensions and concerns for the players. Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella, and Cole Palmer have all been seriously eyeing the exit door. However, the likes of Palmer is concerned that the club will price him out of any move away this summer. On Palmer, another top source has told us yesterday that Arsenal are the latest club to have registered an interest in signing the England international. From a personal point of view, I can’t see him staying in London if he does leave Chelsea, because he has been quite home sick at times. Although, he might not have too many choices on where he does go, if he really does want out of the club. Palmer has not been causing any issues though and has continued to work hard and stay committed. Arsenal are planning to sell Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Ethan Nwaneri, and Mikel Merino this summer, and they want a ‘superstar No.10’ in the replace them. Palmer is on their list. Chelsea have had a recent interest in Nwaneri as well as Myles Lewis-Skelly, just for your info. Another player who is unhappy at Chelsea is Josh Acheampong. He’s become very frustrated with his lack of game time and even more frustrated that he was blocked from leaving on loan in January to get more playing time. He was keen to join an unnamed Championship club in the winter window but Chelsea blocked it. Further to this, sources say that even if Chelsea get Champions League football, the likes of Fernandez, Cucurella, and Palmer, amongst many others, will still be seeking an exit. The power of course remains with Chelsea on all of these players, with long contracts attached to all but Cucurella. There’s been many question marks now raised via our sources surrounding the overall finances at BlueCo and what we can actually now afford to do in the market - the debt has become a huge concern in how we operate going forward. One thing for sure is that with our plans to buy more new players this summer, some BIG sales are going to be needed, and many of them. We also desperately need UCL football. And finally, the unhappiness seeps down to the academy at Cobham as well. Some of the players in the academy do not see any chance of a pathway into the first team because of Chelsea signing many young talents from outside. Shim Mheuka has been mentioned to me as one of them who is very concerned. This info has all come from VERY good SPTC sources, so unfortunately it is just the stark reality of where we are right now.