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Mendy Set to Join Chelsea

Published October 9, 2020 by index

Senegalese international currently playing his club football in France for Rennes is set to join Frank Lampard’s Chelsea. He is the latest name added in a season of mad transfers by Roman Abramanovich’s club. The Russian billionaire has agreed to sign the new goalkeeper for an estimated 18 million Pounds. The transfer fee was upgraded after Rennes reportedly refused 4 million Pounds less during earlier negotiations.

Wendy will be joining Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, and Hakim Zeyich among 6 others to make Stamford Bridge their home till next season. He caps the most significant signing for Lampard since it is rumored that the Chelsea manager had run out of patience with his first choice goalie Kepa Arrizabalaga’s inconsistent form under the bar.

Chelsea Prepares a Six-Man List for Transfer

Published May 13, 2020 by index

Chelsea has reported that they are positive about taking the signature of Gabriel Magalhaes, the star player from Lille along with another crucial signing with the club in line. Gabriel has been able to impress the Ligue 1 outfit for this season by appearing in 34 games across all major competitions. He also has the capability to offer a key balance at the back keeping in mind he is left-footed. Some of the granting goals have been a major problem for Chelsea particularly in this season and they could be on the course soon to bring all the things back.

It is also being reported that the club is optimistic about getting a deal done for the Brazil international as they are inclined to pay off £30m approximately for signing him to beat Everton and Arsenal under his signature. The name of Matt Targett, the ace player from Aston Villa, has been shortlisted and added to the list for searching a new left-back player along with Alex Telles, Achraf Hakimi, Ben Chilwell, Marc Cucurella, and Blas Riveros, who also has been mentioned specifically as probable targets.

CHELSEA AND LIVERPOOL TO FIGHT FOR TIMO WERNER

Published February 12, 2020 by index

Timo Werner is having the best of his life with German Bundelisga side RB Leipzig but that hasn’t stopped him from being open to moving to a bigger team even if his current team seat atop the league table.

Chelsea and Liverpool have been
purported to be long term admirers but the Blues are working on their sales
pitch to the German since he is said to favor Liverpool due to the Jurgen Klopp
effect.

Jorginho and Willian have Improved, Says Nevin

Published November 18, 2019 by index

Pat Nevin is the former winger of Chelsea. He has picked out Willian and Jorginho as the two players who have had a massive improvement under the guidance of Frank Lampard. He has also praised the rates in which Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham have worked for these players. Under the guidance of their newly appointed manager, the Blues have been able to find some good form which helped them to win three out of their last four games in the League. They only had one narrow defeat to Liverpool during that time.

Chelsea had a disastrous start at this
season’s Champions League. They also lost to Manchester United with 4-0. Since
then, they have recovered a lot and in a quite impressive manner. They are
currently sitting in the fifth position in the League table. Pat Nevin who has
been considered as one of the finest players of Chelsea puts this point in the
forefront and showcased the benefits of having a strong unity among not only
the players but also among the management and supporters. The work-rate of the
players has highly improved under Lampard.

CHELSEA NEW FORMATION REVEALED

Published September 19, 2019 by index

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard had his first taste of the dugout when he led the club to a pre-season friendly against Irish side Bohemians on Last Wednesday. The game which…

CHELSEA MISS CHANCE

Published May 30, 2019 by index

Chelsea yesterday could have jumped two places higher in the Premiership standings as their three close competitors in the tournament, United, Arsenal and the Spurs, ended on the losing side in their encounters past weekend. If Chelsea had secured three points playing Burnley, they would have been able to displace Arsenal and the Spurs from their respective positions and would have positioned themselves at no. 3. But they were unexpectedly stopped on a draw by the visiting Clarets and they could have just one more point added to their tally.

Although even with that one point, Chelsea managed to go past Arsenal with whom they were leveled with in terms of the no. of points and were trailing on the goal difference only, but they remained behind Tottenham.

CHELSEA LOOKS OUT FOR ITS COACH MAURIZIO POST CARABAO CUP FINAL CONFLICT WITH KEPA

Published March 13, 2019 by index

Chelsea manager and coach Maurizio Sarri has come forward and talked about the conflict between the club and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga following the its defeat to football club Manchester City in the finals of the Carabao Cup.

The controversy puts the club in a tough position specially when we all witnessed how the club was having a fine start in the Premiere League. The conflict arose when Kepa did not let himself be substituted in the extra time. This angered the coach and he instantly shouted at the staff following which he even tore his clothes and marched away towards the tunnel in front of the cameras. Although, Maurizio did come back to the touchline in a while.
Later, defender Antonio Rudiger held back Sarri when he attempted to confront the goalkeeper just before the penalty shootout post which Manchester won the game with a score of 4-3.

Tuchel reckons Klopp wants to divert attention

Published January 22, 2019 by index

Thomas Tuchel reckons that some of the controversial statements that Jurgen Klopp made in the aftermath of his team’s defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, he probably made them purposefully so that people’s attention could divert and couldn’t remain on the result of the match which was a poor one from Liverpool’s perspective.

Tuchel admitted that even he as a coach does that at times, when he has a poor result in an important match and he doesn’t want to go into the details of the matche. So he goes in the press conferences and rather says indifferent things so that the focus can shift elsewhere.

Mauricio Sarri is certain that Manchester United is the best in the EPL

Published November 12, 2018 by index

When it comes to every team of the English Premier League, according to Mauricio Sarri, it’s Manchester United the side that has the best squad at least player by player from each position.

“I think they are a very strong team. Maybe player-by-player, they are the best team in the league. At the moment City is more of a team, but player-by-player they are very, very strong. We are talking only about eight matches, they are doing well in the Champions League so they can improve in the Premier League, we are talking about two months.”

Victor Moses announces his retirement from international football

Published September 25, 2018 by index

Chelsea defender Victor Moses has confirmed his retirement from international football at the age of 27. The attacker has been a regular feature for Nigeria over the past seven years but he has now decided to step down from national team duty to concentrate on his club career and his young family.

“I would like to announce that after much thought I have made the decision to retire from playing international football. I have experienced some of the best moments of my life wearing the Super Eagles shirt and have memories with me that will last a lifetime. Nothing will ever compete to what it felt like to represent Nigeria on behalf of our country. However, I feel that now is the right time to step away in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my young family as well as to allow the next generation of Super Eagles stars the opportunity to step up and to flourish,” he wrote on his official Instagram account.