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they desperately need a Kroos replacement his retirement left a MASSIVE hole in their MF Wirtz is deffo not a Kroos type player Enzo could be (but is nowhere near that insane WC Kroos level yet) other options Alexis Mac Allister Dominik Szoboszlai Nicolò Barella Joao Neves Vitinha Martin Zubimendi Aleksandar Pavlovic Tijjani Reijnders Joshua Kimmich Morten Hjulmand Sandro Tonali Frenkie de Jong Hugo Larsson Adam Wharton

world class goal by Marmoush amazing technique

Sources: Liam Delap updates There's no 'favourite' yet https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-liam-delap-updates The reporting on Liam Delap’s future has been pretty wild so far. Chelsea were ‘favourites’ and then Newcastle, and then Manchester United. But the fact remains that his future is still very open right now and he is waiting to see the fate of clubs interested in signing him and seeing what European competitions they will be in. He is also busy, through his reps, speaking to interested clubs, hearing proposals and hearing their projects being put on the table. Chelsea laid down a lot of foundations to sign Delap in January, and he is very much open and interested in a move to Stamford Bridge. The reporting around the United move is apparently down to his preference to live in that area of the UK. I have not personally heard this yet (not saying it’s untrue). As we exclusively revealed at the weekend, Delap’s reps were at Stamford Bridge on Friday and held talks with United officials. These talks were not seen as positive via our sources. At the time we did not hear that Chelsea had anyone speaking to the reps of Delap. However, we have since heard from another source that Chelsea did actually get to speak with Delap’s reps early on in the evening before the game. And as well as this, we have heard that Chelsea are still very keen on the Ipswich striker and this one is far from over. Chelsea have scheduled more talks with Delap’s reps and the player will make his decision after the weekend.

Scouting Martín Zubimendi A massive profile on Arsenal's likely midfield signing: his fit, function, defensive game, physical profile, press resistance, passing range, untapped skills, and potential to transform Arsenal https://billycarpenter.substack.com/p/scouting-martin-zubimendi “No, there’s nothin’ you can send me, my own true love There’s nothin’ I wish to be ownin’ Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled From across that lonesome ocean.” — Bob Dylan In Thief (1981), James Caan’s character, Frank, is seen breaking into high-end vaults during a spate of nighttime heists. These scenes are not edited for pace or drama, and there’s little dialogue. Everything looks disarmingly practical. Michael Mann lets it play out slowly, clinically, as we hear the grind of the machinery and the hums of the power drills. Our man Frank isn’t improvising. And Caan isn’t using movie props, but actual tools: a magnetic drill press, an industrial torch, and a custom-built thermal lance. The camera lingers as he locks the press into place, adjusts the angle, and begins boring into the safe’s reinforced steel. Sparks fly, and there are no dramatic cutaways or bouts with cheap tension. Just a man doing his job. Screenwriters have a phrase for this kind of scene: “competence porn.” It’s meant to describe the appeal of watching people who are good at what they do, especially when it’s complicated, and especially when they do it with precision and calm. It’s part of why we’re willing to watch Matt Damon read manuals, rig parts together, and shovel shit in The Martian. It’s part of why Hidden Figures and Arrival resonate, or why we watch Sherlock Holmes solve problems we don’t fully understand. The satisfaction is from the stakes, sure, but also … we like watching capable hands. We like watching systems being worked, problems being solved, little mechanics of confusing jobs being revealed by people who make them look easy. It’s also why people like watching Martín Zubimendi. snip

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would take all 4 of these over Petro, especially the first two Gianluigi Donnarumma Lucas Chevalier Guillaume Restes Matvey Safonov

Györkeres this season (with one game to go) 79 total goals produced, all comps 62 goals, 17 assists for club (53 and 13) and country (9 and 4)

CMFs/DMFs (obviously many are pipe dreams) Federico Valverde Pedri Nicolò Barella Aurélien Tchouaméni Gavi Joao Neves Warren Zaïre-Emery Vitinha Pablo Barrios Fermin Lopez Ederson Morten Hjulmand Sandro Tonali Frenkie de Jong Hugo Larsson Khephren Thuram Douglas Luiz Carlos Baleba Alan Varela Adam Wharton Jacob Ramsey Quinten Timber Ayyoub Bouaddi Marc Casadó Samuele Ricci Orkun Kökçu Felix Nmecha Ardon Jashari Gabriela Veiga Jobe Bellingham Javi Guerra

Chelsea’s Leo Castledine expecting to leave club permanently this summer https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6367843/2025/05/19/leo-castledine-Chelsea-transfer/ Chelsea Under-21 midfielder Leo Castledine is expected to leave the club on a permanent transfer this summer.nCastledine, who impressed on loan at League One side Shrewsbury Town this season before a back injury ended his campaign prematurely in February, is ready to join a new side on a permanent basis in a bid to get regular first-team football. The highly-rated England Under-19 international still has one year left on his current deal with the option for another 12 months. But with Chelsea having many midfielders to choose from, Castledine has decided he would be better off going elsewhere for the sake of his career, even though he still loves being at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea also value Castledine highly but are prepared to listen to offers, which will include a sell-on clause. Championship and League One clubs are already showing an interest. A loan has not been completely ruled out, but is regarded as unlikely because Castledine is wary of it becoming a regular occurrence. Chelsea would also want the player to sign a new contract before sending him away for another campaign. The Athletic revealed in February that Castledine had suffered a minor stress fracture in his lower back, but he has already returned to training and will be ready to play a full part in pre-season. Castledine made his senior debut for Chelsea last season as a substitute in their 6-1 win over Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg. The 19-year-old played 26 times for Shrewsbury before his injury, including 18 league starts.

plus, in 2026 we have: Chelsea to sign Sporting winger Quenda for £40m https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c0eg5824j8wo Chelsea have agreed a deal in principle to sign Sporting winger Geovany Quenda. The 17-year-old is expected to sign a seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge with an option for an extra season after a fee of about £40m was agreed. Chelsea have a host of options on both flanks but believe Quenda, who will not join the club until 2026, is versatile enough to play on either side and can beat defenders in one-on-one duels. The Portugal Under-21 international has scored two goals and has eight assists in 43 matches since breaking through into the first team at Sporting. The youngster had been linked with a move to Manchester United to reunite with his former manager Ruben Amorim. 'Biggest wonderkid in Portugal' Joao Paiva, from CNN Portugal, says Quenda is "the biggest wonderkid" in Portuguese football right now and "one of the most exciting". "We started hearing about Quenda a few years ago, when he was 14 or 15 in the youth teams at Sporting, and he already had some qualities – impressive skills, quickness of the movements and how fast he can be. "We already consider him a fantastic player, but he has a lot of room to grow. "Quenda is a fast player, quick player, and this is his first season in Sporting's first team – he didn't start the season as a winger, the position he plays now, he started more as an offensive right-back in the system Ruben Amorim used to play, because Sporting didn't have a good enough option at the time. "He did extremely well in the first game against Porto in the Super Cup, even scored a goal. He played quite a few games until he was moved up to right and left winger. He has played a majority of the games this season as a left winger." Paiva says Quenda, who was also called up to Roberto Martinez's Portugal squad on Friday, would be a "good addition" to the Premier League right now, even though he will spend another season in Lisbon before the move. "The stats this season, he has two goals and six assists, I think they are shy numbers for what Quenda can give," adds Paiva. "He works more for the team and creates more opportunities than his numbers show, with time and as he grows he will get bigger numbers than this. "If he went to the Premier League right now, I think he would fit and would adapt to the league."

IF (doubtful) Maresca is sacked this would be the ultimate BlueCo hire Will Still, 32 yo, topflight manager in Ligue Un since 2022 (Reims and Lens) Will Still leaves RC Lens with positive result as the team got +1 point compared to last season… …maintaining their level despite selling Khusanov for €40m, Danso €25m, Samba €15m, Frankowski €10m thanks to Will Still’s job and Diego Lopez in the Sporting Direction. Will Still announces he is LEAVING Lens to be closer to his Sky Sports presenter girlfriend after she revealed she has a brain infection following cancer battle Still, 32, has been Lens manager since June 2024 after joining from Reims Belgian-born coach has been linked with a move to the Premier League https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14723401/Will-leave-Lens-Sky-Sports-presenter-girlfriend.html

Exclusive: Inside Chelsea and DAMAC's First Football-Themed Branded Residences https://www.givemesport.com/exclusive-inside-Chelsea-damac-football-themed-branded-residences/ Chelsea and property developer DAMAC have unveiled plans for four 130-metre skyscrapers in Dubai’s Maritime City. The Blues-branded $1bn+ development is the first of its kind and is due to open in 2029 as part of a new partnership that also sees DAMAC appear as a front-of-shirt sponsor until the end of the season. "People often ask me how this partnership started, and it's actually a funny story,” said DAMAC's managing director Amira Sajwani, speaking exclusively to GMS. “The short answer is that Chelsea is my husband's favourite team! He's a gung-ho fan, and that's where the idea originated from. "The long answer is, we wanted a football partnership and soon realised Chelsea was an incredible partner. It all started off on a much smaller scale and grew very quickly given our relationship with the club and how much we admired their style of working. "One of our long-standing strategies has been to focus on wellness and this partnership ties into that. We are very proud of this unique project. It is the first football club-branded residence in the world."

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 On 19 April, Ajax led the Eredivisie by nine points. Just four games later, they trail PSV by a point. It's the biggest collapse any of Europe's biggest leagues has ever witnessed. https://theanalyst.com/2025/05/ajax-psv-eindhoven-eredivisie-greatest-title-collapse-europe

Chelsea Women win FA Cup to seal domestic Treble as Sandy Baltimore sinks Man Utd Chelsea 3-0 MANCHESTER UNITED: Sandy Baltimore scored first and last, either side of a header from Catarina Macario, as Sonia Bompastor's Blues won their third trophy of the season https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-Chelsea-women-win-fa-35246090

Murillo was injured just now may miss the game v us next Sunday

out of 4100 minutes played so far this season, he has only played 90 minutes (one game) as a CB one game also as a LMF all the rest of the games almost 4000 minutes, he has played as a left-back

west ham have not come back to win an EPL game all season after trailing

fuck Forest scored already v west sham

it is the BlueCo way we might do the same thing (lose the last 2 games, and get stuck in shitfuck Conference League again, and blowing the final) I am not convinced that we do not blow it like a brass trying to make rent

EXCL: Chelsea consider move for free agent but they'll have to be quick https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/excl-Chelsea-consider-move-for-free As things start to move now in the transfer market, there are some domino effects going on as well as many clubs battling to sign the same players. Chelsea have a sticky period now as they await to see their Champions League fate for next season, as this can still effect the targets they bring in. But a number of deals are already being worked on as they look to get a couple of new signings in the door before the Club World Cup begins, in that small transfer window that opens up at the start of June. As you will know, a striker is one of the biggest priorities for Chelsea this summer, but SPTC sources have heard, as we have been reporting here for some time, that two new strikers could still arrive. With the news coming out yesterday via reliable journalist Matteo Moretto of Relevo regarding Nicolas Jackson receiving a lot of interest from potential suitors, and Chelsea not ruling out selling him this summer, this would only increase the chances of Chelsea bringing in two new strikers. We have heard all along that Jackson’s future at Chelsea is not exactly set in stone and if offers come in, then Chelsea will certainly be listening. Jackson is appreciated by Chelsea for sure, but we have heard the reality is that the club, as well as Enzo Maresca, just do not see him as being the main striker to lead the club into the Champions League and elevate them, if they get it of course. The club are in the market for a new striker and of course, this will probably tell you all you need to know. As I’ve said all along, this new striker has never been one they want to backup Jackson, they want one to be an upgrade on Jackson. I’ve got another exclusive article out today that will be on the home page around lunchtime which has further info on new strikers, but for now, this is the info we are getting…. SPTC sources have heard that Chelsea have this week been considering approaching the agents of Jonathan David to sign him as a free agent this summer. It’s an opportunity being looked at, and they see him as an extra striker to come in as well as the main striker they want to sign. We heard even before the Jackson noise that two strikers could be targeted. They may well operate with three strikers next season due to the lack of firepower and goalscorers they have witnessed this season, the thing they see as being our main problem. Marc Guiu could push for a loan move and the club would grant that. Jackson has question marks. And David is a player that the club have had on their radar for some years now and they are looking at attempting to bring him in this window. They will have to be quick though, because Napoli are speaking to him and looking to get a contract signed with him this week, and also Premier League clubs are pushing hard and speaking with him. It’s unclear yet whether Chelsea will come in and make him an offer, but they are certainly considering it this week. Simon Phillips

Julián Alvarez? he is going nowhere, AM just bought him

1 nil FT Palace first major trophy ever 164 year wait ends