Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel claims that Cole Palmer is unhappy at Chelsea right now and may have his head turned. We all know the stories around Palmer being linked with Manchester United lately, noise that just does not seem to want to disappear anywhere right now despite many coming out to try and shut it down.
Job Obi Mikel has claimed that the sacking of Enzo Maresca was a mistake that Chelsea will regret, as the coach is “missing” something. As a podcaster, Jon Obi Mikel is making his money by saying interesting or controversial things, and he’s certainly got a take today.
Jesse Derry recently made his first team debut for Chelsea and now has the stamp of quality from Rio Ferdinand, who rates him as a top young talent. Rio Ferdinand has been speaking on his podcast about who he regards as the top Premier League talents around, and he included a Chelsea youngster in the mix.
We never thought we’d be at this stage – an in depth interview with Omari Kellyman on the Athletic. The fact that we are is a testament to how good his form has been.
It looks like it’s good news for on loan Chelsea player Kendry Paez who seems to have avoided any serious injury. Paez has been playing for his loan club River Plate after a failed loan move with Strasbourg earlier this season.
Axel Disasi has made a huge impact since joining West Ham on loan in January, and his captain has been signing his praises. Chelsea’s January was pretty quiet, with the majority of business just being some loan tweaks here and there.
Fermin Lopez was a player Chelsea were being linked to a lot last summer, and our interest has now been confirmed by a senior Barcelona figure. We heard a lot back in the summer about Chelsea’s interest in a few players, and one who came up a lot was Fermin Lopez.
Chelsea legend John Terry says the modern game lacks classic style number 9 strikers other than Erling Haaland at Manchester City. And to be honest, he’s right, isn’t he?
Kendry Paez was once the youngster Chelsea fans were most excited about, but things are not going well for him, and there’s bad injury news today. There was a lot of expectation around Kendry Paez when Chelsea agreed to sign him way back in June 2023.
John Terry was relieved earlier this season when Chelsea’s 15-goal record remained untouched, though he now believes Reece James and Thiago Silva would have started in that legendary backline.
The race for the Champions League spots is well and truly on, and it’s not looking great for Chelsea after the latest set of games. Everton and Manchester United ended the games for match week 27 last night, with United winning 1-0 away from home through a Benjamin Sesko goal.
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards says Chelsea have been ‘really, really poor’ in one area on the pitch this season. We saw it again on Saturday afternoon, and that is what bought Richards to mention it again in the aftermath of that game.
Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel claims that Chelsea have “gone five steps backwards” under Liam Rosenior. Mikel, who was a big fan of Enzo Maresca and believed the Italian coach was building something at Chelsea, says there is something now missing under new head coach Rosenior after our last two league performances.
Gary Lineker has been predicting the Premier League’s final top five, and he’s left Chelsea out of it after two bad results. We’re into the final stage of the Premier League season now, and the table is really looking tight at the top.
Trevoh Chalobah is a key man for Chelsea now and he did his part on Saturday – but his attackers and his fellow centre back let him down. Trevoh Chalobah has established himself as one of the leaders in Chelsea’s dressing room, and you can always rely on him to come out and speak after a bad result.
Wesley Fofana was in tears after Chelsea were knocked out by Arsenal in the EFL Cup this month, and he’s now revealed why. Chelsea were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Arsenal at the start of this month, and at full time defender Wesley Fofana was in tears.
Patrik Mercado is the latest young talent to be linked to be linked to Chelsea as he continues his rise for Independiente del Valle. Chelsea are being linked with transfer interest Patrik Mercado, the latest brilliant talent to come out of Independiente Del Valle.
Marc Cucurella is going to miss a few games, and Liam Rosenior is trying to work out how best to replace him tactically. CFC Central was on the London is Blue podcast this morning giving his take on the Burnley draw from last night.
Liam Rosenior has improved a lot about this Chelsea team since taking over form Enzo Maresca, but he still struggles in this one way. In large part, the Rosenior era has been an enjoyable departure from what we were getting under Enzo Maresca.
Individual errors and lapses in concentration have been what’s cost Chelsea in recent games claims one journalist. We’re still taking a look at the wreckage of Chelsea’s draw with Burnley this weekend, and so is Dom Smith of the Evening Standard.
Chelsea’s late winner against West Ham has slightly disguised the fact that we almost had 3 draws in a row against 3 relegation threatened teams. The London is Blue podcast had their analyst Sam “CFC Central” on to look back at the draw against Burnley to see what went wrong.
Joao Pedro’s recent form is getting him a lot of attention, including from big names like Gary Lineker who praised him on a podcast. Chelsea have dropped points in their last two games, but one person who hasn’t let them down is their striker Joao Pedro.
Raheem Sterling made his first appearance for Feyenoord on Sunday evening, having joined the Dutch club following his release from Chelsea, and Robin van Persie was quick to share his thoughts on the Englishman.
Joao Pedro has the most Premier League goals of all the strikers bought last summer, and has quietly done really well in his first year. This was the summer of striker purchases in the Premier League.
Liam Rosenior and those around him have acknowledged that early concerns about Cole Palmer and his Chelsea teammates were unfounded. When Rosenior first took over as the Blues’ manager, there was plenty of scepticism.