Transfer news around Chelsea this week has been focused on one thing and one thing only – Estevao Willian. The Palmeiras winger is considered among the top players of his age in the world, and according to rumours swirling around from top sources like Fabrizio Romano, the Blues are preparing to drop a serious amount of money (€60m or so) on him. That would seriously limit our ability to strengthen the first team this summer, given our financial restrictions. For that reason, plenty of fans are against the move despite Willian’s obvious quality. And if it is going to stop us upgrading the first ..read more

Mauricio Pochettino has just spoken in his press conference ahead of the game against Nottingham Forest tomorrow, and his words about his future were the most concerning yet. In a slightly confusing speech he seemed to turn the heat around on the club’s owners and sporting directors, pointing out that it wasn’t a unilateral relationship. They can fire him, but he and his staff can also walk away. As usual it came out in a bit of a confused stream of consciousness, but it’s worth reading through it deliberately and trying to get to the message inside: “If we are happy, perfect [we will stay]. B ..read more

Mauricio Pochettino has just taken his press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Nottingham Forest, and there was good injury news all round. The numbers of players out has decreased, and he was even able to speak with confidence about the return of one of his key players, captain Reece James. The right back has been in training for weeks now after returning from surgery on his hamstring in January, and Pochettino claimed we could see him as an option off the bench this week and in the following two games to end the season: “The most important thing is for him to be there with us,” Poc ..read more

A couple of months ago, when things were going really badly for Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino caught a lot of flak in a press conference for commenting that his team were performing very well in terms of stats, and were actually top four in some metrics: “We know really well what we are doing… I don’t take it personally when the fans say that [criticise]… If you look at all the data, in the table we should be in fourth position,” Pochettino said. “We know really well what we are doing. That’s why I laugh. I don’t take it personally when the fans say that [criticise]… If you look at all the data ..read more

Matt Law’s piece on Mauricio Pochettino today contained a very loaded expression towards the end. The Daily Telegraph’s Chelsea correspondent noted in a piece about the manager’s uncertain future that “the Conference League would not satisfy Chelsea’s ambition.” As it stands, with 3 games to go, the Conference League looks our most likely European destination next season. Just a few weeks ago even that modest honour looked to have slipped through our fingers, so let’s not get too greedy. As Law points out, it’s another group of games to blood youngsters in, even if it can be a drag on your lea ..read more

The news from Brazil, and from Fabrizio Romano reporting it over here, is that Chelsea are closing in fast on Estevao Willian. The deal could be done in “days,” the insider said last night, and added that personal terms were agreed. All of the chatter around the deal has the price at somewhere around €60m total, with probably half of that needed to be paid up front. This move seems so mad, and so the opposite of what we need to do given we’ve signed exclusively youth for two years and have a major lack of experienced players .This is a signing for next year or the year after, when the first te ..read more

Chelsea now have a golden opportunity to sign one of the best young wingers in the game after the latest exclusive report last night. As I exclusively reported on my Substack site recently, Chelsea are looking at PSG winger Xavi Simons this summer as they look at potential new wingers to bring in. EXCLUSIVE! Strong chance Pochettino now stays, Benjamin Sesko could arrive at CFC this summer, Victor Osimhen swap-deal unlikely, Tosin Adarabioyo contract demands, Much more… Further to this, others since confirmed Chelsea’s interest in Simons, and now there has been another very interesting exclusi ..read more

Chelsea are reportedly confident of completing one very exciting transfer that now feels like it is very close to being complete. Blues fans will now be patiently waiting for the ‘here we go’ from transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, and that feels like it is right around the corner. EXCLUSIVE! Strong chance Pochettino now stays, Benjamin Sesko could arrive at CFC this summer, Victor Osimhen swap-deal unlikely, Tosin Adarabioyo contract demands, Much more… Chelsea are expected to be busy this summer during the transfer window with a number of positions being looked at. They are still continuing to ..read more

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has dropped some surprise Chelsea transfer news regarding their search for a new striker this summer. It’s often been reported that Chelsea have a favourite and priority for new striker this summer, but perhaps that isn’t the case now after this latest update? EXCLUSIVE! Strong chance Pochettino now stays, Benjamin Sesko could arrive at CFC this summer, Victor Osimhen swap-deal unlikely, Tosin Adarabioyo contract demands, Much more… Victor Osimhen is currently a Napoli player but he is largely expected to be leaving the club at the end of the season when the tra ..read more

Fabrizio Romano is leading the charge on reporting the heavy Chelsea interest in Estevao Willian, and that means almost daily updates (sometimes multi-daily) on the move. The latest chatter from him comes this evening, and it’s exclusively used to emphasise how close the deal is to being done. Having earlier claimed that personal terms are agreed with the player, he tonight added that Chelsea want the deal with Palmeiras done “as soon as possible” to “avoid any surprise,” IE, bids from rivals. He says the Blues consider Willian a “generational talent” and understandably don’t want to risk any ..read more