Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin says Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk has passed a polygraph as he bids to clear his name from a doping ban:

🗣 "He doesn't understand how it could have happened. He has no clue. No idea at all. So his lawyers organised for him to take a lie detector test, which he passed. It will form part of the evidence showing he didn't intentionally do anything wrong."

~ GiveMeSport

"One season wonder"

Cole Palmer 24/25:

Azpilicueta didn't get booked in the 14/15 PL till matchweek 25 🤯

⚫️ Borussia Dortmund will open talks with Chelsea to keep Carney Chukwuemeka also next season.

Deal conditions to be discussed again, but BVB wanna try to keep Carney at the club after 6 month loan.

🇧🇷 Estevão’s agent Andre Cury tells AS: “He will join Chelsea after the Club World Cup”.

“He’s a world class player. He’s so good, he will make history at Chelsea. PSG and Bayern both also wanted to sign him”.

Top 5 race remaining fixtures, and chances of making it.

‼️ Marc Guiu has recovered from the leg abductor injury sustained against West Ham United. Now it is about building strength in his leg muscles and working his way back to training with the team.

Via Simon Johnson

🏟️ Nicolas Jackson has scored 23 goals with an expected goals (xG) of 32.68 in the Premier League since joining Chelsea. He scored 9.68 goals fewer than expected, according to xGPhilosophy.

These missed opportunities could have earned Chelsea at least 15 points, but it is what it is.

Via X

Chelsea received significantly more funding from their owners than any other club in the last two seasons

To date, Clearlake and Boehly’s consortium has spent £2.5bn on buying the club and injected a further £795.2m into running it.

£1.75bn commitment in respect of infrastructure and not player transfers, we’re already at a total commitment of over £5bn.

Via the Athletic

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Yaya Toure says that Didier Drogba was like his big brother and that he wanted him to sign for Chelsea. Imagine 🤯

Maresca wants Chelsea to sign a central defender who is good at passing the ball, to work well with Wesley Fofana and also help when Fofana is injured.

Chelsea haven’t done well without Fofana, because Maresca thinks Fofana’s skills are important for the way he wants the team to play – especially starting attacks from the back.

Huijsen is good with both feet and has shown this season at Bournemouth that he’s a strong passer from defence. He could play on the left side of Fofana, or take Fofana’s place when he’s not fit.

Fofana is out for the rest of this season with a hamstring injury, and because he often gets injured, Chelsea need to be ready for him to miss games next season too.

Besides a defender, Maresca also wants a new striker. The club might also go after a new winger. And as reported by Telegraph Sport, Chelsea will review their goalkeepers this summer to decide if they need to buy a new one or stick with two from Sánchez, Jorgensen, Petrovic, or Penders.

Via Matt Law