The first international break of the 2025/26 season has come to an end, and several Chelsea players played important roles for their countries. From strong performances in Europe to big moments in South America, it was a busy two weeks for the Blues abroad.
A promising season has arrived for Sunderland, accompanied by great signings. The most remarkable thing is that a newly promoted club to the Premier League made a very high investment to survive in the best league in the world.
Marc Cucurella has admitted Lamine Yamal is the hardest winger to stop with Chelsea due to face Barcelona in the Champions League. The Blues are back in Europe’s premier club competition for the first time in two years after securing a fourth placed finish last season.
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Chelsea are two official games and two friendlies into the new season and by now we’ve seen a bit of most of the summer signings. Speaking to the club’s official website, Marc Cucurella was full of praise for Jorrel Hato, who has arrived from Ajax to be the Spaniard’s backup for the season.
Chelsea left back Marc Cucurella has confirmed he’s signed a contract extension with the Stamford Bridge outfit. Cucurella started for the Blues in their 5-1 win against West Ham, and put in another good performance as Chelsea put the Hammers to the sword.
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Marc Cucurella has signed his contract extension at Chelsea with the agreement completed between both parties according to Fabrizio Romano. Cucurella arrived at Chelsea in the summer of 2022 from Brighton in a deal worth £63m, but really struggled in his first season at the club.
Marc Cucurella is having the year of his life right now. After turning around his career with Chelsea last season, he went to the Euros with Spain and became a legit star for that team as they won the tournament.
Chelsea will offer Marc Cucurella a new contract, with talks expected to advance soon according to Fabrizio Romano. Cucurella has been at Chelsea for three years following his £63m move from Brighton in the summer of 2022, but his time at Stamford Bridge hasn’t been plain sailing.
It’s the 3rd day in August – time to check out how our number 3 is getting on this month. We hope that Marc Cucurella is spending the entire month sat squarely on the beach.
Chelsea will pay Ajax €43m for Jorrel Hato, with a sell on clause included in the deal according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. The Blues reached an agreement with Ajax on Wednesday evening for Hato, and the 19-year-old becomes the club’s fourth summer signing.
The next Chelsea deal coming down the transfer pipeline is the signing of Jorrel Hato. According to well connected reporter Ben Jacobs, we can expect that deal to be done sometime in the next 48 hours.
Chelsea are buying and selling at quite some clip at the moment, but there are also players who need to be given new contracts. The update this week from Fabrizio Romano was on one of them – Marc Cucurella.
Chelsea are closing in on signing a top young left back to support Marc Cucurella. Jorrel Hato is close to completing a move – this morning TeamTalk reported that personal terms had been agreed, and that all that remained was to bridge the €10m gap in valuations between what Ajax want and what Chelsea want to pay.
It’s been a very impressive summer from Chelsea so far, with the Blues upgrading in a number of positions and making some big sales already. Their work isn’t over however, and one of the biggest remaining holes in the team is at left back, where a backup to Marc Cucurella is needed.
There has been an article come out today that is basically already speaking like Chelsea have made a new signing. But at this moment, nothing is done or dusted for Chelsea to sign Jorrel Hato from Ajax but at this point, it is widely expected TO get done.
Chelsea currently haven’t offered more than €41m for Jorrel Hato, with Ajax wanting more according to reports in The Netherlands. The Blues are currently locked in negotiations for Hato, and the 19-year-old has already reached an agreement on personal terms, and told Ajax he wants the move.
Chelsea are planning to offer Marc Cucurella a new contract, with the left back viewed as a key part of the long term project according to Fabrizio Romano.
With Joao Felix out the door for Saudi Arabia, there was briefly some panic around the future of Marc Cucurella after it was reported from Spanish sources that Cristiano Ronaldo wanted the Spaniard at Al-Nassr.
Marc Cucurella has delivered his verdict on Noni Madueke's decision to leave Chelsea for Arsenal this summer. Madueke signed a five-year contract with Arsenal in a deal worth up to £52m, which brought an end to his three-and-a-half year stay at Stamford Bridge.
Troy Deeney has hailed the performances of Marc Cucurella, who has been so good that he may force Chelsea to sell Ben Chilwell. Cucurella joined the Blues from Brighton in 2022 but endured a mixed first season at Stamford Bridge.
One notable aspect of Spain’s Euro 2024 semi-final against France on Tuesday night was the regular booing of Marc Cucurella. The Chelsea defender was targeted throughout the 90 minutes by local supporters, seemingly because of the handball incident that took place during La Roja’s dramatic quarter-final victory against hosts Germany.