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💥🔵Chelsea and Newcastle could still win the race for Said El Mala transfer. (@cfbayern)

💥🔵Chelsea are continuing discussions for Sunderland's Noah Sadiki. New talks have taken place last week between the Blues’ management and the player’s. Chelsea and Manchester United are the current frontrunners to sign Sadiki. Sadiki has not yet made a decision but will make his own choice depending on the sporting project. (@sachatavolieri)

☢️🙂‍↔️Palmer: “The manager is good and when he has a proper pre-season and gets his ideas across properly and the way he wants to play he’s a top coach”

✴️🔵Mario Gila is set to join AC Milan which will free up Chelsea target Strahinja Pahlovic to leave if a good offer arrives. (DiMarzio)

🚨 BREAKING: Cole Palmer: “I’ve got no plans to move club, and when I see it I just laugh. Obviously Manchester is my home. All my family are there, but I don’t miss it. Maybe I’ll miss it if I don’t go for three months or something. But then when I get home I think there’s nothing there for me anyway” 💥🔵Cole Palmer: “Reece won’t sign a six-year contract if he’s not spoken to the owners and the directors. Me and Reece spoke a lot. About things we need, players we need to sign and how things need to be” 🗯Cole Palmer: “If we finish in a Champions League spot it puts us in a good position to sign players that we need. We spoke to the owners and they’re sure of the players that are gonna do it...” 💫Cole Palmer on the Chelsea model: “We’re on the same page. We want to win now and I think if we add right in the summer we can compete for serious trophies next season. I don’t think we’re far off. If you sign the right players in the right positions and the right characters and profiles, I think we have more than enough quality to compete and be more consistent than we’ve shown over this season.” (@theguardian)

🚨 🔵Malo Gusto is another Chelsea player looking for a salary increase. (@NizaarKinsella) 💥🔵Enzo Fernandez is among several players seeking improved terms at Stamford Bridge, alongside Colwill and Malo Gusto. (BBC)

🚨 Egbhali on Rosenior: “We had the opportunity to work with him daily for 18 plus months, so we knew what we were getting and we think he has every attribute to be successful here. He got off to a great start” “We’ve had a tough past five, six matches, but I think we’re behind Liam. Of course, it’s a results business, but we think he can be successful long term” (via CAA World sports conference) 🤢🤬 Erik Ten Hag Vibes!!!

Behdad Eghbali’s message to Chelsea fans: ‘We care … we’re committed’ Behdad Eghbali has told Chelsea supporters that owners BlueCo are learning from their mistakes and are committed to bringing consistent success back to Stamford Bridge. Disaffected fans will stage a protest march ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, organised by NotAProjectCFC and incorporating supporter representatives of BlueCo sister club Strasbourg in an attempt to mobilise opposition to the consortium led by Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly. In the final stretch of the fourth season since they acquired the club from Roman Abramovich for £2.3billion in June 2022, Chelsea are sliding down the Premier League table under head coach Liam Rosenior and face the prospect of missing out on Champions League qualification with a youthful squad assembled at historically vast expense. Speaking at CAA’s World Congress of Sports conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, Clearlake co-founder Eghbali admitted that BlueCo are still looking to improve their ownership strategy, but reiterated that they care about maintaining Chelsea’s modern standards of consistently competing for the biggest trophies. “For the fans, we care,” he said. “We want the club to be successful. We’re focused on delivering that on-pitch performance. I think six months ago everyone was super-happy. Results have been mixed, disappointing more recently. There’s a full reflection on what we can do better, what we can improve on. “There is a plan. We reflect on the plan. We try to improve the plan and tweak the plan if it’s not working. The message is we’re committed. “Can this be successful without winning? The answer is no. We’ve got to win. And it doesn’t mean you’re going to win every game, it doesn’t mean you don’t make mistakes, that you don’t have downturns, but ultimately the objective, and especially the objective that a club like Chelsea is you’ve got to win, you’ve got to win trophies, and you’ve got to win consistently again. “We were fortunate enough to do so last year. We’ve had a bit of an up and down year this year, but the objective hasn’t changed.” A huge reason for the downturn in Chelsea’s season was the abrupt departure of head coach Enzo Maresca on New Year’s Day. “Our policy has been no in-season changes,” Eghbali added. “You certainly review and hold not only the manager, but the management team, the sporting team, accountable, but typically in the summers, not in season. “It’s not a change we wanted to make. It’s a change that had a bit of a negative impact in the season, when you’re changing systems and personnel, and it’s one we’ve got to fight our way out of. “We still have six matches in the Premier League, and an FA Cup semi final coming up. So hopefully the story of this season hasn’t been written yet, and you’ve got a lot to fight for. In my perspective, when you get punched in the face, you’ve got to fight back, you’ve got to stand up and fight. And it’s going to hopefully show a lot about the character of this squad. “I think the perspective is stability, and frankly, getting that stability on the manager side is one of the things we haven’t done right yet, and it’s something we’re striving to improve on.” Maresca’s replacement Rosenior has won just one of his last six matches across all competitions, but Eghbali confirmed the former Strasbourg boss retains the support of the board and sporting leadership. “On Liam, we had the opportunity to work with him daily for 18 plus months, so we knew what we were getting,” Eghbali said. “We think he has every attribute to be successful here. He got off to a great start. We’ve had a tough past five, six matches, but I think we’re behind Liam. Of course, it’s a results business, but we think he can be successful long term.” Chelsea’s recent struggles have also drawn more criticism to their heavily youth-oriented recruitment. Eghbali signalled that the club are ready to target players equipped to make an immediate impact in this summer’s transfer market. “The view was to recruit and build elite players that can, frankly, be together and have that stability in the squad,” Eghbali said. “We’re still in the 40th, 50th minute of that process. But the view is to keep, sign and retain and compensate and extend some of the world’s best players, and ultimately the view was you need, eight, 10, 12, 15 elite players to win and win sustainably, year after year. “I think we’ve done a few things right, a lot of things right. We’ve got to be better on a few things, to add more ready-made players at this part of the project, to take (it ) to the next level, to be consistent over time. “We recognise we need balance. We have world champions, we have Champions League winners, we have elite, elite young players. Experience has developed now. The team has been together for two or three years. The objective is to keep your best players, and we’ve done that, and there’s no intention to rebuild every three or four years. You tweak a model, you improve, you learn from mistakes. “Our goal is to have elite, elite players on the pitch, elite characters off the pitch that our fans can bond with, that will be at the club, that will be club legends for the next 10 or 15 years and beyond. I think, generally, we’ve been fortunate, not in getting everything right, but we do have a core (of) good players, global players. Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Levi Colwill, Estevao Willian, Reece James. “The view is now that we’re here with a great core base, to add some of that experience, to take the team to the next level and have consistency. That fact is not lost on us, and we’re at a point where we can take that next step, hopefully in the next year and beyond.” By Liam Twomey

🚨🇦🇷 Chelsea are open to selling Alejandro Garnacho in the summer. Liam Rosenior is believed to have reservations about him. (@samuelluckhurst)

🚨🚨🔵 It is understood Chelsea have a growing interest in signing Van Hecke. (@guardian_sport) A second Gary Cahill could be on the way soon!! 💨🔵Sources are suggesting Chelsea are no longer opposed to selling Enzo Fernandez. Alex Scott is a player of interest to Chelsea. (@guardian_sport)

❌️🔵Liverpool lead Chelsea and Manchester United in race for Premier League defender Marcos Senesi. Chelsea are looking to pursue players with more physicality as they re-evaluate their inflated squad ahead of next season. (@PeteHall86)

💥🔵Advanced negotiations between Chelsea and Moisés Caicedo. Final details still to be clarified, after @CLMerlo confirmed. The new contract, likely running until 2033, primarily includes an adjustment to his salary. Despite numerous top-level options, Caicedo wants to stay at Chelsea. (@SkySportDE) 🗯🔵NEW: Levi Colwill is expected to sign a deal that will extend his stay at Chelsea into the 2033. (@peterrutzler)

‼️🔵Barcelona are negotiating for Eduardo Conceição with Palmeiras with want €50m-€60m for the 16-year-old. They are not the only ones interested: Manchester City and Chelsea are also in the race. (@edu17burgos) Chelsea have accelerated interest in Alex Scott. Bournemouth would want well over £50m. There remains the possibility that Enzo Fernandez will be sold. (Nizaar Kinsella)

🗯🔵Chelsea are one of the clubs interested in Bournemouth forward Junior Kroupi. (@ChrisWheelerDM) 💥🔵Chelsea have accelerated interest in Bournemouth's Alex Scott. (@MiguelDelaney) ❌️🔵Gary O’Neil has confirmed that Aaron Anselmino is out for the rest of the season.

💥🔵Viktor Froholdt, the 19-year-old Danish central midfielder for Porto, is on the radar of several European giants, and Chelsea is among them, who may make a move in the summer if Enzo Fernández leaves the London club. Porto will only consider selling for a value close to his £74 million release clause. (@cmjornal) 🗯🔵🇵🇹 Gonçalo Inácio is attracting interest from major clubs. The 24-year-old central defender has drawn the attention of clubs in England (Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man United) and Spain. His release clause is £52 million, but it's negotiable. (@edu17burgos) 💨🔵Brighton are expecting to recoup at least £50m from Van Hecke, who is attracting interest from the Premier League. (@alex_crook)

💥🔵Derry is class, should be playing for our first team now (at least off the bench) Frank Lampard has already outlined plans to secure a move for highly-rated Chelsea starlet Jesse Derry. (@GraemeBailey) Roefs coy on future Chelsea transfer linked Robin Roefs has been speaking out about the summer rumours linking him with a move to Stamford Bridge. The Northern Echo report that Roefs insists he wants to remain part of Sunderland’s “amazing” journey despite recent speculation linking him with a possible move to Chelsea. “I hope this is just the start of Sunderland’s story,” said Roefs, who returned from injury in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Tottenham. “It’s not really a time to think about things like moving or any rumours. As long as I don’t know anything about it, I just keep on going. “What we are building here is just really, really amazing. Being promoted and performing this way, we can only build on that and let’s hope next season we can continue like this.” 🗯🔵Chelsea are banking on Mike Penders returning from his loan at Strasbourg to make a big impression and nobody would dispute that the club need better goalkeeping options if they are to achieve their ambitions. (@Matt_Law_DT)

🔵💰 Here are the 10 players Matt Law of the Telegraph believes Chelsea should sell: ▪︎ Enzo ▪︎ Fofana ▪︎ Tosin ▪︎ Badiashile ▪︎ Delap ▪︎ Guiu ▪︎ Garnacho ▪︎ Disasi ▪︎ Jackson ▪︎ Jorgensen

💥🔵Chelsea are preparing an official bid for the Brazilian attacking midfielder William Gomes, from FC Porto. (@golsdobrasil1)

🚨🔵 Breaking News🔵💥 John Terry, alongside a consortium, is buying League Two side Colchester United. (@LloydCanfield)

☢️⛔️3 Years ago* Graham Potter : “I think Pep was there a year before they won anything, and obviously, Mikel Arteta and Jurgen Klopp took a bit of time at Arsenal and Liverpool.. Obviously, it’s maybe different for me, for some reason” (@AdamNewson)

❌ Tuchel | 106 days ❌ Potter | 206 days ❌ Saltor - caretaker | 4 days ❌ Lampard- interim | 85 days ❌ Pochettino | 325 days ❌ Maresca | 549 days ❌ McFarlane - caretaker | 5 days ❓️ Rosenior | 96 days Reminder: The sporting directors got new deals until 2031.

❌ Tuchel | 106 days ❌ Potter | 206 days ❌ Saltor - caretaker | 4 days ❌ Lampard- interim | 85 days ❌ Pochettino | 325 days ❌ Maresca | 549 days ❌ McFarlane - caretaker | 5 days ❓️ Rosenior | 96 days Reminder: The sporting directors got new deals until 2031.

⛔️⛔️😡Chelsea maintain they want to back and trust Liam Rosenior! This is the message from the club. They don't forget he arrived in January, so no pre-season or preparation. (@FabrizioRomano)