Slam Dunk

Didn't LulzSec disband a few days ago?

Heard talk about Connor Clifford joining Leeds on loan for the coming season. Anyone confirm this?

No, players will now be returning on the 6th.

He'll be looking at the current squad first when they return from holiday and start pre-season on the 6th. He said he will look into the market afterwards and therefore wont be speculating on players that are not currently playing for Chelsea (he was asked about Modric and mentioned Falcao/Coentrao.)

Another brilliantly written piece by the Express...

City have pulled out of the race to sign Sanchez. Source

Somebody questioned JT's captaincy....

Working for me. He just confirmed Di Matteo's appointment btw

Was that Di Matteo I just saw?

I was quite surprised Di Matteo wasn't appointed by another team in the prem to be honest, thought he did a good job at West Brom. Would be great to have him back at the Bridge though!

I'm sure. No pics of it have surfaced yet. I'm expecting the official release in a few weeks.

Was it? Pretty sure we all knew it was going to be green well in advance. Take it with a pinch of salt if you wish, but it has already been confirmed as white/navy/yellow...

It will be white.

Oh really? Thats disappointing. So it'll be a Chelsea TV exclusive?

SSN showed Jol's first press conference as Fulham manager live, hopefully they'll do the same with AVB.

SkyGraemeBailey Graeme Bailey Reports in Italy claim Alexis Sanchez has told Udinese that he will not join Man City and if he cannot move to Barcelona he will stay put.

"Chelsea FC has the friendly match against Vitesse canceled. The Arnhem, the London club on Saturday, July 9th in GelreDome received. With the appointment of André Villas-Boas is Chelsea's training program has changed. The new coach on July 9 considered too early for a trip to the Netherlands and a game at this level. Chelsea has been excused, and promised in the future yet to come to Arnhem. This date is not yet known. Vitesse has sought for another club on July 9 as an opponent to find, but unfortunately failed. Managing director Paul van der Kraan: "Vitesse is only confronted with the facts over the weekend. It's too late to have an opponent of stature on the come up. It is a matter of force majeure, especially for our fans have unpleasant consequences. We have gone to great lengths to organize this competition, because our season ticket holders were offered a bonus this game. They will be compensated. Purchasers of day tickets can get their money back. A big disappointment ".

I highly doubt AVB phoned Sanchez, isn't that tapping up?

I like Kalou, he has the right attitude and gets a decent goal return. But what really lets him down is his AWFUL decision making on the pitch.

Im not defending him and i'm certainly not delusional. The fact that people are calling into question his knowledge of the game and his ability as an assistant coach or possible DoF without any knowledge of him/his abilities whatsoever is pathetic. He goes about his jobs behind the scenes, and we know nothing of it. He could be good or he could be terrible, the point i'm making is that we don't know enough to make an informed decision.

I really wish people would stop questioning Emenalo's knowledge of the game. Obviously he is doing something right otherwise he wouldn't have been employed by a club like Chelsea. Just because you don't hear him talkl about his role very often, does not mean he cannot do it effectively. That being said, it doesn't look like he will be staying as assistant coach for the coming season, maybe a role upstairs could be on the cards.

Looks like I may have been right about it being navy as opposed to black with the white/yellow: http://www.littlewoods.com/adidas-chelsea-boys-third-shirt/918614428.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f2780%2fq%2fchelsea%2fs%2fbestsellers%2c0%2fr%2f100&trail=2780 Frankly i'm just expecting the same template as the Liverpool third shirt.

Udinese, and their president in particular, seem like such a nightmare to deal with I wouldn't at all be surprised if we had dropped interest altogether.

Burnley away:

The €5M a year deal is just a rehash of the story in Portuguese media. The English press have just picked up on it.