Chelsea’s participation at the Club World Cup brought a trophy and some memorable moments – but what were the costs? Head of the PFA Maheta Molango thinks he knows.
Marc Guiu has not played much for Chelsea this season and there are rumours that he’s asked for a transfer – an insider has shot them down. With Joao Pedro finally in form and Liam Delap fit to play as his backup, Chelsea’s third choice striker was always going to struggle for minutes.
This is a syndicated version of this story, originally featured on the BBC Sport website. Liam Rosenior’s substitutions in Saturday’s draw with Burnley have been questioned by some Chelsea fans.
Liam Rosenior’s appointment at Chelsea raised a few eyebrows, both within and without the club. But he’s made a good start, and one pundit is positive.
Nicolas Jackson is unhappy at Bayern Munich, where the move he pushed so hard for has turned predictably sour after less than a season. Chelsea’s season is about to reach its critical moment, but some are already looking to the summer ahead.
Alejandro Garnacho was not expensive by the standards of Premier League attackers, but nobody should expect it to be easy to sell him this summer. Bobby Vincent’s piece for Football.London yesterday speculated that the winger could be for sale this summer if he doesn’t improve his performances.
Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane believes Chelsea will ‘do something silly’ against Arsenal at the weekend. The pundit was speaking on the game coming up this Sunday and diverting his attentions to Chelsea’s awful disciplinary record this season.
A former head scout claims that Chelsea will be open to selling striker Liam Delap in the summer transfer window. This would mean that they would sell the former Ipswich man just one year after signing him, which would be pretty wild.
Former Arsenal star Ian Wright is feeling super confident ahead of the Gunners taking on Chelsea on Sunday afternoon. I’d actually go as far as saying that he is a little over confident too.
Chelsea’s historic losses from last season are the biggest in English football history, although there is some context around them. The Athletic have just published a piece containing some pretty scary for Chelsea fans regarding the club’s finances.
The audio from VAR reviewing Leeds’ equaliser against Chelsea in their recent Premier League clash has now been made public, adding another layer to an already controversial moment.
Malo Gusto gave some fun answers to Chelsea about his squad-mates in a feature this week. The Chelsea website does some really good features and interviews with players at the moment, an important way of getting to know them, especially with so much turnover in the squad these days.
Mamadou Sarr returned from his loan at Strasbourg in January, and could finally get a chance to start in the league this weekend. Chelsea’s only January arrival could get his second start for the club and his first in the Premier League this weekend, Kieran Gill of the Daily Mail has speculated.
Liam Rosenior was apparently furious after Chelsea dropped points against Burnley and Leeds, despite his claims he stayed calm. This week’s Chelsea Confidential for the Daily Mail has some really interesting claims, not least on Liam Rosenior’s post match fury after Chelsea dropped points.
Nobody at Chelsea wants to take accountability for the club’s lack of discipline this season according to journalist Matt Law. Chelsea have received nine red cards in all competitions this season, if you include Enzo Maresca being give his marching orders.
A finance expert claims that Chelsea now need to make player sales after breaching UEFA’s rules already. Adam Williams has been speaking on the situation involving profit and sustainability rules in football, as well as UEFA’s own version of them.
Former Chelsea player Pat Nevin has urged the Blues to sign Brentford striker Igor Thiago amid Liam Delap’s struggles this season. Chelsea fought off interest from Manchester United to land Delap for £30m last summer after Ipswich got relegated.
PSG head coach Luiz Enrique has admitted that if they get drawn against Chelsea in the Champions League, they’ll have things to work on. He is probably referring to when the last time these two teams faced, with Chelsea coming out on top to become Club World Cup champions in the summer of 2025.
Troy Deeney has suggested Liam Rosenior shows Liam Delap clips of Burnley’s Zian Flemming to help get him back to his best. Chelsea fought off interest from multiple clubs last summer to sign Delap for £30m after Ipswich got relegated, but things haven’t gone to plan.
Chelsea will learn who they will face in the next round of the Champions League this coming Friday, with two options left. This week we have seen some of the play off games take place, with clubs looking to get through into the round of 16, joining the likes of Chelsea and many others already there.
The Telegraph journalist Matt Law has this week made a concerning statement on Chelsea’s front of shirt sponsorship issues. Last week, we finally saw Chelsea play a game with a sponsors on the front of their shirt.
Matt Law was on the London is Blue podcast this week, where he spoke about an issue that’s driving him crazy at Chelsea at the moment. Wesley Fofana’s red card was a huge factor in the Blues dropping points on Saturday, and it puts the team up to an insane EIGHT reds in all competitions this season.
Micah Richards has criticised Chelsea's defending against crosses this season, and he might have had a fairly good point. The Blues dropped two points in the home game against Burnley last Saturday, after conceding a late equaliser from a corner kick.