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Chelsea’s goalkeeper kit for the 2017/18 campaign appears to have been leaked by Football Headlines. The strip that Thibaut Courtois will be donning next season will be officially confirmed on Saturday, when Chelsea’s kit deal with Nike begins – but it appears as though we have been given an early look. Chelsea have a knack […] View the full article

Is this confirmation that Tiemoue Bakayoko is set to become a Chelsea player? The Frenchman has been continuously linked with a move to Stamford Bridge this summer, and there has been plenty of suggestions that his transfer to the Premier League champions will be announced on July 1st. It is on that date that Chelsea’s […] View the full article

Chelsea have raised almost £130M in player sales in 2017, and haven’t spent a penny of it, according to the Daily Mail. The transfer window opens on July 1st, and despite Chelsea not appearing to reach an agreement with any side in advance, the Daily Mail believe that we have money in the bank ready […] View the full article

Chelsea are in talks with AS Roma over the possibility of signing centre-back Antonio Rudiger, according to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio. As per Di Marzio, negotiations are already underway between the two clubs, with Rudiger’s agent preparing to fly to London in order to discuss personal terms with the Premier League champions. Di Marzio […] View the full article

Chelsea are renown for developing promising youngsters, not necessarily our own, but players poached from academies world-wide. Said players are often shipped out on loan, where they develop into stars and are subsequently sold in order to raise funds to invest in the transfer market. However, too many times have we sold a player too […] View the full article

Nathan Ake has joined AFC Bournemouth on a permanent transfer, report the Chelsea website. Ake spent the first half of the 2016/17 campaign on loan with the Cherries, and after a slow start, he began to establish himself as a cornerstone in Eddie Howe’s defence. When January came around, Ake was recalled by the Blues […] View the full article

Chelsea have suffered a major blow in their pursuit of Lazio midfielder Sergey Milinkovic-Savic, report Team Talk. As Team Talk report, Milinokivic-Savic is represented by former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu, who left Stamford Bridge soon after his arrival following a failed drugs test. Now an agent, Team Talk report that Mutu has revealed that he has […] View the full article

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is unhappy with the club’s board, according to the Daily Star. Conte took the reins at a club that was battered and beaten, and swiftly took them back to the top of the Premier League. You may think that the Italian’s stellar work with the Blues during a stellar debut season […] View the full article

Having been crowned the champions of the undisputed Premier League in 2017, we delve into some of the reasons that propelled Chelsea to the top of the league, far ahead of its perennial arch-rivals Arsenal, Manchester City, and Manchester United. Here are 10 things that made Chelsea FC tick. 1. Revamping Cohesion and Teamwork Conte […] View the full article

PSV Eindhoven have opened talks with Chelsea over the possibility of signing midfielder Marco van Ginkel on a permanent basis, according to the London Evening Standard. van Ginkel spent parts of the 2015/16 and 2016/17 campaigns on loan in the Eredivisie, and certainly made an impression. In total, the 24-year-old made 28 league appearances for […] View the full article

Has Tiemoue Bakayoko just dropped a major hint that he will be joining Chelsea this summer? There has been continuous suggestions in the past weeks and months that the Premier League champions are in talks with AS Monaco to negotiate the transfer of Bakayoko, and it looks as though it may now be close to […] View the full article

Alex Sandro to Chelsea is a done deal, according to former USA international Janusz Michallik, as reported by the Daily Star. Michallik spent the bulk of his career in his home country, making 44 appearances for the USA national side, before announcing his retirement from football in 1998. Nowadays, the Polish-born 51-year-old works as a pundit […] View the full article

Crystal Palace are interested in taking Chelsea centre-back Kurt Zouma on loan, despite the youngster insisting that his desire is to remain at Stamford Bridge, report the Mirror. As per the Mirror, Zouma has made it unequivocally clear that he wants to stay as part of Antonio Conte’s squad next campaign, and fight for a […] View the full article

Chelsea legend John Terry could be set to reject advances from the MLS in favour of staying in English football, according to Goal. Terry’s time at Stamford Bridge has now come to an end after an illustrious career in blue. He now finds himself without a club, and as you would perhaps expect, there does […] View the full article

Chelsea will complete a £95M double signing this week, according to The Sun. The Sun believe that AS Monaco midfield general Tiemoue Bakayoko is on the verge of moving to the Premier League giants, with the Blues set to part with £35M in order to secure his signature. Bakayoko was influential in Monaco’s success last […] View the full article

Chelsea appear to be feeling ambitious in wake of winning the Premier League title, and why not? The Metro translate Sky Italia‘s report, which claims that the Blues have made contact with Bundesliga heavyweights Bayern Munich over the possibility of signing centre-back Jerome Boateng this summer. Boateng has firmly established himself as one of the best […] View the full article

Antonio Conte is not yet prepared to give the green-light for Nemanja Matic to join Manchester United, according to the Daily Record. The Daily Record report that Matic is on Jose Mourinho’s summer transfer wish-list, but negotiations between him and his former employers are complicated. It is reported that Conte will not allow the Serb […] View the full article

Chelsea youngster Tammy Abraham is set to sign a contract extension before being shipped out on loan, according to the Telegraph. Abraham spent the 2016/17 campaign on loan with Championship side Bristol City. He took to professional football like a fish to water, finding the back of the net 26 times in all competitions and […] View the full article

There appears to be some substance in rumours linking Chelsea with a move for AS Roma centre-back Kostas Manolas. Matt Law, who is generally pretty spot-on when it comes to Blues news, reports for the Telegraph that Chelsea are keen to hijack Zenit St Petersburg’s pursuit of Manolas. Law believes that the Greece international’s potential move […] View the full article

Romelu Lukaku has hit back at speculation linking him with a move to Chelsea in a hilarious Instagram post. The Belgium international, who appears set to rejoin his former employers this transfer window, sent Chelsea fans into meltdown last week with a completely innocent social media post. Lukaku shared a video of him scoring a […] View the full article

Thibaut Courtois’ agent has revealed that he has regular contact with the Real Madrid hierarchy, report ESPN. Courtois had a season to forget during Chelsea’s dismal 2015/16 campaign, but was back to his brilliant best last term. The Belgium international won the Premier League Golden Glove for keeping the most clean-sheets in the division, which […] View the full article

Chelsea are interested in signing Real Madrid right-back Danilo, according to reliable journalist Gianluca Di Marzio. Di Marzio reports that the Premier League champions have been monitoring Danilo’s situation at the Bernabeu since the January transfer window, and remain in the running to secure his signature. However, Chelsea’s pursuit of the Brazilian will not be […] View the full article

Bournemouth are confident of signing Chelsea defender Nathan Ake on a permanent basis, according to the Mirror. Ake spent the first-half of the 2016/17 campaign on loan with the Cherries, and fast established himself as one of the most dependable centre-backs in the Premier League. As per the Mirror, Eddie Howe attempted to sign the […] View the full article

Nathaniel Chalobah is a man in demand. Chalobah spent the 2015/16 campaign out on loan with Napoli, he could be set to return to Italy, if reliable journalist Gianluca Di Marzio is to be believed. According to Di Marzio, Chalobah is a target for Torino, with manager Sinisa Mihajlovic said to be keen to give the […] View the full article