𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Chelsea forward Deivid Washington has joined Brazilian club Santos on loan until December 31, 2025. 🤝

Santos also confirm an option to buy has been included in the deal.

Deivid, who was part of the Brazil team that won the South American Under-20 Championship this week, arrived at Stamford Bridge from the Alvinegro in August 2023 and made three first-team appearances last season.

Deivid has featured for the Under-21s side this term and he was also named on the bench for the Carabao Cup win over Barrow.

Good luck, deividwashington! 💪

[ChelseaFC & Santosfc]

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‼️Noni Madueke has been ruled out until after the international break as Chelsea attempt to reignite their bid to qualify for the Champions League.

~ Matt_Law

‼️ Kendry Paez is looking for a home in London and will not return to IDV, according to Andrés Larriva, current manager and commercial manager of Negriazul.

~ DiarioOleEc

Happy Birthday to Chelsea Legend, Eniola Aluko 🎂🎉

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Enzo Maresca ahead of Aston Villa [A] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“We don’t have any update on the injuries. We don’t have any additional injuries, which is good.

“Noni [Madueke] is the only one and he will be out until the international break, probably. We can have most of the players back [then], maybe all of them and for us it can be a big boost for us.

“Malo [Gusto] is okay [who required treatment against Brighton]. I am very happy with Malo to be honest, and he’s doing well with us. He helped us a lot earlier in the season and for me, Malo is an important player for us and is doing well.”

👨‍🦲𝐎𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐳’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤:

“I said to him ‘if you want to play again, you need the same haircut as mine’ [laughs].”

🟣🔵 𝐎𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚:

“Aston Villa are a very good team.

“Since the new project with [Unai] Emery, they are doing fantastic. This season you can see in the Champions League they finished in the top eight to qualify for the knockout phase, plus they are fighting to finish in the top four of the Premier League.

“The team is very good and they know clearly how they want to play. Emery is probably one of the best managers [in the league].”

(Via ChelseaFC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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IT'S MATCHDAY! 🦁

🆚 Aston Villa
🏟 Villa Park
🤝 Premier League
⌚️ 5.30 pm UK
📺 - Sky Sports UK

COME ON CHELSEA! 🔵

Enzo Maresca:

👏 On a staff meeting he prepared at Cobham:

“I think more than one month ago I prepared a meeting with all the people inside the building, the kitchen staff, groundsmen, kit men, everyone inside the building. I asked them to push until the end because our target was to bring this club back into the Champions League.

“I went to bed, at 11 o’clock, 12 o’clock, and I woke up at 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock. It was when we were third or fourth. I couldn’t sleep more. I started to think. I thought, ‘It could be a good idea in the morning to arrive and pull all the people together in the building and share this message.’

“So I arrived here, 7am, I text Kev [Kevin Campello, head of first-team football operations], ‘Kev, everyone in the canteen at 10 o’clock.’ And they were there, everyone, at 10 o’clock.

“There are many people inside of the building, behind the scenes, who work every day. I will tell you the details. I said to the players in that meeting, ‘When I arrive here in the morning at 7 o’clock, there are people from the kitchen cutting the fruit in the same way. Cut, cut, cut, cut. So there are people behind who you cannot see, who are working every day to help you to reach your target.’ It’s true.

“When I arrive here at 7 o’clock, the kitchen people are preparing breakfasts, and they are doing it all perfectly. The players, they do not see that. I tried to convince them that there are people behind who work hard and we need to push altogether to reach our target.

“But as I said, if you say something when you win, you look humble. When you say the same thing when you are not winning, you look like you lack ambition. But my ambition since I joined this club has been always the same, to bring this club where this club deserves to be.

“It’s the reason why I joined this club because I saw the same desire from the owners and the sports directors, otherwise there was no sense to join this club. Because this club cannot just survive, it’s a club that you need to win games, you need to fight for something important.”

(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Our starting XI 🆚 Aston Villa!

#CFC | #AVLCHE

COME ON CHELSEA!

🟣 0-0 ⚪️ [1] #CFC | #AVLCHE

SUB: Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Trevoh Chalobah.

ENNNNZZZZOOOOOOO!!! 💫

🟣 0-1 ⚪️ [8’] #CFC | #AVLCHE

FT: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Gusto, James (C), Chalobah (Tosin 7’), Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer, Neto, Nkunku (Sancho 76’)

Bench: Sanchez, Acheampong, Samuels-Smith, Tosin, Amougou, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Sancho, Mheuka

Unused substitutes: Sanchez, Acheampong, Samuels-Smith, Amougou, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Mheuka

🟨 Yellow cards: Fernandez (55’), Nkunku (71’), Caicedo (88’)

Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, McGinn, Tielemans, Asensio, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins

Bench: Olsen, Zych, García, Malen, Digne, Bogarde, Rashford, Jimoh-Aloba, Bailey

🔵 G/A for Chelsea from:

Enzo Fernandez ⚽️ [8’]
Pedro Neto 🅰️

🟣🔵 Goals for Aston Villa from:

Marco Asensio ⚽️⚽️ [58’, 89’]

Thoughts on the game? ⬇️

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

✍️ by tobymanor

STARTING XI:

Jorgensen - 4: Made one or two decent saves but horrible error to gift Villa 3 points.

Gusto - 4.5: Decent at times but also prone to heavy touches and misplaced passes. Has lacked cutting edge all season. Caught out at the back post for Villa’s first goal.

Chalobah - N/A (Speedy recovery🙏).

Colwill - 6: Didn’t really put a foot wrong. Played some nice line breaking passes.

Cucurella - 6: Carried out his defensive duties reasonably well, not much else to analyse.

James - 6: Spread the play very effectively in midfield with his passing range despite a couple of giveaways.

Caicedo - 7: Ran Chelsea’s midfield as he usually does, got stuck in and moved the ball around precisely. Created a great chance for Palmer.

Fernandez - 7: Instinctive run into the box and poachers finish to score the opener, as well hard work on and off the ball.

Palmer - 5.5 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 - 5: Not his day. Created good chances and showed his flair but had two very good opportunities that he could have done better with.

Nkunku - 4.5: Very quiet performance on the left wing.

Neto - 7.5: Great assist for the opener and penetrative runs both up front and on the wing to get Chelsea up the pitch, played with a lot of confidence.

SUBSTITUTES:

Tosin - 5: Quiet game after replacing Chalobah early on.

Sancho - N/A

Thoughts? 🔵⬇️

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC #AVFC

Enzo Maresca ahead of Southampton [H] in the Premier League:

🏥 On Trevoh Chalobah’s injury:

“Trevoh had a check yesterday and he will be [out of action] for around one week to 10 days.

“On the one hand it’s good that it’s not a big injury but on the other hand, it is a shame because we lose another player to injury.

“He won’t play against Southampton but we will see how he is for the next one.”

🧤 On whether Filip Jorgensen will start against Southampton despite his mistake against Aston Villa:

“If we need to change players every time there is a mistake, we will change many players but no, nothing has changed.

“He is okay. He feels a little bit sad and upset because he recognises it was a mistake but overall he is okay.”

📉 On Cole Palmer’s dip in form:

“I’m always concerned about general performance but I’m not concerned about Cole. Cole is a human being. The problem with Cole is probably we rely on Cole for everything and l’ve said since the start, we need to rely on the team. We are not worried about Cole at all.”

✨ On how to get Palmer’s magic back:

“Just continue working in the way he is working. The other day, I think he had a great chance but overall the performance from Cole, every game we expect goals and assists from him, so it’s difficult; he is a human being.
His performances at the minute probably reflect the team’s performances.”

😇 On Southampton:

“From now on, every game and team is playing for something. They will all be tough matches.

“I really think that [it could be tricky vs Southampton]. It’s football. I am not saying that for a message, I really believe every game is a tricky game. The differences are so tiny. We need to be focused on how we win the game.

“We asked for a better performance [than Brighton], and the performance was there. We didn’t deserve the final result [vs Aston Villa], but we need to accept that in this moment it’s not enough, we need to find something extra to get results.

“Our duty is to prepare every game to win. From now on, we have 12 games to go and no doubt they are all big games for us.”

(Via ChelseaFC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)