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Al Nassr & Al Hilal want Pedro Neto. Al Hilal have contacted Neto’s agent — but no yes from the player yet Chelsea would entertain a sale & don’t see him as untouchable with Quenda coming in Chelsea would demand in excess of €80m. (FrazFletcher)

Chelsea came to the table in an audacious swoop on Monday evening after 25-year-old Antoine Semenyo had spent a day off weighing up his options. The Ghana international was born in west London and has an affiliation with Chelsea. (@kierangill_DM / @Jack_Gaughan) 🗯@SkyKaveh: “Chelsea have now made an enquiry to sign Semenyo. They have asked for information about the conditions of a possible deal. The release clause we are led to believe is around £60million and is valid till the middle of January.”

It’s not happening mate.

Hmm, literally less than 30 minutes after I dismissed the idea it looks like a brief went out that we ARE indeed interested in Semenyo. How that would work numbers wise I have no clue. We’ve already got 4 wingers (5 if you count George) and 2 #10’s.

🔵AS Roma opens loan negotiations with Chelsea for Axel Disasi. [@FabriceHawkins] 🔴Chelsea have made an initial enquiry to the representatives of Antoine Semenyo, despite always playing down an approach. Manchester Clubs are still viewed as front runners. (@JacobsBen) 🟡Chelsea have made an inquiry about signing Antoine Semenyo in January. (@SkySports) 🟣In January 2019 Chelsea have bid £1 million for 19-year old forward Antoine Semenyo but Bristol City are holding out for £2 million (Mail)

I don’t think we’ll be buying another expensive winger for a long, long time. The people above Maresca aren’t going to give up on Gittens after spending so much on him. Especially after the Mudryk thing blew up in their faces already. Garnacho has at least shown something and with Quenda coming in next summer we’ll be set in the wide positions numbers wise.

Enzo Maresca is committed to Chelsea despite Manchester City links – Newcastle draw showed that https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6906395/2025/12/21/enzo-maresca-Chelsea-man-city-newcastle/ At St James’ Park, Enzo Maresca did not give the impression of a head coach losing interest in his work at Chelsea. The Italian is always animated on the touchline, and Saturday was no different. The 2-2 draw with Newcastle United was a tense affair, and Maresca felt every twist and turn keenly. He called out to individual Chelsea players, pointing and directing their positioning, passes and marking throughout. He applauded players in front of him after smart moves or challenges. And, on 66 minutes, when Joao Pedro burst away from Malick Thiaw and scored the goal that secured the visitors a point which seemed unlikely when they were 2-0 down at half-time, his celebrations were typically emphatic. Maresca must have known there would be extra eyes on him. It was only one week earlier, after his side’s 2-0 home win against Everton, that he enigmatically called the preceding 48 hours the worst of his 18-month Chelsea tenure due to a lack of support. There is still no real clarity over who or what he was referring to. Then, on Thursday, The Athletic revealed Maresca is high up on Manchester City’s list to replace Pep Guardiola if the Spaniard leaves this summer — intensifying the scrutiny on the Chelsea coach. In Friday’s press conference, he promised fans he would still be at the west London club next season. What You Should Read Next Chelsea are calm about Enzo Maresca’s situation amid Manchester City interest – they must move on from the drama Enzo Maresca is high on City's list of possible candidates if Pep Guardiola leaves at the end of the season That meant this game was always going to carry extra narrative weight — and that narrative looked fairly grim after the first half. Chelsea lacked intensity, urgency, and quality in that initial period. Newcastle capitalised on poor defending for Nick Woltemade to score twice, and there was no real indication of a possible comeback. After Woltemade’s second on 20 minutes, goalkeeper Robert Sanchez appeared incandescent. Cole Palmer walked quietly over to the dugout to take a drink of water. A handful of players spoke to referee Andy Madley. Pedro Neto stood near the halfway line, nibbling the inside of his cheek and staring into the distance. There were a few disparate conversations, but no team huddle to galvanise the team and discuss how they could turn things around. There is a natural temptation to draw links between the news stories around Maresca and his side’s poor first half yesterday. At that point, it looked as though the story from this match would be one where the noise of St James’ Park, combined with that around their head coach, got the better of Chelsea’s players. Chelsea appeared lost in the first half against NewcastleStu Forster/Getty Images That is an easy way out for anyone looking to explain their first-half struggles, but it misses some important context. It also falls flat in the face of what happened next. Firstly, Chelsea’s performance in the opening 45 minutes at Newcastle was not a one-off. It was reminiscent of their first half at Leeds United at the beginning of December, where they seemed inexplicably surprised by the intensity and hostile atmosphere of Elland Road. They were 2-0 down at the break there too, and went on to lose 3-1. That was long before the current chatter over Maresca’s future. Chelsea have experienced poor first halves away from home this season at Burnley and Nottingham Forest, too. Those sides did not have the quality to punish them; a Newcastle team wounded by derby defeat against Sunderland last Sunday and buoyed by their vocal home support did. It is fair to ask whether Maresca, after those performances, could have better prepared his side to make a stronger start here — it is not fair to say his comments in the past week led to Chelsea’s shortcomings. But if you were studying Saturday’s match for clues about Maresca’s relationship with his squad and his ability to handle scrutiny, then he also deserves credit for what happened next. As the half-time whistle blew, he turned and walked straight down the tunnel. His squad followed, looking downbeat and mostly quiet. There was very little to suggest that Chelsea, who had not come from behind to avoid defeat in the Premier League since the 2-2 draw with Brentford in September, were going to produce a comeback. Maresca’s team were out for the second half much earlier than the hosts. And, less than five minutes after the restart, Reece James gave them hope with a superb free-kick goal. There was no running to the corner to celebrate: Chelsea’s players immediately picked the ball out of the net to restart the game. That was more urgency than they’d shown in the entire first half. Joao Pedro’s equaliser came from a Robert Sanchez long ballOwen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images When asked about his half-time message, Maresca said afterwards: “It is a matter of scoring the first one, and if we are able to do that, we have a chance to win the game.” His players clearly bought into that message. His tweak early in the second half, replacing Malo Gusto with Enzo Fernandez, also markedly improved Chelsea’s midfield. Then came Joao Pedro’s equaliser and Maresca’s wild celebrations — which started with him swivelling back towards Chelsea’s goal to congratulate Sanchez after his long ball up to the Brazil forward. That is testament to how he has been willing to adapt — only last season, he threatened he would substitute his goalkeeper for trying such direct play. After the match, Maresca only truly appeared frustrated when discussing the yellow card he received, which means he will serve a touchline ban for next Saturday’s meeting with Aston Villa. The 45-year-old was clearly keen to put the chatter of the past week behind him and his team. “My last week has not been complicated, it has been good,” Maresca said after the match. “We beat Everton, we beat Cardiff (City, in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals) and we drew (with) Newcastle away, so in terms of results, I’m happy. Again, there are things that for sure we can do better, but I think we are going in the right direction.” This game was chaotic, and it gave Chelsea plenty to mull over: how do they start stronger in difficult away games? With Moises Caicedo, James, Fernandez and Palmer all fit, what is their best midfield? Why did a largely unchanged team produce two drastically different halves? What they should feel assured of, though, is that their manager remains invested in answering those questions. Maresca wears his heart on his sleeve in the dugout. At least for now, it is hard to watch him and not conclude he is focused on Chelsea. By Cerys Jones Football Writer

Alejandro Garnacho is playing his FIFTH season now in the Premier League, at the age of 21. Granted,…View the full article

Very unlikely we go in for either. Based on the article Vesper shared a few weeks back, this club administration doesn't want an experienced (and therefore expensive) CB on their books. Between Colwill, Badiashille and Fofana (all 3 with injury troubles), the club feels they have enough in the tank, and will only go in for another squad level CB player. Basically, either a Tosin or Disasi, or a hopeful youth prospect. Just hope its the latter, because many won't have the patience to watch another disaster from a Tosin or Disasi type.

Sources: Chelsea up scouting on 6ft 2in France U21 international This one could develop... https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-Chelsea-up-scouting-on-6ft Chelsea are scouting many top young players from around the world right now, this is nothing new. We see them get linked with another new teenager on a daily basis pretty much these days. So you will always see these stories come up. However, this one has a sense that something could genuinely develop here. And also, he’s not a teeanger! SPTC Sources have heard that Chelsea are stepping up regular scouting missions of Rennes centre back Jeremy Jacquet. I’ve now had his name mentioned to me from a couple of sources in the last week or so, which usually means that the interest is very serious. And his name is also out there in the media, with Chelsea’s interest being reported by local press in France. So, there is certainly something real there, a genuine Chelsea interest and perhaps a bit more than just scouting. We still don’t expect much to be done in January, so I think if Chelsea do decide to pursue Jacquet then it will be in the summer. But he’s certainly a centre back name to watch. The 20-year-old is 6ft 2in tall and has been capped 2 times for the France U21 national team, having been a regular coming up through the French youth teams. Jacquet I guess is the next biggest thing coming up in terms of sought-after defenders, with Liverpool and Arsenal also being reliably linked with him. Como First Team scout Ben Mattinson described him as a ‘Rolls-Royce’ centre back. “William Saliba isn’t the only Rolls Royce of a CB to come from Bondy… It’s Jérémy Jacquet’s time to shine now. “Jacquet has the tools to be a ‘Top 5 in The World’ CB. “If you don’t already know about him, get to know.” The full thread here is worth a look. Anyway, let’s see if it turns to anything more than just scouting or not. But it looks like if Chelsea want him, they will need to be quick, with all the big guns now tracking him.

right footed wing options Vinicius Junior (I think he leaves Real Madrid soon) Kenan Yıldız Morgan Rogers Bradley Barcola Antoine Semenyo Rafael Leão Nico Williams Rodrygo Dani Olmo Yan Diomande Said El Mala Malick Fofana Jesús Rodríguez Assane Diao Iliman Ndiaye Dan Ndoye Antonio Nusa Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Matías Fernández-Pardo Ibrahim Mbaye

Had we not pissed away £50m or whatever it was on Gittens which we all knew would be extremely poor business we could probably be in the race for Semenyo right now. His game and playing style is super similar to Pedro Neto’s who Maresca loves. So imagine having 2 of them on the pitch at once.

he was pure and utter shite tonight he had a horrific game versus Fulham by far his worst game of the season

🔴No major arrivals are expected at Chelsea in January with the focus firmly on the summer windows in 2026 and 2027. Next month will be about moving on those fringe players that the club could not shift in the previous window. (@SkySports) 🔵Man City, Man Utd, Bayern Munich, Chelsea + others are interested in Elliot Anderson. (@David_Ornstein) 🚑Geovany Quenda has successfully undergone foot surgery here in London. 🫥He’ll be back on the pitch in March.

exactly I see rogers coming to us only if villa finish the season without UCL qualification and we offer a insane wage which with this board will never gonna happen

🔵Chelsea are set to rival Manchester City and Real Madrid for Leicester City sensation Jeremy Monga.🔥 LCFC will do all they can to keep him... (@FrazFletcher)

Bastoni or Murillo for me. Another midfiled, as Lavia ain't ever fit, not sure about Essugo and Santos I rather trade up. We have giving him changes but I'm not sure he is the player we need in the mid to dominate. Winger, nah I pass at this time. I don't want to waste money on that at the expense of the others.

Vitor Roque would absolutely have been the model Clearlake signing before he went to Barca and flopped massively. Thankfully I don’t think even this board isn’t silly enough to buy him now. The last thing this squad needs is another young and inconsistent forward when we’ve already got a bunch of those on our books as is. It is kinda mad how the last 2 Brazilian “wonderkids” to move to the Spanish giants in Roque & Endrick have been complete disasters. We got super lucky that Estevão looks like he has settled much better than those 2 did.

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Probably has worked out better for his development also. He got jeered by the Villa fans earlier in the season against Bologna after a tough start and Emery kept playing him through that patch to toughen him up. Looks as if its worked wonders. Also would say Tuchel has put a lot of faith in him with the national team which will have no doubt given him a boost, particularly as his direct competition for that central role is Jude Bellingham (and if you believe the media as well as consider Tuchel’s publicly stated intentions on picking the best team as opposed the best names, he looks to be ahead of him as it stands for the starting 11). Think this summer will be interesting, even more so after the World Cup. We have been linked but it would also be something that I think the player himself may be wary of because he could have the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool also if he continues like this and has a good WC. He will be £100m easy if this form Continues.

He made a smart choice staying with Villa in the summer. Didn't risk changing environment in a WC year Could see him leaving if Emery leaves the club but otherwise he seems a great fit there, becoming a club talisman and Chelsea don't look like a huge step up right now

he was saying that back in early November too no way we buy him IMHO he was horrid at Barca

if villa qualife for ucl, why he would swap villa for us? lol

Just get me Morgan Rogers on this team.