𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Sol Gordon has signed his first professional contract with Chelsea shortly after celebrating his 17th birthday. ✍️

Gordon joined the club during his Under-8s season after progressing through the development centre programme and has moved through the age groups since, joining Hassan Sulaiman’s Under-18s squad full-time for the current campaign.

Last season he was part of the Chelsea Under-16s side which won the Premier League National Tournament and played a pivotal role in the Under-17 Premier League Cup victory, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final at Molineux.

This season Gordon has continued to progress, scoring eight goals so far across the Under-18 Premier League and Under-18 Premier League Cup, most recently hitting a brace in Saturday’s 4-1 win at Millwall in the latter competition.

Congratulations, @solgordon10! 🥳👏

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Enzo Maresca will hold his pre-Heidenheim press conference from 8:00pm [UK] this evening + a player.

Pedro Neto did not train.

🚨 Chelsea are considering selling Reece James, and could possibly let him go for less than £20m plus clauses that accumulate into a more realistic figure, depending on how much he plays. [GraemeBailey]

Chelsea travelling squad for Heidenheim:

Goalkeepers: Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen, Lucas Bergstrom


Defenders: Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Levi Colwill, Renato Veiga

Midfielders: Cesare Casadei, Carney Chukwuemeka, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kiano Dyer, Samuel Rak-Sakyi

Forwards: Tyrique George, Noni Madueke, Joao Felix, Mykhailo Mudryk, Jadon Sancho, Marc Guiu, Shumaira Mheuka, Christopher Nkunku

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Enzo Maresca is running late for his pre match presser

🚨👕 Jordan Brand will not design Chelsea kits if the club fails to qualify for next season's UCL.

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Enzo Maresca ahead of Heidenheim in the UEFA Conference League group stage:

😄“I enjoy every game in this competition knowing that every club tries to make it their big game. The issue for us can be that if we are not ready mentally and we underestimate a team, they can hurt us. So we need to be ready.

“It’s an important competition, a European competition, so it’s important. Since we started, we have tried to share minutes with all the players in the squad. In some of the [Conference League] games, we have also used some young players. So we’ll see. In this moment, it’s like this, and hopefully we can continue in this way.”

📈 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐨’𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫:

“Both have trained with us. We don’t take any risks for tomorrow’s game but I think both should be available for Sunday’s game [against Aston Villa].”

(Via ChelseaFC)