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Mount Injury NOT as bad as feared, OUT for 2 weeks

Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount is battling to be fit for the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool at the end of the month. Mount was forced off during the first half of the Club World Cup final on Saturday as the Blues were crowned champions after beating Palmeiras in extra time. The England international returned to the pitch to celebrate with his team-mates, […]

Chelsea welcome tidy cash award after CWC victory

Chelsea have enjoyed a tidy cash award for their Club World Cup final triumph. The Blues earned a cool £3.68million for being crowned world champions, reports The Sun. The Blues saw off Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal 1-0 in the semi-finals on Wednesday. And they followed that up with a nervy 2-1 victory over Palmeiras after extra-time yesterday. Those […]

Drogba: CWC goal can be turning point for Lukaku

Drogba and Lukaku

Chelsea great Didier Drogba is backing Romelu Lukaku to build on his goal in their Club World Cup final victory against Palmeiras. Drogba, 43, who won a host of medals with Chelsea, is a close friend and mentor of the Belgian with the duo having had one year together at Stamford Bridge in 2011. Chelsea ambassador Drogba, who was in the UAE, said: […]

Azpilicueta: CWC penalty mix up a deliberate tactic

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has explained his role in the matchwinning penalty in the Club World Cup final against Palmeiras. Azpilicueta has explained how his quick thinking took any gamesmanship sting out of Kai Havertz’s Club World Cup-winning penalty. Germany forward Havertz kept his cool to bury the last-gasp spot-kick in Abu Dhabi as Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1 after extra-time to lift their maiden […]

TACTICAL TAKEAWAYS – Chelsea vs Palmeiras

As Chelsea secured their first even Club World Club Trophy, here were the 3 Tactical Takeaways from our historic win in Abu Dhabi: 1 – Chelsea’s vertical approach to breaking down Palmeiras Despite starting with a 5-4-1 on paper, Palmeiras implemented a 5-3-2 in press in order to outnumber Chelsea’s midfield 3v2 (A). In response, […]

Chelsea starting to think about future’s of Kante, Jorginho, Alonso

Chelsea are starting to take a look at the futures of Kante, Jorginho and Marcos Alonso according to Matt Law, all 3 which contracts expire in 2023. Matt Law’s report comes after head coach Thomas Tuchel guided the club to their first ever CWC victory against Palmeiras. Matt Law goes onto state the club are […]

Mason Mount hurts ankle ligaments badly

Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Mason Mount has hurt his ankle ligaments badly and we will have to wait and see on his scan, Mount has left the stadium on crutches and we await further updates on his situation. Mount came off early in the game through this injury and was replaced by the positive […]

Victory in Abu Dubai – CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

You can write many stories about what makes the heart of a champion, you can talk about the strength of the squad, you even say it was luck but to this group of players they can say they accomplished things that nobody accomplished before at Chelsea Football Club, they became the first group of players […]

Modric says Chelsea ace Mateo Kovacic his successor

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has backed Chelsea ace Mateo Kovacic to be his successor. Modric is set to turn 37 in September, and appears to be aware that he is in the twilight of his international career. Looking ahead to who could potentially replace him as Croatia’s key man, Modric tipped Kovacic to continue to drive the team forwards. “I think Mateo […]

Zsolt Low: Not easy for Mendy to replace Kepa

Chelsea assistant coach Zsolt Low admits that Edouard Mendy will have to work hard to get his starting spot back. In his absence at the African Cup of Nations, Kepa Arrizabalaga has shown his quality in the goal for the Blues. This is a good situation for the coaches where we have two amazing goalkeepers. Mendy did a […]