Chelsea’s vastly increased spending on youth recruitment is most accurately characterised as a redirection of investment. The first-team wage bill, which ballooned to an unwieldy £404million in the 2022-23 accounts, has been drastically reduced.

~ Liam Twomey | Simon Johnson

Chelsea are continuing to build their global scouting and data analytics teams beyond the headline hire of Sam Jewell from Brighton & Hove Albion as director of global recruitment in May, seeking to complement modern digital methods of performance analysis at Cobham with more high-level scouts and recruiters on the ground.

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🚨 Chelsea expect to go into next season with as many as 1️⃣0️⃣ homegrown players in their first-team squad, headlined by club captain Reece James and Levi Colwill.

(Via The Athletic)

The best Cobham graduates will be challenged to compete with elite young signings for minutes, and those not regarded as being of that level will be sold.

🚨 Pedro Lima is choosing between Wolves and Strasbourg rather than Wolves and Chelsea this summer because Josh Acheampong is viewed internally as being IN FRONT of him. 🔥

(Via The Athletic)

Jackson trying to fool Blue Co. into thinking he's a Brazilian teenager. 😂😂

Strange decision by Southgate to leave out Palmer yet again

If Chelsea sporting directors are adamant that they wanted Maresca due to his style of play, then they must understand the players that fit it.

Cucurella is a must keep, his touches and ability to quickly get out of tight spaces but also keep the ball very well and sustain possession is important, can play LCB on the ball too.

Chilwell can do none of this, he is a press trigger, has worse technique, takes heavier touches etc. Cucurella fits LCB on the ball and LB off it better than anyone in our whole squad.

-Pys

Estevao 🤩🤩

🚨🔵🔴 Chelsea and Bayern are both showing interest in Barça striker Marc Guiu, available for €6m release clause.

Barcelona still want to keep Guiu with new deal to be discussed but interest now growing.

Chelsea, exploring move for Guiu as Guillem Balague reported.

[via Fabrizio Romano]

Unless we don’t hear that you’re underage 😂 Good player tho.

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Joe Hart on Mudryk 🗣️

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What's your opinion, was it the right thing to pull out of Olise’s deal or not? 🤔

🚨 JUST IN: Michael Olise in discussions for £220,000 a week salary with Bayern.

[Via Christian Falk]

Man of the Match for France vs the Netherlands: N’Golo Kanté.

We rolled the dice on Kante's fitness and lost hard, in hindsight letting him go was a huge mistake

🚨 Chelsea will still attempt to sign a winger this summer and are now likely to look at right-footed options to help balance their squad for new head coach Enzo Maresca.

(Via Matt Law)

David Luiz's celebration after scoring a 94th-minute winner at 37 years old to send Flamengo to the top of the table is truly amazing