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Chelsea are not activley looking to sell Axel Disasi as he provides cover in multiple positions. Only an attractive offer could make Chelsea change their mind. The hierarchy are happy with the current group of players.

🔗 Bobby Vincent - Football London

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2025 begins at Selhurst Park. 👊

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🗣John Obi Mikel:

“The project is working but we need someone to be there when Nicolas is not scoring, we need a second striker to be there, come in, take responsibility and wins us games, that was my argument and my conversation”
“Maresca says we played 9 games, a couple were conference league. It’s not a question of fatigue. I come back to it, players think December is a f’ing holiday, it’s not a f’ing holiday, it’s time to pick up points because these are going to matter come the end of the season, if you think it’s time to have Turkey, wine, no. It’s been like a holiday period for us this December, we were never like that”
“January? We need another striker, I’ve said this so many times, Goalkeeper worries me”
“I’ve got no idea why the manager drops gusto sometimes and plays Disasi at right back”
“Speaking with the club, I think they know exactly what they want to do, the players they want to sign and the players they want to get out."
“In the summer, I think we might see a striker, goalkeeper, maybe another midfielder and defender."

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2025 starts here. ✊

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Happy New Year, Chelsea fans! 🙌🔵

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🚨 JUST IN: Chelsea will consider Nkunku situation only if the players goes to them and says “I want to leave” because otherwise, Chelsea want to keep him. Board, owners and Maresca consider him important player. Let’s see in the next weeks if some club can tempt the player, or maybe Chelsea with important money or swap deal.

It’s up to Nkunku to decide what he wants to do next in his career. All depends on the player and if he’s unhappy or not.

🔗 Fabrizio Romano - Sky Italia

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🚨❗️The transfer window is officially OPEN.

Who would be your dream signing for Chelsea in January?

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🚨 Christopher Nkunku has emerged as a target for Arsenal.

He wants to leave Chelsea this winter.

[via CaughtOffside]

Half a century of Chelsea appearances for Levi. 💙

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🗣Marc Cucurella:

"We created a lot of chances, we conceded two easy goals and then we had to play a different game. We have to continue, we've played a lot of games and can take some positive things."

"People asked what we expected in these first few months and no one expected this level. But we need to continue in this way, we've done well so far this season. We need to continue to work hard and try to undo these small mistakes."

"Sometimes we have good luck, sometimes not, it's part of football. We have to take positives and see where we can improve. When we win, we are not the best, but when we lose, we are not the worst. We have to try to win the games."

"We need to play always in the same style and take our time but we rushed and made mistakes. In January we have time to improve, train hard and continue."

"We need to play with the same intensity and desire. Sometimes we rush and rush to win, but I think we have done well in these first six months. Maybe we have been better than people expected, apart from the last two games."

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-Ipswich Town Press Conference:

✅Enzo Maresca on Ipswich defeat: “A bit strange game in terms of I think we created so many chances first-half. Early in the second, we had some chances again. The second goal killed the game a bit.”

“We expected this kind of moment in the season. This type of moment, it is almost impossible to have a season without this. Not anyone in this room expected us to be where we are. It also shows we are far from competing, consistency and being there with the best teams in England. We have to be satisfied where we are but we need to improve.”

✅Enzo Maresca on Delap: "This is Liam. I know him from some time ago, probably in some moments we could defend a bit better. Congratulations to him and to them."

"I like to analyse game by game. Tonight, we created so many chances so we can do something better defensively. Fulham game, that is not how we wanted to play. Everton is a difficult team for everyone. Probably also, December, we have played nine games and we started the first five or six winning all the games but then struggled. So we arrived at the end of the month a bit tired in general."

✅Enzo Maresca on physical battle:

"Tonight's game I don't think is physical or condition. When you don't create nothing or are dangerous then you can say we didn't compete physically. But we had so many chances in the first-half and then we started the second-half in the same way."

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Chelsea 2024 Premier League numbers

First numbers in the bracket = Pochettino last season, second under Maresca this season.

Played: 37 (18 + 19)
Wins: 20 (10 + 10)
Draws: 10 (5 + 5)
Losses: 7 (3 + 4)

Points: 70 (35 + 35)
Goals Scored: 81 (43 + 38)
Goals Against: 55 (32 + 23)
Goal Difference: +26 (+11 + +15)

Clean Sheets: 8 (4 + 4)
Home Clean Sheets: 5 (4 + 1)
Away Clean Sheets: 3 (0 + 3)

Via CarefreeYouth

Chelsea have been beaten in their final league game of the year for the first time since 2011.

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Player ratings.

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📊 Match stats.

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Full-time.

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📊 Match stats and Player ratings at half-time.

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🚨🔵 Enzo Maresca on zero minutes for João Félix: “We decided to sub on Nkunku for Nico… João plays more or less the same position as Cole Palmer”.

“They played together already but it’s also a matter of balance”.

“That’s why he didn’t enter today”.

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🗣Enzo Maresca:

"We can manage the game better. We conceded too many transitions in the second half. Fulham are very good in transition. It is game that we can learn many things from."
"No [it wasn't a chance missed]. This is just a game that unfortunately we lost. It is just a matter of recovering energy and try to go again in three days."


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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-Fulham Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We can manage the game better. We conceded too many transitions in the second half. Fulham are very good in transition. It is game that we can learn many things from."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "No [it wasn't a chance missed]. This is just a game that unfortunately we lost. It is just a matter of recovering energy and try to go again in three days."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Fulham defeat: "It's a bad feeling. When you cannot win, it is important you do not lose. We conceded too many transitions [at the start of the second half]. We gave them energy. It's a shame."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I didn't feel or see the players playing with pressure. We don't prepare the game thinking about [table position]. "I don't think [the results against Everton and Fulham] have been about pressure."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I didn't feel or see the players playing with pressure. We don't prepare the game thinking about [table position]. I don't think [the results against Everton and Fulham] have been about pressure."

🔹Noni Madueke's absence from Chelsea's squad vs Fulham was due to a technical decision, Enzo Maresca has confirmed.

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🚨🔵 Cole Palmer: “We knew we weren't going to win every game. It is the manager's first season with us…”.

“We are learning. Everyone said from the start we aren't title contenders. We are just getting better as a team and growing”,

[Via Prime Video Sport]

Player ratings.

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📊 Match stats.

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Defeat for the Blues.

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Fulham take the lead in stoppage time.

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Fulham comes from behind to take the lead

Goal. Wilson scores for Fulham.

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Fulham score

Nkunku on for Jackson

Colwill scores, but ruled offside.

Leno denies Enzo's Shot 😲

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So far, so good. 😁

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😮‍💨 Enzo Fernandez scored, assisted and ran 11.6km vs Leicester – the greatest distance covered by a Chelsea player in a game this season.

Good commitment from Chelsea vice captain after a week going from Buenos Aires to London to Leicester.

Enzo Fernandez’s name was being chanted by supporters at full-time [against Leicester] on Saturday.

🔗 Kieran Gill - Daily Mail

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Chelsea’s remaining PL games in 2024:

• Aston Villa (H)
• Southampton (A)
• Tottenham (A)
• Brentford (H)
• Everton (A)
• Fulham (H)
• Ipswich (A)

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📊 No player has scored more away goals in the Premier League than Nicolas Jackson (5) in 2024-25.

Since May, only Erling Haaland (18) has scored more goals in the Premier League than Nicolas Jackson (11).

Nicolas Jackson has gone from an inconsistent enigma of a striker to one of the best in the Premier League.

🔗 Nizaar Kinsella - BBC Sport

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Caicedo now 2 yellow cards away from a 1 game ban.

Next 3: Villa (H), Southampton (A), Tottenham (A).

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The PL table as it stands

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre- Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca on the win: "All the games are important. It's a really important win again."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Palmer playing 90 minutes and Kane's comments: "My reaction is we finished the game 10 minutes ago, we won 2-1. There is no comments. I'm not thinking about Harry Kane or what he's saying."

🔹Enzo Maresca on if he is putting pressure on Palmer not playing for England: "Absolutely not."

🔹Enzo Maresca on what level Jackson can get to: "For me, he's doing very well. He is working hard on and off the ball. He is making an effort to understand the way we play. We are very happy with Nico, especially with the way he is off the ball, the way he is pressing. We're sure he's going to get better."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Neto and Gusto absence: "Malo was with us but during the night he didn't feel well. Pedro had a problem with the international team and we didn't want to take any risks."

🔹Enzo Maresca on the tackle on Palmer: "I don't think the target is Cole. I said after the Man United game, when there is bad intention, it has to be a different punishment from the referee. I'm not saying Wilf had a bad intention because I love Wilf. It's not just our players. For me, it's general. Whenever there is bad intention, the punishment has to be different. Should it have been a red? I don't think so, to be honest."

🔹Enzo Maresca on James injury: "We didn't have any update on Reece. We have to wait, he will do a scan again and we will see."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Fernandez performance: "Enzo did very well today. He is doing well since we started. It depends on the game-plan, we use different type of players. I think he did very well. I'm trying to convince Enzo in the way I did last year with Ndidi and Kiernan that attacking midfielders have to come into the box and today he did."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Colwill: "Levi didn't feel well in the night and this morning. He could play and finish the game, but hopefully it's nothing."

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ALL THREE POINTS! 💪

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Enzo Fernandez wins MOTM 🏆

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2-1 Ayew scores.
From the penalty spot

Enzo Fernández has scored and assisted in a Premier League game for the first time in his career. ⚽️🅰️

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ENZO Doubles the lead

2-0

Cole Palmer has started 41 PL games for Chelsea and has never gone 3 in a row without a goal or an assist. Has a little over half an hour to preserve that excellent record.

Via CFCCentral3

One up at the break. 🙌

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Enzo Fernandez has now provided five assists in his last three games for Chelsea across all competitions:

🅰️🅰️🅰️ vs. Noah
🅰️ vs. Arsenal
🅰️ vs. Leicester

It's the first time he has assisted in back-to-back Premier League games. 💪

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GOOAALLL - JACKSON

ASSIST- ENZO

🗣️ Pedro:

"It was also an honour to defend the colours of Chelsea and now I am happy to be at Lazio.

Maybe I didn’t get that much recognition in the media, but I guess I’ll only be able to tell that after I’ve retired."

{El Dia}

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Look at that goal difference after 7 games. 👀

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Nothing but wins across all competitions! 🔥

Chelsea maintain their 100% start to the season under Sonia Bompastor with 10 wins on the trot 💯🙌

Sonia Bompastor has become the first coach to win his/her first 7 WSL matches.

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🚩FT | Chelsea 2-0 Man City

⚽️Mayra Ramirez (75’)
⚽️Guro Reiten (79’)

🙌 Big three points + Clean sheet
🔝We go top of the table

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Still all to play for! 👊

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Your Chelsea XI. 👊

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Pedro Neto had more key passes (3) than misplaced passes (2) in the 84 minutes he played against Poland last night.

Efficient playmaking. 🇵🇹

🔗 Statman Dave

🗣️Enzo Maresca on why Lavia and Caicedo are starting ahead of Enzo Fernandez at the moment:

"It’s a matter of balance. Romeo and Moi give us physicality and strength in the middle. This is why we found the option of Malo [Gusto] in the pocket. Otherwise, when we play with Enzo it has to be with one of Moi or Romeo, and Enzo moves forward we struggle in the middle for physicality.”

“At the moment that’s something Moi and Romeo give us, but it doesn’t mean for one game we can’t play with Joao [Felix] and Cole [Palmer] in the pocket. It depends on the game."

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🗣️Enzo Maresca underlines trust in Enzo Fernandez:

"I still trust Enzo. There is not any reason in the world I can lose confidence in him. The reason why he is not playing in the Premier League is because at this moment I take a different decision. My confidence is 100 per cent with Enzo."

"He’s not playing in this moment, we have so many games, he’s going to play for sure in the future.”

“And it doesn’t mean Romeo and Moi are always going to play. At the moment one of them drops [their levels], probably we will change it."

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🗣️Enzo Maresca explains why he will continue playing Gusto as a 10:

"We think with Malo there playing as a 10 we can cause problems to the opponent. He is doing fantastic.”

“Malo is helping us a lot in terms of process because he is playing as a holding midfielder, he is playing in the pocket, he is playing at some moments as a central midfielder. For sure Malo is doing well and he is going to continue in that way."

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‼️Mykhailo Mudryk could be blocked from making Chelsea January exit by Premier League loan rules.

~ scott_trotter

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🗣️ Baba Rahman:

"I owe them [Chelsea] a lot because it was Dr Paco [Biosca, ex-Chelsea medical director] who convinced me not to retire after my second ACL injury.

It had taken me 18 months to come back and when the doctor told me I had another ACL injury I decided that I had had enough.

But Dr Paco said that he had seen other players come back and promised that if I was patient and mentally strong that I could do it too. I slept on it and then decided I wanted to fight for my career. I am grateful that football has given me a second chance. I'm just trying to enjoy it to last moment."

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🗣️ Cole Palmer:

"I do love fashion. What you put on, people do look at, and maybe they'll start wearing it.

I do see where it [the flashy footballer stereotype] comes from. Not everyone’s like that."

Cole Palmer:

“Teachers always tell you to get a plan B. But I didn’t listen.”

Cole Palmer explains the 9-minute video of him sitting motionless beside a lake with a fishing rod:

🗣️ “Because people thought I was going to get up and do something. But I ended up just wasting nine minutes of their time.”

~ TeleFootball

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🚨🚨| OFFICIAL: The new FIFA Club World Cup trophy has been unveiled! 🏆

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🔵 Cole Palmer features in the 2024 Globe Soccer award nominations.

(Globe_Soccer)

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🚨 Robert Sanchez has the backing of the hierarchy and Enzo Maresca.

Sanchez has the second-highest save % in the PL this season at 79.6%. Only Liverpool’s Alisson, who has played five fewer matches, is above him in the standings, with 88.2%.

🔗 Simon Johnson - The Athletic

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Happy 27th birthday, Christo! 🇫🇷🎉

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Jody Morris on Lavia-Caicedo partnership:

🎙️"I certainly like the earlier signs of them two together. I feel that lavia offers a bit of steeliness. There's different ways of creating it, and he can carry the ball very well, a lot better than an Enzo can.

So you may look at Enzo and think that he can maybe pick pass, but there's different ways in which you can break down presses, or you can open up teams, and sometimes Lavia carries the ball.

I remember against Liverpool, he was going past three or four players, and you're like, that's a another way of creating. And I'm loving that partnership, but particularly because we've missed Lavia for so long, and his injuries and then you're seeing the best of Caicedo now and when them two play together."

~ talkSPORT

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Anthony Gordon reveals that Tuchel convinced him to nearly join Chelsea :

“I spoke to him after the game when I shook his hand. That was about it. He said some really complimentary things to me, which I’ll keep to myself. But, yeah, I spoke to him and I felt a lot of warmth from him, which then made me really want to play for him. I didn’t get that chance”

“It was quite close to be honest. I was desperate to go at the time and work with him, especially It was a big opportunity for me that didn’t end up happening…”

“I felt like my style would suit [Thomas Tuchel’s] style of play - the way he was playing at Chelsea was very exciting for me. I’m looking forward to getting to work with him a couple of years later…”

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🚩FT | Celtic 1-2 Chelsea

⚽️ Maika Hamano (28’)
⚽️ Ashley Lawrence (32’)

🔝Three points ➕ Top of Group B

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Romeo Lavia:

"I received a small knock, at the moment, we are testing to see if it's okay, but it should be okay, I think."

"I'm not 100% yet but I feel better on the pitch."

"Since I was a kid, I always liked pressure. So playing for Chelsea is perfect for me because we have to give the club the place it deserves.

"It’s the best place for me."

Cole Palmer passed on his Man City trophies and medals:

“I give them to my mum.”

“I wanted to restock. Clear them out so I can stock up again.” 🥶

He kept his Chelsea Player of the Year award, and the PFA award from last season. But the rest is space for the future. 👀

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Blues on senior international duty. 🌎

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Rio Ferdinand on Noni storming off the pitch against Arsenal:

🎙️"It’s disrespectful to your teammates as well. And I understand his thinking but at the same time, I don’t understand why you are doing that.

It’s a young team. Who are the experienced players who are going to go in there and say, “Woah, we don’t accept that here”."

{FIVE on YouTube}

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A standout performer in SW6. 💪

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Chelsea’s fixtures for November & December.

- Leicester (A)
- Heidenheim (A)
- Aston Villa (H)
- Southampton (A)
- Tottenham (A)
- Astana (A)
- Brentford (H)
- Shamrock Rovers (H)
- Everton (A)
- Fulham (H)
- Ipswich (A)

Very favourable run for us.

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Home 🔵🏡

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🗣 Declan Rice on Caicedo:

"With Moisés, I've been playing against him since he was at Brighton, had some really tough battles then, and I always knew and see what a good player he was."

"And I think this season, now, after last season, people said last year, okay, he wasn't the best, and it took him time to settle. But I think towards the back end of the season, his form was so strong."

"This season as well, he's been unbelievable and showing now what he's been doing at Brighton. So I think for sure, he's another player who's handled the price tag now really well, because to play for a club that Chelsea is obviously real big pressure. So, yeah, fair play him as well."

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🗣Declan Rice on Chelsea:

“I think the transition they’ve made this season has been amazing compared to last season."
"The coach [Enzo Maresca], I worked with him at West Ham for a few years, so I know Enzo really well and he’s a really good guy.”
“They [Chelsea] have got a young, exciting squad of players, so fair play to them for what they’re doing because there was a lot of negative talk about Chelsea last season."
"They’ve put that behind them to play how they’ve done this year with their style of play and attack, so credit to them. It’s set up to be a really tough game.”

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Our last Premier League home win against Arsenal...

🗓️ August 18th 2018
🤝 3-2 - Pedro, Morata, Alonso

Time to end the winless run! 🔵

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🗣Enzo Maresca:

"The nice thing is that when I joined the club, I imagined the team playing in one way, and I can see that it's already playing that way, thinking that we can do many, many things better. But it's a very good feeling."

"In terms of the process time, I always say the same, it's not something that you can say in six months, in one year, it's complicated."

"So it's something that, especially at the beginning, it'll be up and down, but no doubt that working every day, it's something that you can get better and better."

"You always imagine yourself for many years in one club, because it is the perfect picture for all of the managers. But we are all aware that, unfortunately, it depends on the results."

"I really believe that you can get results working in the way I want to work. So, I'm focused on the results, but I'm more focused on the way we want to play because I'm sure that in the moment that we're going to improve and improve. No doubt that more results are going to come."

"Working day by day with this squad is a nice feeling. I really thought in the past, and I really think now that, for me, this squad is very good, so it's nice to work with all of them day by day."

"Chelsea future? It's very, very exciting to be honest. The first time I met the club, it was the first thing I said to them. I said, 'it doesn't matter if I'm going to be the manager or not? but for the next five, ten years, because of the squad and because of the age, for me, you're going to dominate English football'."

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IT'S MATCHDAY! 💙

🆚 Arsenal
🏟 Stamford Bridge
🤝 Premier League [11/38]
⌚️ 16:30 UK

It's London derby day. 😤

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📝 Chelsea & Arsenal Predicted line-ups.

● Score Prediction: 2-2

[via WhoScored]

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Noni Madueke:

“I've been okay so far but I can be a lot, lot better and have still got levels to go but I'm satisfied with our position as a team and as a collective.”

"Whenever we don't win, we are always frustrated and Manchester United was exactly the same - we have to try and win those games. We also dropped points against Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace."

“[Maresca’s] brought in stability, he’s done well to manage our squad, all the names and talent so that's credit to him. But also credit to the club because it's years of planning and we're finally starting to see the fruits of the labour…”

Noni Madueke: "Arsenal are a great team and they've challenged for the title for the last couple of years, but in terms of us, we are just going to prepare for this as we do any other match."

(Mail Sport)

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🗣️ Estêvão Willian:

"Everyone tells me about Big Ben. I haven't done much research yet, but I've found out a few things on the internet.”

“I'm looking forward to seeing London. Everyone says it's one of the best cities in the world, that it attracts a lot of tourists and everyone praises it.”

“That was also the deciding factor in my decision to go to Chelsea. We're going there at the end of the year. They say it's cold, but we're prepared for it."

#CFC | #Chelsea

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🗣️ Estêvão Willian:

"I want to make history and become the most successful Brazilian in Chelsea’s history.”

“I want to win titles and show all my potential, show everything I can do."

#CFC | #Chelsea

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Estevão just had another incredible game. Game winning goal, hit woodwork, five chances created.

That’s not the astounding part. The astounding part is he is now BOTH the top scorer in the Brasileirão (12 goals) and top assist maker (8 assists).

At the age of 17.

#CFC #Chelsea

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Super Sunday at Stamford Bridge. 😤

#CFC #Chelsea

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Building for the weekend. 🧱

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Back to work. 👊

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📸 Today's training session ahead of Man United clash! 💪🔵

#CFC | #Chelsea | #MunChe

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Back on the road in the #PL. 🔜

🆚 Man United

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Manchester United Press Conference - Part 2/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Palmer: "I hope so [he plays well]. He is going to play, I hope! Cole is doing very good. I said at the beginning of the season if we expect 20 goals and 20 assists, that's wrong. We don't need to put pressure on him. He needs to enjoy. Cole plays well even when he doesn't score because he allows the rest [of the team] to play the right way."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Gusto playing in more attacking positions: "The reason why is because we think with Malo playing as a 10 we can create and cause problems to the opponent. He's been fantastic. He's helping us a lot in terms of process. He's playing as a holding midfielder, in the pocket, as a central defender. It's like Renato [Veiga]. For sure he's doing well and he'll continue that way."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall playing on the right: "The idea was to try with Kiernan. We played in a different shape against Newcastle to try and control the game and not make a basketball game. The plan was there and then we conceded the goal and in 10 minutes lost. It could be an idea for the future."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Andrey Santos: "He's showing what I've said many times. Some players it's better to go and prove themselves and come back. It's what he's doing. Now it's too early but if he continues he could be an option for us."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "First of all, it's a matter of balance. In this moment, Romeo and Moi give us physicality and strength in the middle. This is the reason why we found the option with Malo in the pocket. When we play with Enzo, it has to be Enzo and one between Moi and Romeo. When Enzo moves we struggle in the middle with physicality. In this moment, Moi and Romeo give us this."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I like to say that we have not A or B team. There are players that are fantastic players but for me, we don't have indespensible. If Cole isn't playing it's Joao, if not Nico it is Christo. The reason why we change players is because all of them are good. For sure some of them [players] are better than the rest but this doesn't mean they will always play."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "In this moment I know you're looking for different reasons for Enzo [Fernandez]. It's simple. He's not playing at the moment but we have so many games. He's going to play in the future. If he isn't playing it doesn't mean he won't play tomorrow or in two days. Doesn't mean Romeo [Lavia] and Moi [Moises Caicedo] will play forever."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Jackson's form: "Very happy. First of all, Nico is helping with us not only in terms of numbers but also in the way we want to play; the way he links with his teammates. The way he drops, he gives us an extra man. When he attacks in behind, he is quick and can score goals. We are trying to work with him in different areas. "

🔹Enzo Maresca on the lack of clean sheets: "I've said many times: We have many, many things we need to improve."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "This [lack of physicality in midfield] doesn't mean that we can't play with Joao [Felix] and Cole [Palmer] in the pocket. Soon, for sure we are going to see Joao and Cole together in the pocket. It's always the game that requires a little bit different."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "It's not for me whether we need to play slow or fast. Think of the Brighton game, we tried to attack quick because the space was in behind. We can't plan the same game against Nottingham Forest when they sit back in their side. It depends on the game. We have players in wide areas that can attack quick but I said many times, the problem when you attack quick is they attack quick then it becomes like Newcastle up and down. Then it's better for them than us."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We score many goals in the second half, it happened when I was at Leicester. In the first half we touch, touch, touch - they [other team] run, run, run. They can't maintain that for 90 minutes so the last half an hour they start to drop and this is the moment we create more chances and score goals."

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Manchester United Press Conference - Part 1/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Ruben Amorim: "All the best to him. If the people in charge took that decision, they think it's the correct one. All the best to him and Man United."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Ruud van Nistelrooy: "I didn't speak to him. I will give him a big hug on Sunday. We expected a tough game. He's a fantastic guy. Humble, very professional. Unfortunately I shared with him a time when he was already finished! Even then I could see how good he was. We had a very good group of human beings in that time with Malaga. It's always nice to remember those kind of moments."

🔹Enzo Maresca on team news: "They are all available. Jadon [Sancho] has been ill in the last days.""

🔹Enzo Maresca on Chelsea not winning at Old Trafford since 2013: "Really? Wow. Hopefully it's a good time [to play them]. It shows how difficult that stadium is. We're going to do our best to win the game."

🔹Enzo Maresca on sacrificing Carabao Cup to beat Man United: "No. We prepared to win at Newcastle in the Carabao. Unfortunately we lost. We prepare every game to try to win. The reason we make changes isn't because there's an A team or B team. We are all one team. It's because they all deserve to play. Some play in the Conference League, some in the Carabao Cup. One game or two games this can change, they can play Premier League and the other side. I said already we have 24 or 25 outfield players in one squad."

🔹Enzo Maresca on his frustration with Enzo Fernandez: "I showed frustration with Enzo [when he missed a pass vs Newcastle]? No. I show frustration with all of them! Don't look just at Enzo. I still trust Enzo, there's no reason I can lose confidence on him. The reason he isn't playing in the Premier League is because I made a different decision. My confidence is 100% with Enzo."

#MunChe | #CFC | #Chelsea | #Interviews

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Manchester United and Chelsea are monitoring Vinicius Jr.'s situation at Real Madrid and could jump in if he ever became available.

🔗 Jorge Picon - Relevo

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‼️One of the players who profiles most similarly to Santos according to FBref is Conor Gallagher, who scored eight goals from midfield at a similar age to the Brazilian during a productive loan spell at Crystal Palace.

Andrey Santos is comfortably on track to reach double figures for league goals for the first time in his career.

The only true midfielder to achieve that feat for Chelsea since Frank Lampard left was Mason Mount in 2021-22.

🔗 Liam Twomey - The Athletic

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🗣 Kalidou Koulibaly:

"I enjoyed my time at Chelsea. It's true it was a little short. I couldn't show all my potential. But I am happy for them now. There's a better feeling at the club. Things are going good."

"There are a lot players over there, including Nicolas, who I speak to and I follow. I like to see Chelsea at this level. They have had a few difficult years, but there is a new stability there now under Enzo Maresca. I am happy for them and maybe we are going to meet in the Club World Cup next summer."
#CFC | #Chelsea

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🗣Kalidou Koulibaly backs Jackson for Ballon d’Or in the future:

"I am telling him all the time, like Sadio Mane did it."

"He has the talent to do it and I hope he will be part of the best players in Africa and why not in the world. I try to give him advice but he has all the talent in his feet to do it and I hope that he will."

"Nicolas Jackson for me is a player who could be very good, a very nice player."

"At Chelsea the demand is really high. They want a lot of goals, a lot of assists, to be a very good player from the beginning. But we know Nicolas can be very good."

#CFC | #Chelsea

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🗣Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:

"If Nicolas Jackson keeps on improving then he is going to be worth a lot of money and this year he's scoring important goals. That is what he didn't do as much last year. So he is improving. There's a lot of growth in his game still."

#CFC | #Chelsea

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OFFICIAL: Robert Sanchez's save against Nottingham Forest has been nominated for PL Save of the Month.


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OFFICIAL: Nicolas Jackson’s goal against Newcastle United has been nominated for October’s Premier League Goal of the Month award.


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Cole Palmer in October:

3 G
1 W
1 D
1 L
1 G
1 A

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OFFICIAL: Cole Palmer has been nominated for October’s Premier League Player of the Month award.


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🚨 Enzo Fernández is going through a separation with Valentina Cervantes. According to Julieta Argenta, "He told her he wants to live life on his own. They’re still family, but he feels the need to experience the stage he skipped by choosing family early on.’”

🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-Newcastle United Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Joao and Christo were doing very good. The reason why [Cole Palmer was brought to Newcastle] was because in case we needed Cole but they were doing well so we didn't need to change."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I think it worked if we analysed the performance. If we analysed the result, it didn't work. For 20 minutes until their goal, we were in control. In the last 10 minutes of the first-half, we had two clear cut chances but didn't score..."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We are sad we lost the game, of course, because it's something we don't like but now we have two days to prepare for the next game."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Anthony Gordon's challenge on Marc Cucurella: "I prefer not talking about the referee."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Enzo Fernandez's performance: "I said, for me, we lost the game because of 10 minutes. After that, we lost the control. We need more control but it's not only from Enzo. It's in general."

#CarabaoCup | #CFC | #Chelsea | #Interviews

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Player ratings.

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📊 Match stats.

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We exit the #CarabaoCup.

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Half-time. ⏸

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Getting warm in the north-east. 🔋

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Newcastle vs Chelsea Livestream here 👇


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#CFC | #CarabaoCup

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Sancho is ill.

[via Bobby Vincent]

#OpponentWatch

Your Chelsea tonight! ✊

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Chelsea’s last 8 Away Games In The League Cup:

L: Middlesbrough 1-0 (23/24)
L: Man City 2-0 (22/23)
W: Tottenham 0-1 (21/22)
W: Brentford 2-0 (21/22)
L: Tottenham 1-1 (5-4 pens - 20/21)
L: Tottenham 1-0 (18/19)
W: Liverpool 2-1 (18/19)
L: Arsenal 2-1 (17/18)

#CarabaoCup | #CFC | #Chelsea

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🗣Paul Scholes:

“Reece James doesn’t look like a captain to me. He seems very quiet and shy. You can be captain like that but he’s just not the character that you’d expect for a club the size as Chelsea Football Club.”

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🚨✨ OFFICIAL: RODRI WINS THE BALLON D’OR 2024! 🇪🇸

Vinicius Jr, second in the rankings.

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Emma Hayes from Chelsea x USWNT is the Women's Johan Cruyff Trophy winner!

Congrats Emma Hayes!

#ballondor 

2024 Women's Ballon d'Or ranking:

1️⃣3️⃣ Lauren James

🚨 Chelsea fined £40,000 by the FA for their mass confrontation in PL clash before the international break against Nottingham Forest.

(kierangill_DM)

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Chelsea’s best ever podium finishes for the Ballon D’Or

2024 Women's Ballon d'Or ranking:

2️⃣1️⃣ Mayra Ramirez
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2️⃣5️⃣ Sjoeke Nüsken

Ranked at the 25th place for the 2024 Men's Ballon d'Or!

Cole Palmer
Chelsea FC
England

#BallonDor 

Our Cole. 🤩

#CFC | #CHENEW

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🗣️ Enzo Maresca:

"The reason why I was telling [my players] calm, was this type of game is that before you attack, you need to make 15, 20 or 25 passes.

If you want to attack with two passes, they are long distance and they can recover the ball and create and cause problems. The reason why I was shouting all game ‘calm, calm, calm, make passes…’ was because against them if you do an up and down game, they’d destroy us, they’d destroy every team.”

#CFC | #CHENEW

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The most goal contributions in the Premier League this season… 🥶

#CFC #Chelsea

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Unstoppable at Stamford Bridge. 🧊

#CFC | #CHENEW

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Chelsea had 19pts after 16 games last season. Chelsea are currently on 17pts after 9 games.

Our next 6 matches: Man Utd (A), Arsenal (H), Leicester (A), Aston Villa (H), Southampton (A), Tottenham (A).

#CFC | #Chelsea

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Moisés Caicedo made 7 interceptions vs. Newcastle, the joint most of any player in a PL game this season.

He's the first Chelsea midfielder to make 7+ interceptions in a Premier League game since N'Golo Kanté vs. Tottenham in 2018. 👀

#CFC | #Chelsea | #CheNew

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Marina Granovskaia on Instagram.

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Former director Marina Granovskaia sitting with Chelsea supporters at Stamford Bridge today. 💙

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Positives to take. ✊

#CFC | #LIVCHE

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Yesterday, Estêvão Willian became the FIRST PLAYER UNDER 18 YEARS OLD to reach 18 G+A! in a Brasileirão.

He surpassed a NEYMAR JÚNIOR [16] in 2009.
And there are still 8 games left…

Nice to see you back, Reece! 🙌

#CFC #Chelsea

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Goal and assist on his first game back from injury and has broken Neymar’s record for the most G/A for an U17 in a single season.

🗣️ Jamie Carragher: "I thought Chelsea were excellent. They caused Liverpool problems. In terms of control of the game Chelsea were better, but what let them down was the goalkeeper.

The thing Chelsea didn't do enough of in the second half was create chances. Liverpool were hanging on at times and they were hanging on to get to the final whistle."

~ Sky Sports PL

Enzo Maresca: "We don't like to lose but if we had to lose, this is how to lose. It's a shame we didn't get anything out of the game because we deserve at least a draw."

Cole Palmer took 4 shots vs Liverpool, none of them on target.

No other player on the pitch took more than 2 shots.

🗣 Frank Lampard: "Chelsea played well in terms of the performance. It's frustrating when you think you played well enough to win and miss something."

Defeat at Anfield.

#CFC #Chelsea | #LIVCHE

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SUBS: Enzo Fernandez, Renato Veiga and Benoit Badiashile replace Romeo Lavia, Reece James and Tosin Adarabioyo

Liverpool lead. Jones scores.

🔴 2-1 🔵 [52] #CFC | #LIVCHE

NICCCOOO!!!!!! WHAT A FINISH!! 🇸🇳

🔴 1-1 🔵 [47] #CFC | #LIVCHE

Jackson with the equalizer

Pedro Neto coming on.

Sancho off

Let's go at it this second half!

🔴 1-0 🔵 [46] #CFC | #LIVCHE

Half-time. ⏸

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Penalty NOT given

Penalty to Liverpool
VAR checking