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Antonio Conte has admitted his surprise at Michael Emenalo’s decision to resign as the club’s technical director. Emenalo joined Chelsea in 2007 as their chief scout, and became an assistant first team coach when Ray Wilkins left the club in November 2010. Eight months later, Emenalo was appointed as the club’s technical director, with responsibilities […]
Chelsea winger Willian has conceded that the strength of Manchester City so far this season presents a big obstacle in Chelsea’s bid to defend their Premier League crown. Discussing City’s remarkable Premier League form, he said (via the Evening Standard): It’s difficult Manchester City are playing very well but I think we can fight for […]
Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek was awarded the Vauxhall Man of the Match award on his England debut against world champions Germany on Friday night. The central midfielder, who is on loan to Crystal Palace from the Blues, was handed his first England appearance from the start against Germany — and repaid Gareth Southgate’s faith in […]
Former Chelsea player, coach and caretaker manager Ray Wilkins has made a bold claim concerning the potential of on-loan Blues midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Wilkins, now a pundit, has claimed that Loftus-Cheek can be as good as Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli, after the Chelsea midfielder was called up to Gareth Southgate’s England squad for friendlies […]
Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has revealed that he is open to returning to former club Real Madrid, from whom he joined the Blues in the last transfer window. Fear not though, the Spanish striker is making no immediate plans to return to his boyhood club just yet — he wants to win masses of silverware […]
Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater turned down the opportunity to play for England during the current international break, according to Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate. The England manager is dealing with somewhat of an injury crisis ahead of friendlies against Germany and Brazil this week, with seven senior players having pulled out of his squad to […]
Bayern Munich midfielder and long-term Chelsea transfer target Arturo Vidal could be shown the exit door at the Allianz Arena — if the German club win the race for the signing of Schalke 04 midfielder Leon Goretzka, who is thought to be a target for both Liverpool and Arsenal. This comes according to Kicker (via […]
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that in five years’ time, nobody will remember him as having been Chelsea manager before taking the reigns at Old Trafford. The Portuguese manager was speaking ahead of the Blues’ Premier League match against the Red Devils, about returning to face his old side — but he played […]
Ex-Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater has spoken of his delight at finally making his Chelsea debut on Wednesday night, having been made to wait for his first run-out in a Blues shirt after suffering a calf injury. The Englishman won the Premier League title with Leicester City two seasons ago but joined now-champions Chelsea in […]
Chelsea captain Gary Cahill has called on his teammates to push on and build some momentum in their next few fixtures, after ending a short-lived poor spell with victory over Watford at the weekend. Going into the game against Watford, Chelsea were without a win in three games, having lost 1-0 to Manchester City and […]
Ex-Chelsea, Celtic and Aston Villa striker Tony Cascarino has offered an interesting insight into the role of Michy Batshuayi at Chelsea, and found some special praise for the Belgian striker. Writing in his column in the Times, Cascarino said: I’ve heard an awful lot about what Michy Batshuayi cannot do But the one thing he […]
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has discussed some team news ahead of the Blues’ Carabao Cup clash against Everton this week. Conte confirmed that N’Golo Kante (hamstring), Victor Moses (hamstring) and Danny Drinkwater (calf) are all still out of contention ahead of the cup game: I think for the game against Everton, it is impossible to […]
