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It was Nottingham, FC Sevilla, and a few Italian clubs.

💣Tyrique George is world class💣 🦿please sold Joao Pedro Delap and Guiu again we don't need them all anymore we have George now.🦿

Chelsea have no plans to panic and sack Enzo Maresca, even if they were to lose the next two games against Benfica and Liverpool. 🫡Summer signings were told no mid-season change (@BobbyVincentFL) 😯

Simon Phillips sources have been hearing since last season that Maresca is not entirely happy at Chelsea right now, and the summer transfer window just made that even worse. Maresca is not content with the squad he’s got and was far from behind a lot of the recruitment we did this summer and feels his squad still lacks a lot of key elements in some positions. SPTC sources have heard that there is definite tension between Maresca and the board. We’ve also heard of some tensions between Maresca and Bernardo Cueva, the Technical Analyst at Chelsea. But we aren’t sure at the moment exactly why or how bad. But we know the Chelsea owners and SD’s respect Cueva and have no plans to move him on. And since last season, as I also reported at the time, there are some players within the group who are also not overly warm with Maresca for different reasons. I’ve reported on Cole Palmer before not really being behind Maresca’s ways of wanting the team to play, and Reece James can also be placed in that same category. There are a few other players as well who are just not overly vibing with the head coach. Of course, you will not hear that in public and in players comments on Maresca, this is not something that will be public knowledge, obviously. But there are certainly some issues in this sense and has been for a while. Sources close to Palmer are also annoyed that he has now got a further injury to his groin after playing games last week when he should not have been playing. Palmer is Palmer and obviously he just wants to play, but there is blame pointing towards Maresca for picking him in the Bayern and Manchester United game, with him getting a further groin tear in the United game and now not returning before the next international break, at the VERY earliest by the way. I wont be surprised if he’s still out for a game or two after the break as well. Palmer is also annoyed because he wants to make sure he can play in the World Cup at the end of the season. This again has not become public knowledge but I consider it factual due to how good my Palmer source is. They clearly don’t want to make it seem like a negligent decision to keep playing Palmer, which it absolutely was. The only thing I can imagine is Maresca leaving the club. I've been saying that since last season because, as I said, he's not happy here and there are a few things that bother him. Plus, a lot of clubs are interested in him. (@Simon Phillips)

Maresca says there is no reason to be negative and was shown a stat this morning that we have lost 5 games in 6 months and 4 of them had a red card. Maresca admits he could have made better decisions recently with the red cards. "For sure, I probably could have done better with decisions with 10 men. For me, it is a learning process to learn how to play with 10 players. Unfortunately, it happened two times."

🗣 @GraemeBailey: “I am told that Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo are two players they [Real Madrid] love and are watching them regularly.” Chelsea consider Caicedo as untouchable but Fernandez they would listen to big offers for.

Ornstein's new boyfriend🤣 Let's see what happens

Barring an extraordinary run of events, Chelsea are planning to assess Maresca at the end of the season. (@Matt_Law_DT)

Enzo Maresca retains the full faith of the Chelsea board and sporting directors. Injuries and red cards seen as biggest factor in recent results. Chelsea's aim remains to finish inside top four and have a run in the cups. [@Matt_Law_DT] 🤐😌

Chelsea co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali and sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, plus Joe Shields and Sam Jewell all marched straight to the dressing room (via @Matt_Law_DT)

Kieran Mckenna is coming 💩💩

Shortly after arriving at Brighton, De Zerbi demoted R. Sanchez from first-choice goalkeeper to third-choice! De Zerbi, like Tuchel, would take on anyone who didn't play along and kick them out of the team. Winstanley and Jewell were involved in De Zerbi's arrival at Brighton.😁 👀Not to mention that David Weir will soon be back once his so-called garden vacation comes to an end. Weir chose De Zerbi as his coach in Brighton back then.

Colwill was outstanding under De Zerbi at Brighton. Apparently, Jewell and Egbhali, who watch every Strasbourg game live at the stadium, talked to De Zerbi about the sunny weather... 🌞

Sam Jewell, Levi Colwill and Behdad Egbhali with Roberto De Zerbi at full time of Strasbourg - Marseille today. 👀

Joao Pedro only trained for the first time yesterday after his own fitness issues following Man Utd match last weekend. He is expected to be fine for inclusion vs Brighton tomorrow! (@kierangill_DM)

Oh dear, things are looking grim for Enzo Maresca with so many players injured now that he's being so stubborn with formations and player selections!!!

Chelsea had a large delegation in the directors’ box on Saturday. There was Eghbali, Winstanley, Stewart, Joe Shields, Sam Jewell, Daniel Finkelstein. Among their travelling party was David Weir, less than 2 weeks after his surprise departure from Brighton as technical director. (via @kierangill_DM)

Strasbourg CB Ismaël Doukouré could join Chelsea next summer. (@CyrilOlives)

Interesting While Rio starts tonight against Southampton. Uncomfortable

And we wonder why our young players aren't getting any better!

Ryan Kavuma-McQueen is here in Lincoln but he is not in the matchday squad. So he misses the U21 game that’s against a League One senior side just so he can travel for vibes with our seniors? That’s just dumb.

So it turns out Guiu isn’t cup-tied because of a rule change, but Chelsea didn’t know so he hasn’t travelled. George will start as a striker😏 😏

Maresca on Liverpool: "The players they have decided to buy show the intention of the club to go again for the Premier League and the Champions League, and that is quite clear." Continued: "If Liverpool continue in this way, I think it is impossible to catch them, not just for us, but for all the clubs. They have been doing a fantastic job since last year..." Maresca: “I’d love to rest Tosin and Trev. The problem is that we also have Wes Fofana playing after a long time. So if we rest Tosin, if we rest Trev, and if we rest Wes, probably I need to play some part of the game. We don't have defenders, so some of them need to play.” Maresca says he’s very worried about Chelsea slipping up tomorrow in this type of game. Maresca says the target this season is to continue to improve players and continue to close the gap. With Chelsea we are always saying next season we will start competing. Then when that season starts we say it about the next one. It is definitely frustrating. From "I've fallen in love with Acheampong" to "I might have to play myself" in just a few months, that's crazy.😠 Maresca did put his trust in Josh for the PL season opener, and Josh repaid him with a literal MOTM performance. 0 minutes since then... make it make sense.☠️ Maresca speaking out against the board/directors, aka how you know it's the beginning of the end for a manager.