We take the points! 😁

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🗣️ Liam Rosenior on Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Brentford [H] in the Premier League:

🤝 “I felt that attitude, the energy levels, value in the basics of football. When you play a good team like Brentford, who can play in many different ways, who are very, very good on set plays, long throws, they’re so organised, Keith [Andrews] has done a great job. What pleased me the most, which is summed up in the two goals, the players’ willingness to battle, to fight, to block shots, to make headers and tackles. That’s the reason we got the clean sheet and actually it was that attitude that got us the two goals that win us the game.”

🤒 𝐎𝐧 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐞‌𝐯𝐚‌𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞:

“Late yesterday, Estevao had a temperature and a fever. So he was ill; it’s running through the squad. There were a couple of players playing today who were complaining about their chests, but they put in a magnificent effort.

“I felt that’s why we weren’t good with the ball. I won’t give you names – it’s not right for me to do that – but it’s why I’m so happy with the attitude of the group to get through this game.”

🤞 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐲𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟:

“I think it’s precautionary at the moment; he said he felt something in his hamstring,”

“I don’t know if it’s serious, I don’t know if it’s not. He said it felt better afterwards, but at the moment, I’ve got a really, really good bench that I trust and Wes (Fofana) is an outstanding player and I brought him on to help the team.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Happy birthday, Paulo Ferreira! 💙

Chelsea are in talks with French club Rennes over a deal for centre-half Jeremy Jacquet.

Discussing between the clubs are ongoing, although a deal has not yet been agreed for the defender.

Jacquet has started in each of Rennes’ Ligue 1 matches for which he has been available this season, and had played every minute before his red card against Paris Saint-Germain on December 6.

[The Athletic]

Woudl you like to see Chelsea sign Jacquet this month? ⬇️

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Star of the match performance on his birthday! 🎉

Mamadou Sarr is a AFCON Champion 🇸🇳:

Sarr vs Morocco 🇲🇦:

- 120 minutes played
- 7 defensive contributions
- 5 clearances
- 2 aerial duels won
- 0x dribbled past
- 67 accurate passes (94%)
- 3 accurate long balls
- 2 blocked shots
- 7.5 rating

He joins Chelsea in the summer. A masterclass in a major final. AFCON and CWC winner since he joined CFC. 👏

Chelsea money spent by position under Boehly and Clearklake. 👀

Chelsea continue talks with Rennes for Jeremy Jacquet. Player keen on the move. Rennes want more than the €64m they sold Jeremy Doku for. French defender is Chelsea's priority for now.

As exclusively revealed last week on talkSPORT, other options Chelsea could explore are Como's Jacobo Ramon and Bournemouth's Marcos Senesi.

Ramon tough to pull off as he only joined Como over the summer. Real have a buyback clause and have not ruled out triggering it at the end of the season.

Senesi a free agent this summer. Bournemouth haven't had any approach from Chelsea or other clubs yet.🔵

🔗 Ben Jacobs