Jase

It's done. Just a matter of when rather than if.

You talked as if we're certain to sign Haaland or that he wants to join us. If we don't finish in the Top 4, the latter is likely out of the question.

Lampard's presser starts at 19:41 below. He looked like he just finished crying somewhere or had a long night celebrating the New Year...

Mino Raiola...

Lampard said that there have been a positive clubs at the club as well, but not among the playing staff.

Ziyech fit to train, has been training for the last few days. But still unsure whether he'll start. James out of the game with a hamstring problem.

Chelsea FC plc today announced our annual financial results for the year ended 30 June 2020 https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/31/chelsea-fc-financial-results?cardIndex=0-0 The group turnover figure fell to £407.4m from £446.7m the previous year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which impacted all revenue streams of the Group. Despite the fall in revenue, the Group recorded a profit of £32.5m for the year ended 30 June 2020, reflecting the Club’s qualification to the Champions League and profits made on a number of player sales during the 2020 financial year. The Club continues to comply with UEFA’s break-even criteria under the Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. The impact of COVID-19 on revenue was partially offset by reduced matchday costs due to the postponement of matches in March 2020. However, the club elected not to make use of the government job retention scheme, despite paying the wages of full time and temporary staff who were not required to work, throughout the 2020 financial year. Without the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent suspension of normal football activity in March, club projections show a record profit and record turnover would have been achieved, which would have represented an increase in revenue for a fifth year in succession. Broadcasting and matchday revenues decreased by £17.6m and £12.2m respectively, primarily as a result of the suspension of the 2019/20 season in March 2020. This resulted in the final four home league games of the season and the conclusion of both The FA Cup and Champions League taking place behind closed doors, the majority in the 2021 financial year. There was a complete loss of ticket and other match day revenue for the affected games, due to rebates or credits being provided to supporters. In addition, rebates have been recognised which are due to domestic and overseas broadcasters, this has been proportioned over the number of matches played in season 19/20, therefore an element has been deferred to the 2021 financial year. Revenue from commercial activities fell by £9.5m, driven by the effects of the closure of non-match day activities in March 2020, as well as decreased pre-season revenue and a decrease in player loan fee income. This was offset by a net increase in sponsorship revenue from new and existing partner renewals. The Club invested £93.7m in the playing squad during the 2020 financial year, including existing player contract renegotiations. Chairman Bruce Buck said: ‘In common with many, many businesses across the globe, the pandemic has had a significant impact on Chelsea’s income but it is a sign of the strength and stability of our financial operation that the company was still able to post a profit in the past financial year. This was done while continuing to invest in our playing staff and indeed had normal football not halted in March, projections show a record profit and record turnover would have been achieved. That would have represented an increase in revenue for a fifth year in succession. 'Despite the impact of COVID, the revenue streams remained strong, our team is developing on the pitch and the Club is in a good position to continue to grow when football is able to operate as it did previously, a time we are all looking forward to.’

Are you NikkiCFC in disguise? No thanks, seriously. Inconsistent and has never really fulfilled his potential.

Thought them being BFFs is common knowledge, no? Go check their Instagram accounts.

Cavani banned for United's games against Villa, Man City (League Cup) and Watford (FA Cup).

Man United and City will play their game in hand soon (one of two in City's case)... cc @Vesper

Kolasinac gone back to Schalke...

You can't call their defence garbage and then turn around to say that. And if you're gonna devalue their clean sheets because they didn't play good teams, then are you gonna do the same for our clean sheets this season?

Man City have kept 5 clean sheets in their last 6 Premier League games and have the best defence in the league. #justsayin

Has it though for Lampard? The Villa game really doesn't count because we played 2 games in 3 days, there's fatigue and the fact that Werner didn't play well at Arsenal. Even then, Werner was still used like a winger and nothing comes from his side in terms of chances (not his forte to create chances like a winger). It's just all about him getting on the end of chances, which is good and all if there are chances. But if opposing team shuts down Ziyech or Ziyech has a stinker (like against Spurs), then what? We can criticize Werner for missing chances because that's on him but otherwise, he's not given the tactical platform to showcase what he can do, showcase what he did at Leipzig. Werner did his best work in Germany as a second striker but Lampard seems insistent on playing him as a winger. Never mind missing chances, his attacking numbers - e.g. shots inside the box - have gone down while his defensive numbers have gone up compared to last season. Even when Lampard played Werner upfront like against Villa, we still tried to spam crosses into the box for him.