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5 Things We Learned: Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea React!

After a rather abysmal week for the team led by Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea visited the Saint Mary’s stadium with so much to change and prove. The last two games since the international break had seen Chelsea forsake her doctrines of being tidy and tight at the back to a side shipping in 7 goals in […]

5 Talking Points : Tuchel’s press conference ahead of Southampton

Thomas Tuchel was back at Cobham today to deliver his usual Friday press conference ahead of a weekend game, this weekend Chelsea take a trip to Southampton with an important 3 points up for grabs as Chelsea try to finish in the Top 4. Tuchel admits in this conference he is still very confident that […]

Todd Boehly is joined by Mark Walter in Chelsea bid.

Todd Boehly has added LA Dodgers principal owner Mark Walter to his bid to buy Chelsea with the final deadline expected to be sometime next week. From there, Raine will submit a preferred bidder to the government with the hope for a takeover to be completed by May. This news has provoked a good response […]

Chelsea beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid – What went wrong?

Chelsea lost 1-3 to Real Madrid tonight in a game that was done and dusted barely halfway through the 90 minutes after a heroic performance by Karim Benzema. The Frenchman’s hattrick was an example of how a world class striker can bury his chances with punishing ruthlessness. It’s the type of performance blues fans haven’t […]

Chelsea vs Real Madrid Match Preview W/ @MadridXtra

Chelsea welcome Spanish giants Real Madrid on Wednesday in a repeat of last season’s Champions League semi-final, in this article we will have the normal match preview from myself ( Charles ) and then we are joined by @TotalCristiano from Twitter to take a look at Real Madrid and get his predictions for the game […]

3 Talking Points : Tuchel’s Press Conference vs Real Madrid

Thomas Tuchel conducted his press conference ahead of Chelsea’s UCL quarter final match against Real Madrid tomorrow night at Stamford Bridge, here’s the most important bits from it : Tuchel left out Andreas Christensen against Brentford for tactical reasons : Interestingly, Tuchel revealed that Christensen was benched against Brentford because Chelsea played a back 4 […]

Tuchel: No special changes needed for Real Madrid

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel insists they won’t overreact to Saturday’s 4-1 home defeat to Brentford. Tuchel, assessing what is needed now in the build-up to the home leg of the Champions League quarterfinal tie against Real Madrid, made it clear that despite going into the game on the back of a heavy loss, and facing the Spanish league leaders, there […]

John Terry admits he’d like to see Rice make Chelsea return

John Terry admits he’d like to see West Ham midfielder Declan Rice return to Chelsea. Terry is trying his best to steer Rice’s head back towards West London, especially with the Hammers vice-captain coming from a Chelsea-supporting family. JT, now working inside the Chelsea academy, told Astro SuperSport: “I’m going to get in trouble here for what I say! “You know what, Dec […]

Chelsea manager Tuchel and wife split

Thomas Tuchel and his wife have split, reports The Mail on Sunday. While facing the fallout from the Government’s sanctions on Roman Abramovich, the club’s Russian oligarch owner, Tuchel has also been dealing with the collapse of his 13-year marriage. His wife Sissi began divorce proceedings last week, with friends saying that “all avenues are exhausted” when […]

Ricketts family consortium includes two more billionaires as bidding intensifies

Billonaire Dan Gilbert is part of the Ricketts family’s consortium bidding to buy Chelsea. PA Sport says Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gilbert heads Rock Entertainment Group and boasts a personal estimated net worth of £24billion. The 60-year-old numbers among America’s wealthiest men, and adds yet more financial muscle to the Chicago Cubs-owning Ricketts family’s bid to buy Chelsea. Ken […]