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Alfie Gilchrist goes out on loan to Sheffield United

Alfie Gilchrist agreed a loan move to Sheffield United for the 2024/25 season. Gilchrist made his debut last season under Mauricio Pochettino and is a right back and centre back. He made his debut last night as Sheffield United beat Preston 2-0, playing 70 minutes.

Chelsea agree fee for Samu Omorodion

Chelsea have agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid to sign their striker, Samu Omorodion. Omorodion gives Chelsea a different profile, the Spaniard is six foot four in stature and has impressive physical traits. Chelsea will pay around £35m and have been chasing Omorodion all summer. Whilst Atletico wanted to keep a hold of their future […]

Conor Gallagher arrives at Cobham as his future drags on

Conor Gallagher was back at Cobham this morning according to reports, as his future drags on. Gallagher rejected a two + one year contract recently according to multiple journalists. The midfielder is currently deciding whether or not to join Atletico Madrid after clubs agreed on a £33.8m package. He is expected to decide this weekend, […]

Conor Gallagher close to leaving Chelsea Football Club

Conor Gallagher will have to decide whether or not to join Atletico Madrid. This is because Chelsea and Atletico are very close to an agreement on fee, according to Fabrizio Romano and Matte Moretto. Romano states that the operation will be around £29m-£35m and it is now down to Gallagher. Talks are even taking place […]

Victor Osimhen talks continue between Chelsea and Napoli

Chelsea and Napoli are in discussions over Victor Osimhen and Romelu Lukaku as reported by David Ornstein. The clubs are discussing whether they could do an obligation or permanent deal, the deal would only be possible if the package is right for Chelsea. Chelsea will not be bullied into accepting a deal that isn’t on […]

Chelsea back in the Victor Osimhen race

Napoli have offered the chance to include Victor Osimhen in a deal for Romelu Lukaku, according to Fabrizio Romano. Romano reports today that Osimhen would need to lower his salary and also that the overall price of the deal would have to come down for Chelsea to consider him. Chelsea have a long standing interest […]

Chelsea and their goalkeeper conundrum – Sanchez, Petrovic, Jorgensen

The goalkeeping position has been a persistent and irritating problem for Chelsea ever since the £72 Million signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga. Chelsea have bounced between goalkeepers, going from Kepa to Caballero to Kepa to Mendy to Kepa to Sanchez to Petrovic, all in the space of 6 years. Similar inconsistency took place in the 23/24 […]

Chelsea make approach for Filip Jorgensen

Chelsea have made an initial approach to sign Villareal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen. Jorgensen, born in Sweden but representing Denmark, is a young goalkeeper who has a reputation for being very good on the ball. The club have deemed Djorde Petrovic not good enough to play in Enzo Maresca’s system and Jorgensen is now discussing personal […]

Chelsea agree to Malang Sarr departure

Chelsea have agreed to let Malang Sarr leave the club and join RC Lens. Sarr joined the club in 2021 on a free transfer and aside from a small run in the side under Thomas Tuchel, has been an outcast. Last season, Sarr spent his time training with the U18’s and U21’s. Sources say that […]

Renato Veiga analysis – Maresca’s swiss army knife

Just to quickly bore you with a background of myself, I am a Youth Football Scout who analyses upcoming talents, you can find me on X ‘@antoniomango4’ YouTube or TikTok ‘Antonio Mango’. Now that’s out the way, let’s talk about Chelsea’s latest signing which is soon to become official, Renato Veiga. Intro & Career to-date […]