🚨 Bournemouth are in explorative talks with Chelsea for Axel Disasi over a potential loan move with an option to buy.

[Via Luca Bendoni]

My team to face West Ham. Thoughts? 🤔

FireSide

Internal Solution?

The idea with Colwill is to try and bypass the first defence pressing line with his deep passes.

So far we have not been able to find someone to do it perfectly and hope Tosin and Acheampong are perfect at it.

Another internal solution is to hope the Crazy Fofana is healthy.

Despite his antics, the man is seriously capable of breaking through the first line through adept ball carrying. This is even more effective as it forces the opponent to lunge into marking and tackles leaving holes elsewhere in the defensive shape. You then have Enzo dropping deep to spread the blind spots passes.

The question is whether he'd remain fit long enough. And Whether he can listen to Enzo instructions word to word regarding his recovery.

Buy average players
Sell the average players
Buy average players
Sell the same average players

£2bn spent and we still have glaring issues in the squad (No quality LW , LW cover or depth, Questionable GK, Defenders the Manager doesn’t trust. But i should be happy they sold Veiga for profit😂

It’s like buying multiple houses and selling them while’s the house you and your family sleep in has no toilet and kitchen. Misplaced priorities.

🚨🎙️| Journalist: Why Chelsea? Is it the best option for your career?

Dastan Satpaev: Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s the best option, but I think Chelsea knows how to work with young players. The club really invests in them. Even if it comes to a loan, they can find a good club for me. Of course, I’ll try to establish myself in the first team at Chelsea and become a leader there.

Lavia on Snapchat 🤣

🚨 Plan confirmed for both of Garnacho and Simons to go to Chelsea. The Garnacho deal is happening. For Simons, still some work to do, also waiting for Nkunku and Jackson to leave. Chelsea confident to make the Simons deal happen.

(Fabrizio Romano)

◇ Is it just me, or does it feel like the club might actually be slipping journalists a little something to hype up our unwanted players? Suddenly hearing that Jackson is ‘in demand’ feels a bit wild.

◇ Honestly, this window has me questioning how on earth we’re managing to offload some of these guys… but at the same time, it’s kind of a genius strategy.

🚨 Maresca hints at rotation between Pedro - Delap depending on the game plan :

“Joao probably in the small space gives us more than Liam. Liam probably gives us a bit more in terms of physicality and runs in behind. It depends on the game plan we have”

🚨 Maresca: “I’m very happy with Andrey and very happy with Andrey staying here with us. He can play in Enzo’s position for sure, he can play in Moi’s position for sure.”

🚨 Chelsea insist there is no promise of a move to Stamford Bridge for Enciso. It is up to the player to play well enough at Strasbourg to be considered for the future. BlueCo convinced him of this plan.

(Cyril Olives Via L’Equipe)

Reece James:

"I would say, Thiago Silva [has had the biggest impact on my career so far]. He's nearly old enough to be my dad and he's played the game at the highest level for so long. He always tried to help me from the minute he arrived to still, even now."

(BBC Sport)

🚨 OFFICIAL: Renato Veiga has left Chelsea and completed a permanent transfer to La Liga club Villarreal.

(ChelseaFC) #CFC

Chelsea are 14th in the latest UEFA Club coefficient ranking.

Do you agree?

John Obi Mikel on Jackson:

🗣 “I hope he stays because I still think he has a massive part to play this season. He’s a fantastic player, the qualities and what he brings to this football club. I think we need that.”

Tonight could see Reece James start four Premier League games in a row for the first time since April 2023.

West Ham home league wins in 2025: 2.
Chelsea away league wins in 2025: 2.

Who is a better fit to start upfront against West Hame and why.

👍 Delap or Pedro ❤️

Paul Merson questions Chelsea's model:

🗣 "It's a football club, you want to win things. I don't want to go to Stamford Bridge in 10 years time and I look around the stadium and it goes, Chelsea made £60m that year, £130m that year, I want to see trophies printed around like before, and one of the main ones is the Premier League.

So for me, is it working? I don't know at the moment. You have to wait and see on that. Are they title material this season? No, not title material. I think the most important thing is to get in the top four or five again and keep on steadily. They're a bit behind the big boys at the moment."