Chelsea have allegedly put a £60million price tag on striker Nicolas Jackson, who could depart the club this summer. Jackson is obviously at Bayern Munich right now seeing out his season long loan move there, but he could still leave the club on a permanent deal at the end of the season.
Chelsea are looking at a number of coaches, but the most desired of all are going to set their own terms for the job. A number of managers are being mentioned in pretty concrete terms as candidates for the Chelsea job this summer.
The agent of Enzo Fernandez had a chance to completely shut down any exit rumours this summer, but he didn’t really take it. Javier Pastore, who is a former
Como’s sporting director, Ludi, has spoken out on Cesc Fabregas’ future at the club, and the door has been left open to a departure. Obviously Ludi wants Fabregas to stay at the club, because he has done superbly since he arrived there.
Enzo Fernandez’s future is going to be the subject of speculation for the weeks and months ahead as we reach the summer. We’ve reached the final run of games of the season, and Chelsea still have a lot to play for.
Mike Penders is a BlueCo success story, and will likely step up and compete for the Chelsea first team next year. Part of what’s been so frustrating about Chelsea’s “buy low, sell high” strategy since BlueCo took over has been simply how badly chosen the youngsters brought in have been.
Eidur Gudjohnsen had a spell in midfield for Chelsea which many people have forgotten about, where Claude Makelele helped him out. Chelsea’s official website has some really interesting exclusives at the moment, and we enjoyed this one today about Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Jorrel Hato was the only player to emerge from April with any credit, and he’s a worthy player of the month. April was not a fun month for Chelsea fans.
Liam Delap’s transfer and contract situation leaves Chelsea one trick to try and sell him without a disaster loss. While most sources are saying that Chelsea are going to stick with Liam Delap this summer, there are also rumours about teams who might be interested in signing him.
Gary O’Neil is quietly going about his business at Strasbourg in really impressive fashion, with tonight a huge test. Part of what was so frustrating about the way that Chelsea took Liam Rosenior from their sister club – and then sacked him a few months later – was that the talented young coach was lost from the BlueCo system forever.
Chelsea are being linked with a teenage talent who was making waves as a 15 year old in senior football. Plenty of Chelsea fans are frustrated by their club’s constant targeting of young talent instead of established quality.
Joao Pedro has been a good signing for Chelsea – but he does lack a clear connection with Cole Palmer, so far at least. The Athletic have put out a really interesting article on Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro.
Matt Law says that Chelsea’s hierarchy are happier with their sporting directors than most fans are, and gives an example of why. Matt Law was on the London is Blue podcast this week, where he talked about where Chelsea’s thinking was at on their sporting directors.
Enzo Fernandez wants a new contract at Chelsea similar to those given to Reece James, Moises Caicedo and Cole Palmer according to reports. There have been doubts surrounding Fernandez’s future ever since Chelsea were eliminated from the Champions League by PSG.
Chelsea have been looking at options for Liam Delap as they are unhappy with his progress, with Strasbourg one of those according to our writer Simon Phillips.
There could well be a bit of a manager merry-go-round this summer as some movements are expected in the Premier League. All the talk is around Chelsea right now and who is going to be their next head coach after they sacked Liam Rosenior just over a week ago now.
Former Barcelona scout Bojan Krkic senior has told the La Liga side to sign Joao Pedro over Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez. Chelsea signed Pedro last summer from Brighton in a deal worth up to £60m, and the Brazilian has had a successful first season to date.
A manager that Chelsea have been linked with has been warned off taking the role by former manager Sam Allardyce. Chelsea have been linked with many different names already in the last week.
There’s a suggestion that long term there’s a plan for Cesc Fabregas to manage Arsenal one day according to Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol. Chelsea are once again looking for a new head coach after they sacked Liam Rosenior last week, less than four months after appointing him.
Former England international Paul Scholes has claimed that nobody in and around football thought Liam Rosenior was the right hire for Chelsea. And I actually think he’s right.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has put out an update on the future of Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson this week. Jackson is currently on loan at Bayern Munich, but he will be returning to Chelsea at the end of that spell when the season ends.
Romeo Lavia spoke about the Chelsea’ title chances and what he and his teammates thought about Calum McFarlane. Despite the chaos at Chelsea this season, the Blues are just one game away from winning a trophy.
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has lodged an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) amid reports he has been handed a four-year ban for a breach of anti-doping rules.
Liam Rosenior will get a lot of money from Chelsea after they sacked him, but it won’t be close to the full value of his deal. Things move quickly at Chelsea, and Liam Rosenior is already deep in the rear view mirror despite only being sacked a week ago.