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He should get playing time here, particularly with Lavia's fitness issues.By Reddish-Blue
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Chelsea to give share of Club World Cup player bonuses to family of Diogo Jota, Andre Silva https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6551143/2025/08/14/diogo-jota-family-Chelsea-donation/ Chelsea will use a portion of Club World Cup bonuses paid to players to make a financial donation to the family of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva. The west London club were crowned champions of FIFA’s newly-expanded tournament in July, defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final at the MetLife StadiBy Vesper
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How Chelsea play: Building from the goalkeeper, a box-shaped midfield and lots of short corners https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6550962/2025/08/14/how-Chelsea-play-building-from-goalkeeper-box-shaped-midfield-short-corners/ Many outside the club might only admit it grudgingly, but Chelsea’s extraordinarily well-funded project under Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly has finally achieved football legitimacy. That much was clear in May, when Chelsea sec
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Reggie Walsh On 1 May 2025, Walsh made his senior debut for Chelsea against Djurgårdens IF in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League semi-finals. He became Chelsea's third youngest ever player, only behind Ian Hamilton and Kingsley Whiffen. A week later, on 8 May, he started the match against the same opponent, becoming Chelsea's youngest ever starter in a European competition at 16 years and 200 days, surpassing Shim Mheuka's previous record of 17 years and 137 days set earlier that seasoBy James
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Dário Essugo On 20 March 2025, Premier League club Chelsea signed Essugo for £18.5m. The transfer was made effective on 2 June ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup; both he and Geovany Quenda were acquired from Sporting, but Quenda remained one more season at the latter. He made his debut on 16 June, as a late substitute for Moisés Caicedo in the 2–0 win over Los Angeles FC in the World Cup group stage.
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