Full-time Thoughts:+

◇Don’t get me wrong, I’m buzzing after that win tonight 🙌… but we’ve got to be careful with our young lads. Right now the squad looks complete and super competitive, which means there’s zero margin for error. That kind of pressure can weigh heavy, especially on the new boys who are eager to prove themselves.

◇Estevão, Gittens, Hato and Santos all look exciting, but you can see the raw edges at times and that’s totally normal. Maresca’s point about easing them into the league is starting to make so much sense.

◇Still, credit to the team going behind early and responding instantly with a crucial equaliser that set the tone for a huge result. 💙💪

Cold or hot take?

No Chelsea player has been directly involved in more goals, scored more goals or provided more assists across all competitions in 2025 than Enzo Fernández. 👏

7 goals, 9 assists.

🗣 Joe Cole on Estevão: "He gives me Neymar vibes."

Enzo Maresca on 'Cole Palmer FC' label:

"You are there to say things, and people in general. The ones that say we are just 'Cole team'. Cole is our best player, we are a much, much better team. But we showed last season when Cole wasn't 100% and we achieved top four."

(Bobby Vincent) #CFC

RB Leipzig director Marcel Schäfer:

"Xavi Simons is still with us. But the market is still open, you never know what might happen. Xavi has expressed his ambitions to us."

Jermaine Defoe on Estevão:

🗣 "I like when he gets it and the change of speed. He just drives at defences. A lot of the time he picks the right pass; it’s quite mature in that way. Just really sharp."

{PLTV}

✅ Most goals for Chelsea in 2025
✅ Most assists for Chelsea in 2025
✅ Most G/A for Chelsea in 2025

Fofana Posted his first game this season on IG. Starting a fresh it seems... let's hope he will be fit.

This is exactly the kind of pressure I don’t want our boy to face. The support, hype, and love are great, but things can flip in an instant. Fans can turn just as fast, and suddenly he’s no longer the ‘Messinho’ everyone’s hyping. Let the kid grow and develop in peace.

Our #️⃣2️⃣5️⃣! 🇪🇨🔵

There's something about this kit mahn 🔥...so clean.

🗣️ Marc Cucurella: "We showed we have a good team. All the new signings came here to help the team, to bring something good: good energy, good talent. We have an amazing squad."

Kendry Paez starts for Strasbourg

Marc Guiu in his Sunderland debut yesterday 🇪🇸

Kendry Paez performance:

https://t.me/ChelseaLiveGoals/884

Too cold 🥶🖤

Naahh... Everton should pay us more.KDH's overall gameplay has shocked me , he looks very much complete, even better.

The sale list for Chelsea :

1.Madueke - £50m ✅
2.Felix - £26m ✅
3.Petrovic - £25m ✅
4.Dewsbury-Hall - £28m ✅
5.Kepa - £5m ✅
6.Broja - £20m ✅
7.L.Ugochukwu - £25m ✅
8.Veiga - £21m ✅
9.Carney - £21m ✅
10.Nkunku - 🔜
11.Sterling - ⏳
12.Jackson - 🔜
13.Disasi - ⏳
14.DD Fofana - Unknown
15.Chilwell - Unknown
16.Washington - On loan at Santos

6 more outgoings and we've completely cleared out players we don't need.

👏👏SDs keep cooking.

Our recruitment in the first few windows of BlueCo was poor and priorities were wrong, but that's improved in the subsequent windows. What's keeping us alive is our ability to sell players. Selling is vital for survival.

United’s inability to offload talent left them 15th last season.

Arsenal have spent less overall but with a higher net spend, if they could sell better, they’d have a few major trophies.

Clearing deadwood is essential, and every successful sale of an average player should be seen as a win.

Marc Cucurella on Estevão:

🗣 "He showed that he is very mature. He is very young. In theory, he started on the bench. Then in five minutes he needed to get ready.

He needs to continue to learn and listen to tactics and everything. He had an amazing game. He had the opportunity to score at the end, but he has a lot of quality. He can improve a lot, and hopefully he can continue in this way."