Bottom of the table Queens Park Rangers picked up only their second Premier League victory of the season as they stunned European champions Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. Former Chelsea player Shaun Wright-Phillips goal with 12 minutes left, his first league goal in over a year pulled QPR within five points from safety. It was […]
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Daniel Sturridge has become the first big mover of the transfer widow as he has moved from Chelsea to Liverpool for £12million. The protracted talks took weeks and at one point Liverpool threatened to pull out of the deal over Sturridge’s agents demands that it be written into his contract that he can only play […]
Reports coming out of Spain that Chelsea have lined up a January swoop for Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo to boost their attack. The Spain international would cost in the region of £15 million and Sevilla are said to be keen for a quick sale to ease their financial problems. In his four seasons at Seville, […]
What Financial Fair Play Rules? Obviously Chelsea do not care much about them as owner Roman Abramovich is said to be ready to break the bank to sign Atletico Madrid superstar Radamel Falcao. Abramovich wants Falcao and is ready to meet the £48 million buy-out clause in the striker’s contract. Add in a £200,000-a-week wages […]
Last night’s Chelsea v Fulham match at Stamford Bridge was so hard to watch. Neither side able to keep possession and string four or five good passes together. Watching the match I was wondering, is this the Chelsea that Roman Abramovich really wants to see? Abramovich has spent around 800 m on Chelsea since fallen […]
Chelsea’s new interim boss Rafa Benitez was introduced to the press today said he has no regrets over insulting Chelsea in the past, and that he vows to get Fernando Torres scoring. Chelsea fans are furious about the appointment of Benitez, but Rafa is convinced he can win them over. “If I’m a fan, I’d […]
The Football Association has cleared referee Mark Clattenburg of using “inappropriate language” towards Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel. The Blues had claimed Clattenburg directed racial language at Mikel in their home defeat by Manchester United. The evidence for Chelsea’s allegation towards Clattenburg came from their midfielder Ramires who, when interviewed, explained that his instinctive reaction […]
The ink was barely dry on the press release that Roberto Di Matteo had been fired when Chelsea announced that former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez had been hired as an interim manager. Although as someone commented earlier today, aren’t all Chelsea managers hired on an interim basis? A statement on the Chelsea web site read: […]
Six months and a day after lifting the Champions League trophy, Chelsea sacked Roberto Di Matteo just hours after their Champions League defeat to Juventus. I had written earlier this week that this was a make or break week for Di Matteo with crucial games against Juventus and Manchester City. But I expected him to […]