According to his father, Eden Hazard turned down the offer of a new deal at Chelsea in order to increase his chances of moving to Real Madrid. The Belgian forward claimed last month that ‘everyone knows the admiration I have for Real Madrid’, increasing speculation he could leave Stamford Bridge. Now Thierry Hazard, Eden’s father, […]
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has refused to rule out a move for £53million Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal. The pair worked together at Juventus for three years between 2011 and 2014. Chelsea secured a 2-0 victory over Brighton on Tuesday, but are 13 points behind league leaders Manchester City. After initially refusing to talk about […]
Antonio Conte believes that Chelsea deserved more than to be held to a goalless draw by Everton, and defended his decision not to start Michy Batshuayi up front in the absence of suspended Alvaro Morata. Chelsea registered 25 shots and eight on target against Everton, who successfully frustrated their visitors by defending deep and in […]
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has put the shock 1-0 defeat by West Ham down to his players becoming fatigued by their punishing schedule. Conte made just one change from the side that drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night and the Blues were caught on the hop against West Ham […]
Head coach Antonio Conte praised the character of his Chelsea players after securing Champions League qualification with a 4-0 Group C win at Qarabag. Chelsea ensured their longest Champions League journey – it is almost 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres) between London and Baku, Azerbaijan – was worthwhile by qualifying ahead of December’s clash with Atletico […]
No surprise to see that the 50-man shortlist for UEFA’s team of the year is dominated by players from La Liga and European champions Real Madrid, who boast 11 nominees, including Cristiano Ronaldo, who is included for a record 14th time. Italian champions Juventus, who were beaten by Real in the Champions League final last […]
Antonio Conte has complained that the Premier League title race would be closer had fixtures been arranged more fairly. The Chelsea manager, who believes even another run of 13 wins in a row might not challenge Manchester City, is still irritated by the timing of his side’s meeting against Pep Guardiola’s team from September. Conte […]
David Luiz is back in the Chelsea squad for Saturday’s match against West Brom but faces a battle with Andreas Christensen to win back his starting spot, manager Antonio Conte has said. Conte did not indulge questions about his relationship with Luiz, who was surprisingly dropped from Chelsea’s matchday squad for the 1-0 win over […]
Lots of newspapers on Saturday are running stories linking Inter captain Mauro Icardi with a move away from the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in January. Icardi signed a new Inter contract 15 months ago, and at the time the €110m buyout clause seemingly put him out of the reach of competitors. But the transfer market changed […]