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Chelsea academy product Tammy Abraham is set to join Swansea City on loan for the 2017/18 campaign, report the BBC. The BBC believe that Swansea, who narrowly avoided relegation to the Championship last season, have fended off competition from Newcastle and Brighton, who were promoted from England’s second tier. As per the BBC, the deal […] View the full article

Lyon are on the brink of agreeing a deal with Chelsea to sign Bertrand Traore, the club’s president has revealed, as reported by the London Evening Standard. Traore was drafted into the first-team squad at Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho’s stewardship, and was given a chance to impress on loan with Vitesse Arnhem. He grabbed […] View the full article

Chelsea do not appear to be willing to accept defeat in their pursuit of Juventus left-back Alex Sandro. According to Calciomercato, the Blues are preparing to offer £60M in exchange for the Brazil international, a transfer fee that is expected to be enough to convince the Serie A heavyweights to part with him. The BBC […] View the full article

Atletico Madrid have open talks over re-signing former striker Diego Costa from Chelsea, according to the Mirror. The Mirror report that Antonio Conte is insistent that Costa will not pull on a Chelsea shirt again, and thus the Spain international is eager to resolve his future before the Premier League champion’s pre-season tour kicks off […] View the full article

Chelsea are set to profit from former winger Mohamed Salah’s impending transfer to Liverpool, according to The Times. Salah initially showed promise in a Chelsea shirt, but it was clear to see that he was not an archetypal Jose Mourinho player. He was subsequently shipped off to AS Roma on loan, before the Serie A […] View the full article

How about this for showing ambition. According to journalist Maciej Iwanski, Chelsea are interested in signing Bayern Munich superstar Robert Lewandowski. Iwanski believes that the Premier League champions are keeping a close eye on Lewandowski, who has a contract with Bayern until 2021. As per Iwanski, Chelsea will face stern competition from former boss Jose […] View the full article

Chelsea’s home and away kit for the 2017/18 campaign is already on sale in a New York store, reports on Twitter suggest. It’s the time of the year where plenty of ‘leaked’ kits circle around social media, but could this one have some substance? The supposed home and away kit for the Premier League champions […] View the full article

Tomas Kalas is close to leaving Stamford Bridge on a permanent basis, according to Team Talk. Team Talk believe that Chelsea’s local rivals Fulham, who Kalas made 39 appearances for on-loan last campaign, were under the impression that they had a deal in place to sign the 24-year-old. However, it now looks as though they […] View the full article

It appears as though even Tottenham players are more fond of Premier League champions Chelsea than their own bottle-job of a football club. Georges-Kevin N’Koudou – who? I hear you say. Well, he moved to White Hart Lane last summer, as an exciting young winger who brought high expectations along with him. He made just […] View the full article

Chelsea may make a shock move to sign Middlesbrough winger Adama Traore this summer, according to Sport. There can be no doubting Adama’s ability with the ball at his feet – only Eden Hazard, Wilfried Zaha and Neymar completed more take-ons in Europe’s top five leagues last season, as per Squawka, and he played almost […] View the full article

Swansea City have joined the race to sign Chelsea prodigy Tammy Abraham, according to the Daily Mail. As per the Daily Mail, Chelsea are keen to send Abraham out on loan so that he can gain invaluable top-flight experience and continue to develop into the player that he is destined to be. The tabloid note […] View the full article

Chelsea youngster Izzy Brown could be set for a permanent move to Huddersfield Town, according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail believe that Brown impressed the newly-promoted side during his loan spell with them last season, and they may well be set to fork out as much as £8.5M in order to secure his […] View the full article

Antonio Conte is set to reshuffle his back-three this summer, and Kurt Zouma could be a victim of it, according to the London Evening Standard. The Standard report that Conte is in the market for a new centre-back, and has identified Virgil Van Dijk and Leonardo Bonucci as his top two targets. As per the […] View the full article

Antonio Conte is close to agreeing a contract extension with Chelsea, according to Sky Sports. Conte enjoyed a fantastic debut season in West London. The former Juventus boss took charge of a side that was battered and broken, finishing tenth in the Premier League, and just 12 months later – we were crowned champions of […] View the full article

Chelsea are interested in signing Juventus right-back Dani Alves, according to Sky Sports. Sky Sports believe that the Blues will face competition from Premier League rivals Manchester City, but Antonio Conte appears to be keen to raid his former employers to sign Alves. As per Sky Sports, Conte has already made a move to sign […] View the full article

Silly season is well and truly underway. Chelsea have joined the race to sign Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, according to Sky Sports. Sky Sports believe that the Premier League champions will face competition from Premier League counterparts Manchester City and Liverpool in the race to sign the England international – but Antonio Conte appears keen […] View the full article

Chelsea are confident that deals to sign Romelu Lukaku and Tiemoue Bakayoko are close to completion, according to the London Evening Standard. The Standard believe that Antonio Conte has asked that the Chelsea board draft six new additions into his title-winning squad, and it looks as though Lukaku and Bakayoko will be two of them. […] View the full article

It looks as though Chelsea have (finally) made their first signing of the transfer window. After Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton all announced impending arrivals, Chelsea fans, including ourselves, were beginning to get disgruntled. However, according to journalist Cesar Luis Merlo, a player has already put pen-to-paper on becoming Antonio Conte’s first […] View the full article

Juventus are desperately trying to stop left-back Alex Sandro joining Chelsea this summer, according to the London Evening Standard. The Standard report that Sandro has had his head turned by the potential financial rewards of moving to Stamford Bridge, with the Premier League champions thought to be offering him an eye-watering £150,000-a-week. The Standard report […] View the full article

Who on Earth is Mike Pejic? As Goal report, the former Stoke City, Aston Villa and Everton left-back (what a glittering C.V that is), has some very strong words to say about Chelsea skipper Gary Cahill. Goal quote Pejic, who does not hold back while giving his opinion on the decorated Chelsea centre-back: “I felt […] View the full article

Chelsea legend Roberto Di Matteo has warned his former employers that they may never be able to replace John Terry, report the Mirror. If there is any man on this planet who has earned the right to give his opinion on Chelsea affairs, it’s Di Matteo. Not only did the former Italy international win six […] View the full article

Former Chelsea man, Oscar, sparked a 50-man mass brawl during Chinese Super League game after he booted a ball at two players. In heavy rain, the Brazilian became agitated and appeared to deliberately strike the ball against two opposition players, before being pushed over. Oscar (ex-Chelsea) kicks the ball at an opponent, not once but […] View the full article

Chelsea’s Mason Mount is set for a loan move to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem this summer, say The Sun. The 18-year-old midfielder has impressed within the youth ranks at Chelsea and the club wish to see him develop at Vitesse, where they hope Mount will be able to gain first team experience. Vitesse, who have […] View the full article

Roma have slapped a €50m price tag on Chelsea target Radja Nainggolan and are open to offers for the midfielder, say Calciomercato.com. In order not to breach FIFA’s financial fair play guidelines, Roma must sell a player for around €30m before June 30th, say Calciomercato.com. With Salah potentially on his way to Liverpool, as Sky […] View the full article

Chelsea are set to step up efforts in their pursuit of Juventus’ Alex Sandro and Monaco’s Tiemoue Bakayoko, as they hope to appease head coach Antonio Conte, say The Guardian. Conte, who is currently on holiday in Italy, is rumoured to be unhappy with the Chelsea board for their lack of transfer activity. As a […] View the full article