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We need to talk about Andreas Christensen. The Dane was once considered one of the gems of our academy, showing maturity beyond his tender years at the heart of the defence. Under Antonio Conte he began to make the transition from promising prospect into Chelsea first-team player, but his performances dipped at the start of […]View the full article

It is looking increasingly likely that Chelsea loanee Tiemoue Bakayoko will be leaving AC Milan at the season’s end. A month ago it appeared improbable that we would ever see the Frenchman in a Chelsea shirt again, with his loan to the San Siro providing the spark for him to revive his career. A reinvigorated […]View the full article

Maurizio Sarri walks away with the three things he wanted from the Commerzbank Arena. An away goal, a decent result, and an hour’s rest for Eden Hazard. Now we can see the game off at home, hopefully with the Belgian having just lead us to a win against Watford. Of course we’d like to be […]View the full article

SportWitness yesterday had some interesting quotes from Gianfranco Zola about the January transfer window. Chelsea had chased both Nico Barella of Cagliari and Leandro Paredes of Zenit St Petersburg, according to the rumours at the time. When Paredes moved to PSG, it seemed certain that Barella would be coming to Stamford Bridge, especially when Cesc […]View the full article

Maurizio Sarri revealed in his press conference yesterday that Chelsea have trained this week with Cesar Azpilicueta at centre back. The loss of Antonio Rudiger to injury against Manchester United last week has pushed the squad to breaking point, and while we still have a starting pair in David Luiz and Andreas Christensen, behind them […]View the full article

Chelsea visit Eintracht Frankfurt tonight aiming to boost their hopes of reaching the final of the Europa League. The Blues have enjoyed a largely untroubled passage to the last four, but they could find things tough against the surprise package of this season’s competition. Frankfurt’s 14-match unbeaten run in Europe was ended in the first […]View the full article

Stats website WhoScored has their predictions up for the game against Frankfurt tomorrow night, and they’ve actually got Chelsea down for a loss. They reckon the Germans will beat us 2-1, and it’s hard to argue they’re far off. We’re still slim favourites with the bookies, but given how we’ve defended at times this season, […]View the full article

According to whispers in Portugal, Chelsea are chasing Bruno Guimaraes of Atletico Paranaense in Brazil, and are among the favourites to sign the midfielder. SportWitness say it’s all down to our “good relationship” with the player’s representatives, and we can believe that. That’s a good a reason as any to think that this move may […]View the full article

Look at Chelsea’s recent seasons and you have a story of strikers, more or less. After the glory years of Didier Drogba came fallow times with Fernando Torres. Diego Costa’s brief brilliance was balanced by Alvaro Morata, Olivier Giroud and now Gonzalo Higuain toiling in the seasons that have followed. Michy Batshuayi and Romelu Lukaku […]View the full article

Maurizio Sarri said before the game against Manchester United that a draw was a good result given the way the table looks in the race for the top four. Some Chelsea fans criticised his lack of ambition in saying that, even though he was right that a point was acceptable. Watching the video of his […]View the full article

In years gone back, if you’d told a Chelsea fan that they had to beat Watford at home and Leicester on the road to guarantee themselves Champions League football, they’d likely tell you it was as good as done. They might even have complained about the fact that we’re just fighting to get into the […]View the full article

Chelsea got a draw against Manchester United in the crucial away game at Old Trafford, a result that keeps us right in the race for the Champions League. We have the point we needed, but it’s hard to not feel we could have had more. Gonzalo Higuain not only missed a few chances, he also […]View the full article

Chelsea battled Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday as the race for the Champions League reached a climax, and it times it became a tale of two goalkeepers. David de Gea spilled pretty much the first shot hit at him, a clean drive from Antonio Rudiger, which Marcos Alonso was on hand to tuck in. […]View the full article

Chelsea face Man United this afternoon in a fixture that could go a long way to deciding who will finish in the top four. A win for the Blues could essentially condemn United into playing Europa League football next term. Team News N’Golo Kante is a major doubt after picking up a rib injury in […]View the full article

ESPN report that Frank Lampard would not be put off the Chelsea job by the transfer ban – which could benefit two of our most promising youngsters. While there is no guarantee that Maurizio Sarri will get the sack at the season’s end, Lampard has been linked with the Chelsea hotseat, as it’s mentioned in […]View the full article

Tiemoue Bakayoko is considering rejecting a permanent transfer to AC Milan due to the continual racial abuse faced by black players in Serie A, report Goal in Italy. Serie A has had a problem with racism for some time now. It only continues to exist due to those at the top failing to punish the […]View the full article

Chelsea and Man Utd play each other this Sunday in a game that could have a huge impact on both clubs top four ambitions. BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson believes Chelsea will find the game more open and has backed them to take fourth spot come the end of the season. On Monday night the blues […]View the full article

Ola Aina is on loan at Torino this season, and by all accounts he’s been a success. To start with he actually broke into the team, and he has since made himself a regular for former Watford boss Walter Mazzarri. There is a buyout clause in his contract which Torino are apparently interest in activating. […]View the full article

Chelsea winger Eden Hazard missed out on the PFA Team of the Year, which was announced today. Despite a great season, the Belgian was omitted to make space for Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane in the front 3. You would think that’s hard to argue against. All three are battling in historically good […]View the full article

Chelsea’s defender Kurt Zouma is on loan at Everton this season, and he’s been a real success. After breaking into their first XI a couple of months into the season, Zouma has proved to be a consistent option for Marco Silva in defence. The 24 year old is thus a target for them as a […]View the full article

Real Madrid have apparently offered Eden Hazard £400,000 a week to join the Spanish club this summer, according to this exclusive from the Sun. That monster offer, which they repeatedly remind us is FREE OF TAX, is, unfortunately for Chelsea, coming straight out of the transfer fee they would otherwise have to pay for the […]View the full article

Chelsea have released their nominees for their “Goal of the Season” award, and there are some truly special efforts in there. The outstanding candidate is Eden Hazard’s goal against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, way back in the Autumn. The winger slipped and slided between bodies in Red as he worked his way to the […]View the full article

Ask Chelsea fans who they would prefer to be their starting left back next season and most of them will say Emerson Palmieri. His rival for the role, Marcos Alonso made himself into quite the cult hero at the club over the course of his first two seasons, but within 6 months his dreadful form […]View the full article

Chelsea will head into this summer with plenty of holes in their squad, and a very uncertain situation regarding whether they will be able to fill those holes. Loan players can come back, but it may be hard to find starting quality players in some of those positions. Reece James can slot in at right […]View the full article

Chelsea need attacking signings this summer, with Eden Hazard probably leaving and Callum Hudson-Odoi now injured. Various signings have been mooted, and it’s interesting to read the temperature in the fanbase on each of the ideas. One of the ideas mooted has been that of David Neres, one of the bright stars who has lit […]View the full article