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Chelsea have secured Champions League football for 2019-20, thanks to a top-four finish in the Premier League – but they had to labour to get the job done. The Blues are also set to face a fiercely contested transfer embargo, which could hamper their European preparations. This could also have serious implications elsewhere, given the […]View the full article

Maurizio Sarri will have another winger at his disposal this coming pre-season, with Kenedy set to return to the club from his loan at Newcastle United. After a promising end of season spell at St. James’ Park in 2018, Newcastle opted to take Kenedy on loan for a full campaign this time around. It’s safe […]View the full article

There’s no Chelsea return on the cards for Alvaro Morata. He appears set on remaining at Atletico Madrid for the foreseeable future. Morata returned to Madrid in January, with the Spaniard unable to improve his performances under the stewardship of Maurizio Sarri. He has enjoyed an upturn in form at the Wanda Metropolitano and appears […]View the full article

The news that Ruben Loftus-Cheek had suffered an Achilles injury just weeks after Callum Hudson-Odoi was absolutely sickening for any Chelsea fan. We’ve waited ten years for young players from the academy to make it to the first team, and just as two of them managed it, they’ve been snatched away so cruelly. There’s always […]View the full article

Antoine Griezmann yesterday announced that he would be leaving Atletico Madrid this window, one of those big money summer moves which is set to knock over all manner of dominoes. His expected destination is Barcelona, who are going to pay €125 for the Frenchman. He will be the forward they’re looking for, and will take […]View the full article

Here’s an interesting thought experiment from Betway now we’ve reached the end of the season. What would have happened if you’d bet on Chelsea to win every game this season in the Premier League? Would you have made money? More money than you would have made if you’d bet on them to lose every game? […]View the full article

If you were planning to go on a football betting site and bet on Chelsea, then there is something you should be aware of. After agreeing on terms with Cercle Brugge, Chelsea has declared that Kylian Hazard will be permanently transferred, after 11 appearances for their squad. Apparently, the loan to Cercle Brugge is permanent, […]View the full article

In 2016 William Hill signed a three-year deal to make them the official betting partner of Chelsea. The deal meant that the popular sportsbook would host a match day betting service at Stamford Bridge, as well as occupying the team’s pitch side advertising boards and other social media posts. However, whilst William Hill and Chelsea […]View the full article

Spanish radio last night was going through the plans of Atletico Madrid for this summer, and there was one key element to the plans of Diego Simeone’s team. Antoine Griezmann looks as though he may decide to leave this summer, and Diego Costa’s future is very uncertain too. That means the Spanish team are desperately […]View the full article

Eden Hazard started on the bench against Leicester yesterday, and sure enough the real action came after the game. Journalists in the mixed zone hurried to their Twitter apps to announce “quotes from the Belgian coming at 10.30!”, but when the fateful hour came, the results were a little disappointing. Simon Johnson’s piece in the […]View the full article

While this has very much been the season of Raheem Sterling when it comes to Man City, Bernardo Silva has also been lauded throughout as a key component of Pep Guardiola’s colossus as they’ve racked up another massive points haul. The Portuguese is a perfect blend of skill and hard work. He runs his socks […]View the full article

Tammy Abraham just can’t stop scoring for Aston Villa. He’s the main man, and he’s put them on track to reach the playoff final at Wembley! Abraham had 25 goals heading into today’s clash with West Brom, but even that wasn’t enough for him. He added to his account from the spot in emphatic fashion. […]View the full article

Christian Pulisic said his goodbyes to the Borussia Dortmund home faithful ahead of his side’s clash with Dusseldorf this afternoon – and he’s marked his farewell with a goal! Ahead of kick-off, the American was honoured by the club and thanked for his efforts as he prepares to take the plunge into Premier League football […]View the full article

Luka Jovic could have drawn a blank against Chelsea over two legs and he still would have been a prime target for us. The forward has been absolutely savaging the Bundesliga this year, and it’s no wonder plenty of top teams are after him. In fact, the Serbian forward scored in both games against us, […]View the full article

Chelsea have managed to stumble over the line into the Champions League this season, but they are still falling further behind the competition in a lot of areas, and four major elements of the club are absent or in doubt, making progress very difficult. Firstly the manager. Maurizio Sarri has this week seen growing links […]View the full article

Andreas Christensen has had a season of mostly playing against smaller teams in the cup competitions. But the injury to Antonio Rudiger has thrown the Dane into first team action suddenly in the final run. It can’t be easy to going from playing those low tempo games in November to suddenly being in vital games […]View the full article

A new wave of transfer rumours regarding Eden Hazard began last night in Spain, with daily football paper AS claiming that the Belgian is “planning” on handing in a transfer request to Chelsea if his move to Madrid isn’t sorted out within the next few weeks. Of course that is a possibility – it always […]View the full article

When N’Golo Kante went off injured against Watford after just a few minutes, Chelsea fans had their heads in their hands. It really seemed like the sky was falling. Our opposition were dominating us in the game, and we were losing perhaps our best player, certainly in the midfield. In the end, it was Kante’s […]View the full article

Garth Crooks’ team of the week started as a fun feature on the BBC, but its success has seen it take on a life of its own as a platform for the pundit to go on some amusing rants about players. Paul Pogba has been the target before, and now Crooks has turned his attention […]View the full article

Former Chelsea captain John Terry has been made the brand ambassador of BK8, which is Asia’s biggest brands in the online gambling industry as confirmed by one of the leading UK Online Casinos Comparison sites. John Terry is the most successful club captain in the English Premier League and he is a Chelsea FC legend. […]View the full article

After a dull first half, Chelsea brightened up considerably in the second, and key to that was Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s presence. The midfielder hadn’t even started the game, and was only brought on out of necessity when N’Golo Kante went off. It took him a while to get into the game, but in that second half […]View the full article

Eden Hazard today played what many expect to be his last game at Stamford Bridge, and he signed off in a fashion that encapsulated his time there to some degree. While he has been a star throughout his time at the club, as he was again today, the Belgian has often let others take the […]View the full article

Reece James has said his emotional farewells to temporary employers Wigan during an interview with the club’s website, during which he delivered some good news for Chelsea! James has been, by some stretch, Wigan’s best player this season. In a campaign to forget for the Championship side, he’s shone through like a diamond in the […]View the full article

With the Champions League just one win away from being secure thanks to results in the league, Maurizio Sarri and Chelsea can turn their attention to their final cup competition of the season. Europa League odds have the Blues as favourites to advance to the final after they secured a 1-1 draw away in Frankfurt […]View the full article

Chelsea can take a huge step towards securing Champions League football next season by beating Watford at Stamford Bridge tomorrow afternoon. The Blues have struggled lately having taken just two points from their last three Premier League games with defeat at Liverpool followed by draws against Burnley and Manchester United. However, Chelsea’s top four rivals […]View the full article