Happy Birthday Gianfranco Zola 🎂

🏟 229 PL Appearances
⚽️ 59 Goals
🅰️ 42 Assists

He turns 5️⃣6️⃣ today!

738 – Last season in all competitions, Matthijs de Ligt was dribbled past by an opponent only once every 738 minutes, leading all Serie A defenders with at least 1500 minutes played in all comps in 2021-22 by a wide margin (ahead of Fiorentina’s Milenkovic with 555). Immovable.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink believes Chelsea would still need to buy a striker who can score twenty or more goals a season even if they complete the signing of Raheem Sterling from Manchester City.

(Sky Sports)

"Sporting are a fantastic team, they are champions of Portugal, which have a very strong league, with Porto & Benfica, they change the ball well, they have fast & intelligent players. I would say that Matheus Nunes is one of the best players in the world today"

- Pep Guardiola

5 - The top five players for combined goals and assists under Pep Guardiola for top-flight teams:

291 - Lionel Messi (211+80)
186 - Raheem Sterling (120+66)
175 - Kevin De Bruyne (70+105)
151 - Sergio Agüero (124+27)
136 - Gabriel Jesus (95+41)

Re-cast.

Chelsea's pre-season now involves a rough estimate of 14,000 air miles across at least seven flights (London to LA to LV to NC to Orlando to London then to Udinese back to London) with the addition of a trip to Italy.

[ChelseaYouth]

OFFICIAL: The 2022/23 Chelsea home kit.