Mário César 1,327 Posted Tuesday at 13:31 Share Posted Tuesday at 13:31 27 minutes ago, lluubbeenn said: From what I understand(online medical expertise) Essugo is out for the season… wtf for the rest of the season??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,276 Posted Tuesday at 15:39 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:39 2 hours ago, lluubbeenn said: From what I understand(online medical expertise) Essugo is out for the season… link please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,276 Posted Tuesday at 15:50 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:50 Chelsea striker Liam Delap expected to return to training in November, no surgery required after hamstring injury https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6587974/2025/09/09/liam-delap-injury-update-Chelsea/ By David Ornstein and Simon Johnson Sept. 9, 2025 Chelsea striker Liam Delap is expected to begin training again in November, with his anticipated return to play coming shortly after ahead of the busy festive fixture schedule. No surgery is required on the hamstring injury Delap sustained against Fulham and his lay-off is estimated at approximately 10 weeks from the time of the injury. Delap pulled up during the first half of Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Fulham on August 30 and was replaced by Tyrique George. After the game, head coach Enzo Maresca said he feared Delap would be out for up to eight weeks. The England Under-21 international’s injury caused Chelsea to recall Marc Guiu from his proposed season-long loan at Sunderland. That came after the club had informed Bayern Munich they would not be sanctioning the proposed loan of Nicolas Jackson to the German club, before a deal was ultimately struck on deadline day which includes a conditional obligation for the Bundesliga champions to make the move permanent. Delap is set to miss the beginning of Chelsea’s Champions League league phase campaign, which includes a trip to Bayern Munich on September 17, while Maresca’s side also play Premier League champions Liverpool on October 4 and travel to Tottenham Hotspur on November 1. Delap joined Chelsea for £30million from Ipswich Town at the start of summer. He featured in six games for his new side at the Club World Cup, scoring once, and had started two of Chelsea’s opening three Premier League games. As well as Delap, Chelsea also recruited Joao Pedro from Brighton & Hove Albion ahead of the Club World Cup. The Brazilian has so far featured as a No 10, a No 9 and on the left under Maresca. Chelsea return to action following the international break against Brentford on Saturday. ‘A blow for the player and Chelsea’ Analysis by Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson Losing Delap for such a long period of time is a blow for the player and Chelsea. Delap may have been outshone by fellow new forward recruit Joao Pedro so far as the 5-1 goal ratio indicates. But the striker, bought from Ipswich Town for £30million in June, was providing the team with some much needed physicality and showing his importance. The schedule is now becoming much more intense with the start of the Champions League next week and head coach Enzo Maresca would have hoped to share the workload between both of his options. Chelsea have recalled Marc Guiu from his loan at Sunderland to fill the void after deciding not to stand in the way of Nicolas Jackson’s departure to Bayern Munich before the deadline. As The Athletic explained last week, Guiu is a player who is highly regarded by Maresca and club personnel. It is a great opportunity for him of course, but he does not have as many games at the highest level as Delap has managed. With Chelsea facing Tottenham Hotspur on November 1, that means Delap is surely going to miss a minimum of 11 fixtures and even after he is fit to feature again, will surely need a few weeks to get back to being 100 per cent. Delap has ambitions of making the England squad for the 2026 World Cup, but there is now a very strong possibility that he will not get a chance to impress head coach Thomas Tuchel until the March international break next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,983 Posted Tuesday at 15:51 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:51 Yea, Essugo has successfully finished surgery on a thigh injury. Hopefully he comes back good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,276 Posted Tuesday at 15:52 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:52 Chelsea Football Club has released the following update regarding Dario Essugo… https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/injury-update-dario-essugo Midfielder Dario Essugo has undergone successful surgery today on his thigh. The 20-year-old sustained the injury whilst on international duty for Portugal's Under-21s. Medical assessments confirmed surgery would be the required course of action and Dario will now begin his recovery at Cobham, supported by the club's medical department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,708 Posted Tuesday at 17:52 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:52 2 hours ago, DDA said: Yea, Essugo has successfully finished surgery on a thigh injury. Hopefully he comes back good. Whole season with thigh injury?? That's weird. But copy pastes Lavias first season then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,557 Posted Tuesday at 21:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:09 Moises can't get a break.1st his (mostly) deputy is as fragile as my arse after a phaal.then his promising deputy-deputy out for season before even covering for him this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 619 Posted yesterday at 09:01 Share Posted yesterday at 09:01 Borussia Dortmund bosses are already looking into how they could sign Anselmino on a permanent basis. (Sport Bild) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,708 Posted yesterday at 09:23 Share Posted yesterday at 09:23 21 minutes ago, mkh said: Borussia Dortmund bosses are already looking into how they could sign Anselmino on a permanent basis. (Sport Bild) I would not be surprised if we sold him. Maresca had him in his team for 9 months but never send on pitch, which probably means he is not the kind of player he wants. If we can make a nice profit, let it be. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,276 Posted yesterday at 09:31 Share Posted yesterday at 09:31 Pat Nevin backs Chelsea's transfer strategy and says it's better than Liverpool's Nevin hasn't always been behind the new owners https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/pat-nevin-backs-chelseas-transfer Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin has not always been supportive of the new ownership group and he has often been quite critical. But in recent months, his tone is changing. Nevin has come out with a huge opinion this week on Chelsea’s transfer strategy and has made some big calls on our business being better than Liverpool’s this summer. Nevin believes his former club enjoyed a more successful transfer window than Liverpool, despite the Reds' record-breaking summer spree. Liverpool dominated headlines by smashing the British transfer record twice in succession. Liverpool ultimately spent £446million this summer. Whilst Chelsea invested £284m in new players but ended up in the positive net spend due to some incredible player sales. Nevin argues that Chelsea's more measured recruitment strategy - targeting young talent with strong resale value - is the smarter long-term play, and one that could yield greater rewards than Liverpool's high-risk, high-reward spending. "Isak is someone I can see Chelsea potentially going for, but if you're spending £125m, you're not making a profit if you sell in four years," Nevin said. "Isak would do the job for you, but Chelsea don't look at it that way. "This is Chelsea's method. They won't buy players without a potential resale value. It's happened with plenty of clubs in the past where they've spent big on a player, and when it doesn't work out, there's no resale. Chelsea don't like that. That's not the model." Nevin, who spent five years as a player at Stamford Bridge, went on to suggest that Liverpool might have overpaid for their marquee summer signings - particularly when compared to the players Chelsea secured in the same positions. "The club have brought Joao Pedro in for half the price of Isak. Is Isak really twice the player that Joao Pedro is? I don't think so," the former Scotland international said. "He's a fabulous player, he's probably better than Joao Pedro at the moment, but if you're looking at smart money, then Chelsea have got the better deal. "Chelsea would have made back that Joao Pedro money from the sales they've made this summer and from the Club World Cup as well. The model looks alright to me. Don't get me wrong, Chelsea have spent a lot of money, but they've recouped that money as well. "Chelsea are right amongst the top when it comes to spending over the past few years, but they would say they've been sensible. They're back in the Champions League, they've won the Club World Cup, so actually, you can see the model is working. "Some of the players they've brought in are great value," Nevin, who also played for Everton, added. "Estevao might be the best value of the lot. He's only a kid, but he looks like a brilliant footballer. If he's this good now, you can only imagine how good he'll be if he keeps on improving. "So, the way Chelsea look at it is, do we go for this talented 18-year-old or go out and sign Florian Wirtz for £100m+? You'll only know in three or four years who was right, but I think it's a close call from what I've seen." We all have our opinion on a lot of what Nevin has said above. He’s made some big claims here. I completely get where he’s coming from and what he’s trying to say here, but I don’t agree with it all personally. I think Chelsea have done some smart business for sure, but my gripe has always been that it’s lacked balance and it still does really. But I also see the vision now and see it coming together. I don’t think you can say it’s been proven to work yet though, I think we have to see where we are at the end of the season first and see how we end it and what we achieve to truly judge the strategy. We will also need to see where Liverpool are to be able to compare the windows. But Chelsea’s selling has been incredible this summer and they are very much able to spin a profit on players who don’t make it here. But that comes with criticism and a down side as well - the human aspect of it all. I think we have a strong squad but still ignored two critical areas for me. I like the fact we have moved on to signing more proven players like Joao Pedro, which is what I’ve been asking for. But there are still some big question marks and I’m not getting carried away with anything just yet. I do rate what Nevin has said here though and in general I like his views, but he’s much braver than me to put all that on paper at this stage of the season! Let’s see how things go! mkh and Fernando 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,276 Posted yesterday at 09:34 Share Posted yesterday at 09:34 32 minutes ago, mkh said: Borussia Dortmund bosses are already looking into how they could sign Anselmino on a permanent basis. (Sport Bild) swap for Reddish-Blue, kexik and whats happening 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 619 Posted yesterday at 10:12 Share Posted yesterday at 10:12 @Matt_Law_DT: What Hoeneß said that's definitely wrong is that Jackson & his agents paid 3 million to make it happen. I'm told that Jackson & his agents gave up ~1.5 million. There is a condition around 40 apps - the doubt is if it's 40 starts or 40 apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 619 Posted yesterday at 20:22 Share Posted yesterday at 20:22 Chelsea almost hijacked Ben Seghir’s move to Leverkusen. The player thought about responding favourably to Chelsea’s approach but then decided against it. (@Santi_J_FM @sebnonda) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Guiu need to prove himself he is not conference league level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 619 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago BREAKING FA Statement: The Football Association has today charged Chelsea FC with breaches of Regulations J1 and C2 of The FA Football Agents Regulations, Regulations A2 and A3 of The FA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries, and Regulations A1 and B3 of The FA Third Party Investment in Players Regulations. In total, 74 charges have been brought against Chelsea FC. The conduct that is the subject of the charges ranges from 2009 to 2022 and primarily relates to events which occurred between the 2010/11 to 2015/16 playing seasons. Chelsea FC has until 19 September 2025 to respond. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,989 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago How can you even explain why the club is being charged for shit that happened a decade ago+ other than someone at the FA has an axe to grind against Chelsea? What a joke. If they punish the current team/ownership for stuff that may have happened 10 years before any of them were even at the club then the club should aggressively fight the FA in court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 619 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 6 minutes ago, Pizy said: How can you even explain why the club is being charged for shit that happened a decade ago+ other than someone at the FA has an axe to grind against Chelsea? What a joke. If they punish the current team/ownership for stuff that may have happened 10 years before any of them were even at the club then the club should aggressively fight the FA in court. Especially when you consider what City is accused of and nothing has happened to them to date. Chelsea is simply hated everywhere, that's a fact! Now the English and German media have plenty to write and discuss again. Martyn Ziegler is already on a roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,327 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago lets go to championship or league one eheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,330 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 23 minutes ago, Pizy said: How can you even explain why the club is being charged for shit that happened a decade ago+ other than someone at the FA has an axe to grind against Chelsea? What a joke. If they punish the current team/ownership for stuff that may have happened 10 years before any of them were even at the club then the club should aggressively fight the FA in court. It's not a surprise. The new owners self reported when they bought the club. Hopefully that also goes in our favour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,514 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 22 minutes ago, mkh said: Especially when you consider what City is accused of and nothing has happened to them to date. Chelsea is simply hated everywhere, that's a fact! Now the English and German media have plenty to write and discuss again. Martyn Ziegler is already on a roll. They only started hating Chelsea when Roman brought Jose to the club and we started winning again and again 😆 Those Champions league trophies must have really pissed off other top clubs as we did it against the odds!! mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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