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thta seems the most likely the final 2 HAVE to be Penders and Petro IMHO or Petro and Kepa and Penders on loan to Strasbourg Sanchez and Jörgensen were disatrous buys likely cost us CL and thus well over 50, 70m less quid (and no CL fucks us in recruiting) fuck BlueCo, fuck our scouts

he is not my first choice, but he is better than anyone we have my list for GKers who are remotely available Lucas Chevalier Jan Oblak Guillaume Restes Diogo Costa Anatoly Trubin Mike Maignan Gregor Kobel Noah Atubolu Joan Garcia Marco Carnesecchi Matvey Safonov Caoimhín Kelleher Zion Suzuki Bento Mads Hermansen

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-Chelsea-prioritise-dean-huijsen It’s been a real day of sourced articles and transfer news from us today as we had a host of stories coming in. If you haven’t see our stories of today yet, they should have dropped in your emails, you can visit the home page after reading this to recap. The centre back position is another key area Chelsea are looking to sign in and improve this summer, and SPTC sources have informed us that there is a chance that we sign two centre backs. snip

Yes, my ideal pairing would be Murillo at left CB and the ambipedal Huijsen at right CB. I see no reason to sell Colwill (I rate Murillo over Levi, just to be clear, at least atm), unless we truly need the cash. He will get plenty of minutes as the number 3 CB.

Roman Abramovich finally breaks silence on controversial Chelsea sale Roman Abramovich has not spoken publicly since he gave an interview to Forbes in 2021 and has broken his silence on the sale of Chelsea for a forthcoming book https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roman-abramovich-Chelsea-sale-russia-35101826 Roman Abramovich has discussed his forced sale of Chelsea for the first time. The Russian, former-owner of the Blues, who led the club to its most trophy-laden period in its history, has given his first series of interviews since he last spoke to Forbes in 2021, for a new book due out this summer. Abramovich continues to be sanctioned by the UK government due to alleged connections with Russian president Vladimir Putin. He was initially hit with sanctions by Boris Johnson's Conservative government following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The 58-year-old's assets were frozen and he was forced to sell the Premier League club. This process concluded when the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium acquired the Blues in May 2022. Abramovich has conducted two interviews regarding the sale. One took place in Abu Dhabi in January and the other in Istanbul, where Abramovich spends much of his time, a year previously. The two-part interview is due to cover Abramovich's perspective on the sale, his sanctions, his involvement in the previous peace process, and his suspected poisoning in March 2022. READ MORE: Where is Roman Abramovich now? Ex-Chelsea owner's secret life in Turkey and Tel Aviv His comments will be included in a new book titled Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC, penned by Nick Purewall. The book will also recount other stories from the 95-day hunt for a buyer, overseen by Raine Bank under the watchful eye of the government. Abramovich has remained tight-lipped since his last interview with Forbes in 2021. Apart from a few brief comments on Frank Lampard's dismissal as Chelsea manager and the club's 'Say No to Anti-Semitism' initiative, he hasn't given an official interview since 2006. According to former player John Obi Mikel, Abramovich still harbours resentment over the fact that he was forced into selling. Mikel said: “It’s just unfortunate what happened: he lost the football club. I still speak to people close to him and it still pains him. He’s still angry about what happened. “He’s not happy that he lost his ‘baby’ because Chelsea Football Club was his football club. He really cared about the football club, not just the players but the fans.” Abramovich's 19-year stewardship of the club began when the oligarch and ex-politician bought the club in 2003. The Blues amassed a staggering 21 major titles during this period, including five Premier League trophies, five FA Cups, two Champions League titles, and two Europa Leagues.

lickrish for lucre Osimhen

The BookKeeper – Exploring Chelsea’s remarkable finances and why they can keep spending https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6131046/2025/04/22/bookkeeper-Chelsea-finances-transfers/ Conjure up memories of Chelsea’s most notable moments over the past couple of years and, chances are, actual football will be thin on the ground. Their first Premier League season in the post-Roman Abramovich era was notable only for how poor it was, a 12th-place finish in 2023 marking their worst league position in 29 years. Last season was improved, with Cole Palmer showing his class and Mauricio Pochettino guiding the club to sixth and a return to European football, even if it came in the guise of the Conference League. A goal two minutes from the end of extra time resigned them to a Carabao Cup runners-up spot. Yet it still seemed a distinctly underwhelming season on the pitch. More likely to spring to mind are events off the field. Abramovich’s 19 years at the helm came to an abrupt end in the spring of 2022, a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – with Abramovich sanctioned for his close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chelsea forced to operate under special measures. The arrival of new owners brought an apparent departure from the past. Out with the oligarch, in with private equity. Into Stamford Bridge came a consortium fronted by Todd Boehly, a minority shareholder in Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, alongside Clearlake Capital Group L.P., a private equity firm also based out of LA. The price for taking Chelsea from Abramovich’s sanctioned hands was a cool £2.536billion — alongside a commitment to invest a further £1.75billion in the club’s infrastructure in the future. snip

A ‘True Blue’: Why Madonna attended Chelsea’s Conference League game against Legia Warsaw https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6295978/2025/04/22/madonna-Chelsea-legia-warsaw/ If you walk along the King’s Road on your way to Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, there is every chance you may spot a famous face. Chelsea, part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in south-west London, is home to the rich and famous, with fancy boutiques, luxury cars and multi-million pound houses aplenty. It is also home to Chelsea Football Club, one of the most successful English teams in the Premier League era, and a side that has a fanbase that includes plenty of star-studded names, such as Steve McQueen, Matt Damon, Timothee Chalamet and Gordon Ramsay. Even Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, is said to be a fan, having attended games at Stamford Bridge during his time at Oxford University in the 1960s and has a daughter named Chelsea. snip

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/sources-Chelsea-ask-for-conditions Chelsea are set for another busy summer transfer window when the season comes to an end with just five league games left now. We know that there are a number of positions that the club are looking to bring in, and they will for sure be very busy with outgoings too. Perhaps a surprise position that the club might look to sign in is another attacking midfielder. This is likely due to the fact that both Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku are likely to be sold or loaned out this summer, as will Carney Chukwuemeka. So that will leave Cole Palmer as the only attacking midfield option in the squad. snip

2 2 FT Pool can win the League at home, they only need a draw

I will no longer post live game streams for any matches sorry

Saliba has not been the CB he was last season same for Dias of Citeh Bastoni has passed them up as the best under 30yo CB on the planet for me

2 2 Mateta

ok will no longer post them 😞

I will never understand why a ball that doesnt hit the ground outsides the lines is called out like a curling corner that is ruled 'out of play', or a long pass up the sideline that curls out and then back in as long as the player's body is not on the ground passed the lines, they can reach back into play (even if some of their body has crossed the inviible vertical line) and not be adjudged 'out of play' why is the ball (in the air) ruled out? it's diabolical IMHO

Palace have blown at least 4 great chances easily have been the better side yet still trail ah, football....................

here is a very expansive list of all remotely (Basdtoni is a pipe dream) CBs who are remotely (IMHO) near quality enough to look at young ones are in bold (and thus I assume are ones you would not move for) red are older CBs, vets who are 29yo and up) who would you suggest we make a play for? my favourites are in italics Alessandro Bastoni (pipedream) Murillo Piero Hincapié Castello Lukeba Bremer (as long as he is fully recovered) Jarrad Branthwaite Gonçalo Inácio Marc Guéhi Sven Botman Dean Huijsen Ousmane Diomande Ilya Zabarnyi Edmond Tapsoba Marquinhos (hard AF pull) Giorgio Scalvini (as long as he is fully recovered) António Silva Tomás Araújo Jonathan Tah Dávid Hancko Cristhian Mosquera Loïc Badé Isak Hien Yann Bisseck Mohamed Simakan Nikola Milenković Joel Ordóñez Pietro Comuzzo Wilfried Singo Jakub Kiwior Josip Sutalo Konstantinos Koulierakis Malick Thiaw José María Giménez Koni De Winter Gianluca Mancini Chrislain Matsima Ryan Flamingo Milan Škriniar Merih Demiral Martin Vitík Yarek Gasiorowski Alessio Romagnoli Mario Hermoso

2 1 Trossard

they are loaded at CB all of these can play well there, all would make our team William Saliba Gabriel Magalhães Jakub Kiwior (has been superb since Gabriel went down) Riccardo Calafiori Ben White Jurrien Timber

almost 1 2 Kiwior saved Arse with a super block

that would be so Chels Citeh get a great GKer for only £34m and we have dropped well over £200m (Kepa adjusted for inflation plus all the rest after him) and have no one (yet, Pemders may get there ina few years) remotely WC for all that dosh.

1 1 Eze with a great goal

Jonathan Tah would be a great free signing, but his salary demands will be crazy and he will never come here if we do not have CL. The clear frontrunners for him are Real Madrid (especially if Xabi Alonso goes there), Barca, and Bayern. I disagree on Huijsen. I think he is already good to go. Do you say the same thing about Murillo that you say about Huijsen? Who do you think we should go for at CB?

they have (at the positions he plays) Mbappe (forced to play CF) Vini Jr Rodrygo (forced to play on at RW) Bellingham Brahim Diaz plus Arda Guler and Endrick floating about