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Genuinely asking, is Murillo as good as people claim he is on here? I haven’t really watched much of him but he hasn’t wowed me when I have. 

Since Tosin has come on we have been so chaotic at the back

I was at the under 18s FA Youth Cup tie against Man City last night. A friend sent me the story of Paul Green's departure from the club. As soon as I saw it, I began discussing it with a bunch of other CFCW regulars. One of the theories we discussed was that Sonia wanted more autonomy because, notionally at least, she reported to Paul who then reported to the sporting directors and the CEO.
Sonia has spoken a number of times about how closely she works with the sporting directors on various topics. Regardless of how she might personally have felt about her relationship with Paul, and I don't know either way, you can see how the manager would prefer not to have a third voice potentially diluting or gainsaying her own thoughts.
I'm not fully convinced that Paul Green was that impactful around the team. He had the administrative role to manage the Team during the Emma Hayes era but she made all of the team decisions, including transfers. Right at the end Emma's time the club created the post of CEO for the women's team to manage the budget, business side, and player contracts. This limited Paul's function still further.
I think these factors have more or less squeezed his role out of existence. I don't foresee anything changing other than everyone will have stopped pretending that Paul's job continued to exist in any meaningful way. Naturally Sonia would want to make all footballing decisions herself but, understanding that the club structure means she can't, she would want to work directly with the people who do. Whether it's right or it's wrong, Wintstanley and Stewart are those people.
I also watched the women's under 21s v ManU last week so my personal score in academy games this month is Chelsea 2, Manchester 11.

Gittens is wank. Garnacho is wank. Neto is wank. 
 
We have one proper winger with serious talent.. Estevao.
Let’s hope Quenda lives up to the hype.

Joe shields and his lust for all ex city players. 
Really that guy is highly dissapointing me. It's like he become a rock star with Palmer and after that he just repeat the same play. Buy City players because I might get another Palmer....

this is not a bad deal, tbh

Once Lavia is fit don’t play him and sell him to strasbourg. Hopefully he can stay fit and play consistently while they get a midfielder we can then take Barco

Impending Chelsea signing ruled out for months with ‘frustrating’ injury
https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/news/impending-Chelsea-signing-ruled-out-for-months-with-frustrating-injury/
Chelsea have already made four signings for the summer transfer window.
The likes of Dastan Satpaev, Geovany Quenda, Emanuel Emegha and Denner are all set to join Chelsea after agreeing deals.
Emegha currently plays at sister club Strasbourg, where he played under Liam Rosenior.
However, there have been issues with the striker over in France. Emegha was suspended over behavioural problems and injuries have plagued him at times.
But Liam Rosenior has been very complimentary of the striker, calling him ‘amazing’ and ‘fantastic’ during the win over Crystal Palace prior to moving to Chelsea.
There’s bad news now, though.
Emanuel Emegha ruled out for two months
His last competitive appearance was on November 30, 2025, a brief 21-minute cameo in a 2-1 defeat to Brest. Following that match, he was handed a one-game internal suspension for comments regarding his future move to Chelsea and a perceived lack of respect for Strasbourg’s standing.
During this disciplinary period, Emegha suffered a significant thigh injury in training. While he was nearing a return in late January, he suffered a muscle relapse just days ago.
And according to Strasbourg manager Gary O’Neil, this latest setback is expected to sideline him for at least another two months.
“Emanuel Emegha will be out for about 2 months. It’s very tough and frustrating for him. He injured himself in the same spot as last time.”

Oh my God, how awful are Garnacho Neto and Delap!!!🤢🤢💵

well fuck
and he is now on £202K PW (gross)

Was a sloppy first 10 minutes but an increible performance ever since the first pen.

Maresca will never be remembered for his time here, he was just a middle of the road gaffer that got lucky
Glad to see the back of him 

Neto straight back in the side

💥Pedro Neto back in training, but no sign of Reece James yet.

🔵🔥Liam Rosenior asked Chelsea for Valentin Barco. Bayern Munich also follows the player with interest. (@Augustocesar22 on @ESPNArgentina via @Perla_Londres)
 
ESPN Argentina journalist:
💥🗯"Chelsea are quietly advancing for Julián Álvarez. They tell me there are conversations. Moreover, they told me that part of the agency or the agents who handle his transfer for Julián were in London this week watching the Chelsea-Arsenal match."
 

Brighton played him at fullback. Rosenior switched him to MF, where he has come good at a higher level.

Just watched the highlights for Barco at Strasbourg from today’s game and again I’m super impressed. This kid legit looks like a potential top class midfielder. Completely runs the game pulling the strings whilst also being aggressive as hell without the ball. He may be really small but he’s fearless.
At this point I’m starting to be convinced that we shouldn’t even bother getting involved in the battles for those other highly desired midfielders like Anderson, Wharton, etc and should just do the easy move to get this kid. He’ll cost us a fraction of those guys and he knows our manager/system well.

20 per cent of £70m is £14m
add in the £6.8m (max payout if all bonuses are met)
and you arrive at £20.8m, ie £21m if it is rounded up
If he is sold for £50m
20 per cent of that is £10m
add in the £6.8m (max payout if all bonuses are met)
and you arrive at £16.8m, £17m if rounded up
That is how I got to those numbers. Did I miss something?
I apologise if I did.

We'd be looking at £11.44m if he is sold for £50m but none of the bonuses are triggered, up to £19.44m if he leaves Liverpool for £70m after triggering all bonuses Chelsea can be entitled to.
Bearing in mind the lad chose to walk away from our club without ever signing a professional contract, that would not be a bad return.

Just watched another full game with Honest Ahanor.
He is a baller, a 17yo (18yo in 18 days) CB prodigy, helped destroy Juve (Atalanta won 3 nil) tonight in the Coppa Italia
Whoever gets him is getting a young gem of a CB.
Btw, the Wikipedia article on him is incorrect, he is a left-footed CB, NOT a LB as they claim (but can play there, as shown when he was with Genoa). Every game he has played with Atalanta he has played as a CB.

J.Derry Time🙏

🔵💥Liverpool to pay max £6.8m for signing of Rio Ngumoha from Chelsea. @David_Ornstein states Tribunal rules LFC owe CFC initial £2.8m + £4m in potential bonuses relating to senior appearances, contracts & England honours. 
Chelsea will also receive 20% of the profit if he is sold.

So, IN THEORY, if Pool one day down the road sells Rio for big money (say £50m to £70m), we could bank, at the end of the day, around £17 to £21m in toto.
Downside to all that, Pool are NOT a selling club often, BUT Luis Díaz gives me hope. They got £65.3m from cheap-arse Bayern this summer for a close to 29yo winger in Díaz, who turns 30yo in the middle of this coming season, AND, in 3 and a half seasons there at Pool, only scored 6, then 5, then 13, then 17, in ALL COMPS, only averaging 8.3 EPL goals per season, ie 29 EPL goals total, divided by 3 and a half seasons. 2024/25 was the one season at Pool he was really great overall. He is now killing it at Bayern. 12 goals, 15 assists in only 2369 minutes.
Bayern, in Olise and Díaz, have probably, atm, the 2nd best starting pair of wingers on the planet, after only Barca. PSG go 3 deep, but atm, their best TWO (KK and Désiré Doué, then Barcola as the 3rd) are not the equal IMHO.
Only 2 wingers on the planet, ATM, that I would take over Olise are Yamal, and IF you play him as a winger, Mbappe. Hopefully Estêvão soon gets there too.

Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke, Neto, Gittens, Sancho on loan, Angelo, Estevao
With the exception of Estevao (and Palmer if you want to include), not one winger signed by BlueCo has raised the level at the club. And hundreds of millions were spent. The owners are probably happy with the Madueke profit