Scolari’s First Game: The Old Boys Done Good!

So, Scolari’s taken charge of his first game for Chelsea, albeit against the weaker opposition of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and chalked up a fairly comfortable 4-0 win.
The new Chelsea boss put out a strong side, making use of new signing Deco alongside Lampard, who graced the Chelsea side with his presence for the whole game. [...]

Are Chelsea Giving In To Frank Lampard?

Either I’m psychic or I’ve just been supporting Chelsea too long, because a mere 24 hours ago, on this blog, I predicted the club would give in to Frank Lampard’s ridiculous demands. With new deals hurriedly arranged and the club confident Lampard would be staying, even with him continuing to refuse the offer on the [...]

Ferguson Doesn’t Fancy Chelsea’s Chances

Alex Ferguson has said that he doesn’t expect much progress from Chelsea this season as they are a team ‘in their 30’s’. The Manchester United boss doesn’t believe that an ‘ageing’ Chelsea squad will provide much of a challenge to his team’s Premier League crown. Before you ask – no I haven’t made this up [...]

Lampard The Key To New Chelsea Contracts?

Following the agreement of a new four year deal for Wayne Bridge last week, it would appear Chelsea are keen to settle the futures of several other key players.
Whilst there’s a slow trickle of last season’s bench warmers heading out of Stamford Bridge, there also appears to be a steady stream heading towards the [...]

Chelsea Surprised At Eto’o Bid

With Didier Drogba’s future at Chelsea the subject of much debate even before his antics in last season’s Champions League, it’s hardly surprising Samuel Eto’o has been linked with Chelsea pretty much throughout the summer so far.
So, the recent speculation in the press, seemingly initiated by the man himself, might not have seemed as [...]

Sorry Jose, Essien’s Staying!

He’d already made it clear he was staying at Chelsea when Mourinho came calling and yesterday Michael Essien confirmed that with the agreement of a new deal keeping him at the club for a further year. The 25 year old midfielder, who signed from Lyon in a £24.4million transfer in 2005, has agreed an improved [...]

Will Robinho Really End Up At Chelsea?

Chelsea have been linked with Robinho ever since it was announced Luiz Felipe Scolari would be our new manager. In fact, rumour had it he might even be Scolari’s first signing. However, getting to the truth amid all the speculation seems to be getting harder by the day.
Early rumours indicated a little irritation on Robinho’s [...]

Who Will Fill The ‘Makelele Role’ At Chelsea?

In an article earlier this month I looked at Claude Makelele’s contribution, not just to the Chelsea midfield, but to the holding midfield role in general. The 35 year old has 12 months left on his current contract and at the time of writing, I was still clinging to the hope that Chelsea could persuade [...]

Sam Bethell Charge: How Will Chelsea Handle It?

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and Chelsea groundsman Sam Bethell are both up on charges for their part in the scuffle that kicked off as United’s players warmed down on the Stamford Bridge pitch after our ‘controversial’ win over the reds in April.
Evra, Paul Scholes, John O’Shea, Gary Neville and Gerard Pique were warming [...]

Kaka On His Way To Chelsea?

I wouldn’t mind betting there were a fair few Chelsea supporters almost wetting themselves with excitement to read how close we are to signing Kaka. Great stuff eh?
While one source announced we’d made a world-record bid of £79.3million for the Brazilian playmaker, another went as far as to say discussions have already taken place this [...]