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Enzo Maresca Chelsea decision proven right after controversial transfer plan Chelsea news as Robert Sanchez gets one over Mike Maignan and draws the support of Stamford Bridge, showing how far things have swung https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/enzo-maresca-Chelsea-decision-proven-32242380 Perhaps nothing sums up the change in mood at Chelsea better than Robert Sanchez. It was only in April that he was actively booed and jeered for the role played in an almost seBy Vesper
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Man Utd make final decision on Alejandro Garnacho swap transfer with four stars offered Alejandro Garnacho is looking for a way out of Manchester United and has made it clear to the club that he wants to join Chelsea and will not entertain any other transfers https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/garnacho-man-utd-future-Chelsea-35713089 Alejandro Garnacho has told Manchester United he only wants to join Chelsea with the Argentine agreeing to terms over a deal
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Chelsea have already asked Man City about signing their ‘extraordinary’ player who Pep Guardiola loves https://www.manchestercity.news/Chelsea-have-already-asked-man-city-about-signing-their-extraordinary-player-who-pep-guardiola-loves/ Manchester City News can exclusively confirm that Chelsea have enquired about signing Rico Lewis as several Premier League clubs have shown they are keen to sign the 20-year-old as well. Chelsea’s addition of Cole Palmer as well as Raheem Ste
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Tyler Dibling has the talent but is an instant Premier League return the right move for him? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6545099/2025/08/11/tyler-dibling-southampton-everton-premier-league/ When the Championship season got underway over the weekend, one of the most talented young players in the country wasn’t involved. England Under-21 international Tyler Dibling was not injured or suspended. Instead, a player once said to have been valued at £100million was left out by
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Chelsea are more fluid, more instinctive. Their new faces are adding a whole new dimension https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6545386/2025/08/11/Chelsea-maresca-milan-leverkusen/ Pre-season, those tantalising few weeks when you’re not supposed to get too carried away. But given Chelsea’s run-up to the 2025-26 campaign — eight wins from nine, including their Club World Cup triumph and two more dominant displays over the weekend in the west London sun — it’s hard for their fans
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Quadruple player sale won’t fix Chelsea’s new FFP problem as Clearlake stare down UEFA punishment “Madueke will have made up a big chunk of that, but you also have to remember that the profit on player sales is calcualted on the player’s amortised book value, not the headline figures. So the profit on his sale to Arsenal will have been around £30m. Similarly, they will only have broken even on the Dewsbury-Hall sale, not made any meaningful profit. “If Chukwemeka goes for £22m, as we
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Good to see the FA enforcing the Fit and Proper Persons test, and not the ''We'll sell to the Highest bidder even though you're obviously a crook''. All 92 English professional clubs that make up the PL (20 clubs) and EFL (the remaining 72 clubs) are registered as private or public limited companies and their officers are therefore subject to Companies Act compliance and general fiduciary responsibilities. Over the past 25 years all have undergone changes in ownership and/or directorsh -
Sheffield Wednesday in crisis: Protests, anger and uncertainty about what comes next https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6545418/2025/08/11/sheffield-wednesday-crisis-fans-leicester/ It is 4.30pm and as a new season begins inside the King Power Stadium, more than 2,000 Sheffield Wednesday fans can be found making a stand on the other side of locked turnstiles. “I don’t care about Dejphon (Chansiri),” they sing. “He don’t care about me. All I care about is Sheffield Wednesday.”
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I thought it was reported that Chelsea have balance the cost of any players added to their European squad with sales. So amortisation doesn't come into it. I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong. Their settlement agreement states that Chelsea agree “to be subject to a sporting restriction and, as a consequence, may not register any new player on its List A to UEFA club competitions unless the List A transfer balance is positive.” To make it trickier, this cost also includes Fofana aBy JFKvsNixon
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The House of Glass and Iron Buoyed by historic victory, Crystal Palace must move forward without the architect of their success: Dougie Freedman. Billy Carpenter investigates how the renowned talent-spotter transformed South London's pride https://scoutedftbl.com/the-house-of-glass-and-iron/ The original Crystal Palace, quite literally “the biggest thing in London,” was built with over 293,000 panes of glass and 4,000 tons of iron. The sprawling complex stood as a cro
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For us we would buy Simons for the 60m or so RBL want. For BlueCo, at the back of their minds they probably weighing up if to go for that or 3 South American virgins.
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