Academy
Chelsea Secure Hearts Teenager Alfie Osborne For Development Pathway
Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Hearts teenager Alfie Osborne, adding another Scotland youth international to the club’s Cobham pipeline.
James Chettle
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Academy
Chelsea Secure Academy Star Mahdi Nicoll Jazuli On Scholarship
Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli’s scholarship terms give Chelsea a useful Cobham retention win after losing Rio Ngumoha to Liverpool.
Analysis
Alyssa Thompson Shines During Debut Chelsea Women Season
Alyssa Thompson’s nine-goal first Chelsea season gives Sonia Bompastor more than a winger. It gives the Stamford Bridge project a sharper growth test.
Analysis
Chelsea Rejoin Race For Barcelona Defender Jules Kounde
Chelsea have been alerted to Jules Kounde’s market situation, but the £43m Barcelona defender would force a sharper Xabi Alonso squad-building call.
Academy
Ishe Samuels Smith Joins Xabi Alonso Chelsea Pre Season Group
Ishe Samuels-Smith’s limited Cobham summer gives Xabi Alonso a useful but awkward Chelsea academy-pathway test.
Analysis
Chelsea Face Crucial Fifty Million Pound Decision Over Andrey Santos
Manchester United’s Andrey Santos interest gives Chelsea and Xabi Alonso a brutal £50m midfield valuation test.
Analysis
Florent Malouda Urges Striker Liam Delap To Leave Chelsea
Florent Malouda’s blunt Liam Delap verdict sharpens Xabi Alonso’s first Chelsea striker decision as the forward group crowds fast.
News
Everton Agree Deal To Sign Chelsea Winger Tyrique George
Tyrique George’s reported Everton agreement gives Chelsea another pure-profit academy decision under Xabi Alonso’s summer reset.
News
Granit Xhaka Rejects Chelsea Move To Remain At Sunderland
Granit Xhaka’s reported Sunderland stay leaves Chelsea and Xabi Alonso needing a sharper midfield transfer pivot.
Analysis
Xabi Alonso Gains Early Nicolas Jackson Choice At Chelsea
Nicolas Jackson’s early World Cup return gives Xabi Alonso a cleaner pre-season window to judge Chelsea’s striker hierarchy.
News
Cole Palmer Breaks Silence On Shock England World Cup Snub
Cole Palmer’s fresh World Cup omission interview sharpens the Chelsea question Xabi Alonso must answer before pre-season: how to rebuild freedom around his best attacker.
News
Crystal Palace Transfer Plans Offer Chelsea Clear Maxence Lacroix Signal
Crystal Palace sounding out Charlie Cresswell gives Chelsea another live marker in the Maxence Lacroix chase.
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