N’Golo Kante told some of his Chelsea teammates that they would win last year’s Champions League before they had even played a minute in the competition, according to Edouard Mendy. The Blues went unbeaten throughout the group stages of the tournament, after gaining 14 points from home and away matches against Sevilla, Krasnodar and Rennes.…
Chelsea have agreed a £25.6 million deal to sell Kurt Zouma to West Ham, according to reports in France. The Champions League holders have been looking to sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla but need to offload Zouma first. The 26-year-old’s preference has been to remain in the Premier League with both Tottenham and West Ham…
Chelsea are on the verge of completing a €50 million (£42m) move to sign Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde despite their deal to sell Kurt Zouma to West Ham coming close to collapsing on Wednesday evening. Kounde has been Chelsea’s top target to strengthen Thomas Tuchel’s defensive options this summer but the European champions have needed…
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is ready to back Thomas Tuchel with a high-profile addition up front in the summer transfer window and will push to re-sign Romelu Lukaku following Antonio Conte’s departure at Inter Milan. Tuchel has overseen dramatic improvements in Chelsea’s defensive record since taking over the reins from Frank Lampard and the German…
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel believes ‘shark’ Kylian Mbappe can reach the levels of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo but has warned the Paris Saint-German superstar that two of the all-time greats will ‘never step aside’. Despite only being 22, Mbappe is already considered one of the best players in world football and has scored 90…
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has identified two alternatives to Leicester City star Ben Chiwell in Ajax ace Nicolás Tagliafico and Atalanta left-back Robin Gosens. Chilwell remains Chelsea’s priority target at left-back but the Foxes are notoriously difficult to negotiate with and they want as much as £80m for the England international. Leicester set an asking…
Chelsea have reportedly identified Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan as a possible target, with Kepa Arrizabalaga facing an uncertain future at Stamford Bridge. Kepa joined Chelsea from Athletic Bilbao for a world-record fee of £71.6million back in 2018 but the 25-year-old has struggled to live up to his enormous price tag and has been heavily linked…
Chelsea new recruit Timo Werner has confirmed he held talks with Liverpool but was more attracted to the project at Stamford Bridge, where he will take on the Reds on Sunday. The German striker appeared destined to move to Anfield from RB Leipzig at one point earlier this year, but the Premier League champions baulked…