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The training camp Frank Lampard has had in Ireland this week was attended by an almost ridiculous quantity of players, now slashed by 8 as some youngsters returned to England. The full list included centre back Marc Guehi and Dujon Sterling, who started against Bohemians on Wednesday. Trevoh Chalobah, Izzy Brown, Ike Ugbo, Conor Gallagher […]View the full article

Michy Batshuayi scored Chelsea’s only goal of the game during our pre-season opener against Bohemians in Dublin. He needs to be our starting striker this term. Batshuayi has threatened to break into the Chelsea starting eleven in the past, but neither Antonio Conte or Maurizio Sarri appeared to value what he had to offer. A […]View the full article

Frank Lampard gave us a clear indication of what formation he will be using this season during our 1-1 draw against Bohemians on Wednesday night. Chelsea used a 4-3-3 system throughout last season, the exact same setup that Maurizio Sarri enjoyed so much success with during his time as Napoli manager. However, the Italian was […]View the full article

The arrival of Frank Lampard as manager appears to have breathed fresh life into Chelsea in a number of ways, not least in regards to the younger players at the club. With a whole raft of young players on the books, there is a feeling Lampard will look to within the Chelsea ranks rather than automatically […]View the full article

Eden Hazard, the man powering two title wins and two Europa League triumphs since arriving at Stamford Bridge in 2012, was pried away from London at the start of the summer. With Frank Lampard now at the helm, just who can he get to fill Hazard’s boots? A lot can change between now and the […]View the full article

A lot of Chelsea fans were very excited by the prospect of seeing Billy Gilmour on this tour, and they got a full 45 minutes tonight against Bohemians. The young Scot is only 18, and very slight, although his growth spurt over the last year has been notable. Despite his lack of size, he came […]View the full article

It was only a friendly. It was only a semi pro team. It’s only the 10th of July. But with a new manager, every minute counts, and Michy Batshuayi got himself off to the best possible start under Frank Lampard when he opened the scoring for Chelsea against Bohemians tonight. The Belgian has made his […]View the full article

Chelsea’s preseason friendly against Bohemians today is going to really just be a warmup. Half the players have only had a day or two of training, most of them have never played together before. Yet still, with so much excitement about Frank Lampard and some of the returning loan players, there’s a lot of desire […]View the full article

Chelsea’s preseason is underway, and today’s footage from Chelsea’s official club channels has shown the full group of 30+ getting stuck into the first organised games of the season. It’s a hectic mix of returning loanees, young players and established first team regulars. Forgotten players like Lucas Piazon and Izzy Brown compete with talented youngsters […]View the full article

Chelsea’s Top Earners Don’t Crack the Top 20 Chelsea’s two highest earning players are goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and midfielder N’Golo Kante, earning an impressive $9.7 million per year or roughly $187,000 per week from their base salary. While a staggering amount of money, these wages don’t even crack the top 20 top earners in football! […]View the full article

Chelsea have two friendly games in a week in Ireland before heading off to Japan to continue their preseason tour. At this early stage of preseason we can expect to see all manner of changes and tweaks during the games and in the starting lineups for each of them. There are some returning loanees who we’ve […]View the full article

One of the most exciting Chelsea players on the preaseason tour of Ireland is Billy Gilmour. The little Scot has been flourishing in the youth system, and while he’s still a lesser known name than the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, he’s beginning to get the people who follow the Blues’ youth teams increasingly excited. He’s […]View the full article

The rumours in the press yesterday were that Tiemoue Bakayoko is a transfer target for PSG and Manchester United. That’s according to this report in the Sun anyway. Those teams would be a surprising destination for him, as both have seen him come to the Premier League and really struggle. He looked good at Monaco […]View the full article

It’s the most busy time of the summer in football, as the start of July brings the end of contracts and loan deals, allowing the big deals to gather momentum. Chelsea fans don’t have a huge amount to worry about, given their club is banned from signing players, so a lot of their focus will […]View the full article

The Sun reported today that Burnley are interested in signing Fikayo Tomori foor around £15m as a replacement for James Tarkowski, should the English defender leave for a bigger club this summer. We’re not surprised they’re interested. Tomori impressed everyone last season in the Championship, winning Derby’s player of the year award and looking like […]View the full article

Chelsea have just announced on their official website that Alvaro Morata will join Atletico permanently once his loan deal finishes next summer. It’s a move that suits all parties. The player was desperate to go, his new club were happy with his performances since he arrived in January and needed to secure a striker long […]View the full article

Sky Sports have this morning reported that Danny Drinkwater, along with Michy Batshuayi, will get the chance to change their fortunes at Chelsea this summer. While that may be the case for Michy, who plays in a position which is very much up for grabs; Drinkwater is in a much longer queue. The £35m signing […]View the full article

Just a day after announcing Frank Lampard as their new manager, Chelsea fly off to Ireland today for preseason training and two friendly games against local sides. Nothing will be decided or finalised in these early days of Lampard’s reign, but it will give him the chance to see a lot of his charges up […]View the full article

Within the last 24 hours it has been confirmed that two young Chelsea academy players have joined Bayern Munich. As you can see in the Tweet embedded below, Bright Akwo-Mbi and Jamal Musiala have left our youth setup for the German giants. Frank Lampard takes over at Chelsea and immediately loses starlets Jamal Musiala and […]View the full article

(Yes, we are aware that by writing this article, we will inevitably cause Frank to be appointed later today…) We wrote earlier this summer that Chelsea would have learned their lessons from last summer. It seems we were wrong. Two and a half weeks after it was announced that Maurizio Sarri had joined Juventus, and […]View the full article

Various sources are claiming that Nathan Ake is a target for Manchester City this summer. The BBC are among the sites who say that a £40m bid will be made – and possibly accepted – for the Dutchman, who was at Chelsea not long ago. Under Antonio Conte the decision was made to bring him […]View the full article

Chelsea are set to award Ruben Loftus-Cheek a £120,000 a week contract, according to the Daily Telegraph. The paper says that Frank Lampard will have the injured midfielder ready to go when he arrives as manager this week, with an offer of potentially £150,000 on the table for the midfielder. That’s a huge amount of […]View the full article

According to the Telegraph‘s Matt Law, Frank Lampard intends to merge the Chelsea first-team and academy. This will involve allowing the players to mix together during meal times, as well as rescheduling sessions in order for him to be present to watch the U-23s in action. Matt Law’s belief is that Lampard will take an […]View the full article

According to the Telegraph, Maurizio Sarri did not attend a single Chelsea U-23 match or training session while in charge. While reporting on Frank Lampard’s intentions with the club’s younger players, Matt Law notes how Sarri never showed such an interest, instead shunning them. Not only did he deny the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek and […]View the full article

It was reported over the weekend by Matt Law of the Telegraph that Chelsea have told Atletico Madrid to pay for Alvaro Morata or see him recalled. The striker has been on loan back in his native country of Spain since January, and made a positive impact back at the Wanda Metropolitano, and the Spanish […]View the full article