❗️ Chelsea employ the highest number of full-time non-footballer employees at any club in England, with a staff of 1,169. [BBC]

We play the reigning European champions @Paris_Saint_Geermain in the #UCL Round of 16. 💪

Luis Enrique on facing Chelsea:

🗣️ "No spirit of revenge against Chelsea, no. It's motivating to play against an English team. They've changed a lot since the Club World Cup, and the context will be different."

🗣️ Luis Enrique: "Chelsea? It's a fascinating draw. I'm very happy. It will be fascinating to play against one of the best teams that we know well."

🗣️ Liam Rosenior ahead of Arsenal [A] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“Reece [James] is absolutely fine.

“Romeo Lavia is getting stronger and stronger. We had a mini-practice match in the week, where he looked really good, which is great for him.

“Estevao, unfortunately, will be out for a little bit longer but Jamie Gittens is progressing really well in terms of his rehab.

“[Marc] Cucurella is progressing really well but he won’t be available for Sunday. Hopefully, we get him back in as soon as possible.

“Levi [Colwill] is doing really well with his long-term rehab and Dario Essugo is back on the training pitch as well. Hopefully, we can get all these players fit and on the pitch before the end of the season.”

🔴⚪️ 𝐎𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥:

“They are an incredibly well-coached team in every aspect of the game. Whether they compress really high, they have compact shape in the low blocks, they are fantastic defensively, obviously set plays, they are well-coached and they play very good football as well.

“They have got talented players throughout the pitch. They have got physicality throughout their team. We know it is going to be a difficult game. What I would say is that they also know it is going to be a very difficult game for them.

“It is my job and the players’ job to try and find that weakness and try to enjoy what is going to be a really, really big game on Sunday.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Confirmed dates for our #UCL tie with @Paris_Saint_Geermain. 🇫🇷

A massive month ahead. 🗓️

IT’S MATCHDAY! 🔵

🆚 @Arsenal_london
🏆 Premier League
🕐 16:30 KO
🏟️ Emirates Stadium

Leave your score predictions in the comments!👇

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🗣️ Liam Rosenior:

“Obviously sitting here in this chair I want to be here for as long as possible. I want to be the guy.

“Not just me, by the way, the team, the staff, the ownership, the sporting directors, everyone, I want to be part of something really successful for a long, long time. That’s why I signed up to this challenge.

“The reality of football is what gives you time is being successful and you need to show your quality. Not just in terms of the games. Every day you need to be top with the players in terms of the way you develop them, the way you put your sessions on, the way you conduct meetings.

“But overall, I hope this is the end of the upheaval for the club, I hope I can be here for a very long time and bring the club the success it deserves.

“If you show progression, if you show the players and the team are improving. The reality of the level we are at now is that it comes down to the finest margins. Winning titles, winning Champions Leagues, it comes down to really, really small margins.

“I need to show improvements in this team in the short, medium and long term. If you show improvements in your team, the rest takes care of itself and you end up winning the prizes that you want to win.”

(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)

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🚨Todd Boehly speaking at iconnections:

“The whole management team left. I was stuck being interim Sporting Director for a summer having no idea what made a good football player, but knowing that Marc Cucurella, if Man City wants him, I want him. It was really simple that way.”

Todd Boehly on Chelsea project:

🗣️ "You recognize that the fans demand urgency, yes, and plans oftentimes don't allow for urgency, right?

Plans are things that are crafted, executed, put in place. And if you look at the Dodgers, it took a couple years for us to really get the culture right, the team right, and all these elements that have to come together."

Todd Boehly on Chelsea’s early struggles under BlueCo:

🗣️ "The reality of it is that you have a plan and you stick to it, and when you get new information, you pivot and you adjust, and you're not shameful about adjusting with new information, but you can't flip flop.

You can't they be like, why? Oh, left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand, and trying to build something that really is about execution over long periods of time, and building an infrastructure and a foundation that you can just continue to work with.

I think finding those right elements, the first time at anything is tricky, so you're going to make mistakes."

Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for today’s match against @Arsenal_london [A] in the Premier League.

✍️ by bdn.006

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

— Wesley Fofana serves his one-match suspension following his red card against Burnley.

— Estêvão is unavailable due to a hamstring injury.

— Marc Cucurella is unavailable due to a hamstring injury but is progressing well.

— Jamie Gittens is unavailable due to a hamstring injury but is understood to be making progress in his rehabilitation.

— Filip Jorgensen is back in training following injury.

— Dario Essugo remains unavailable but is understood to be doing modified training.

— Levi Colwill is out with a long-term injury, but is understood to be making good progress.

Feel free to leave your thoughts. 🔵⬇️

#CFC #ChelseaFC

Happy birthday, Edouard Mendy! 💙

Understand IFS’ front-of-shirt sponsorship is worth significantly more than £15m for this season.

Chelsea will also receive an additional payment for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 partnership (front-of-shirt not part of this) which is also higher than reported figures.🔵

🔗 Ben Jacobs