What’s Essien’s agent playing at? Fabien Piveteau has come out and said “Some clubs are interested in Michael.  He likes Chelsea very much, but football is football and if Real Madrid, Barcelona or some other club make an offer he needs to sit down and discuss what is best for him.” And yet Essien wouldn’t [...]

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It’s probably not all that often I agree with Ray Wilkins although on this occasion, when it’s on the subject of Real Madrid’s influx of players, I think he’s got a point. The Chelsea assistant manager quite rightly points out it’s not always a case of throwing a load of top players onto the same [...]

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Rumour has it there’s about eight clubs after Nemanja Matic – so needless to say we’re alleged to be one of them. The 20-year old central midfielder plays in the Slovakia top division for MFK Kosice and has already made his international debut for the senior Serbia side although is currently with the under-21 side [...]

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After England’s 6-0 victory over Andorra there were three things that everyone was talking about. First up, there was Wayne Rooney’s brace as he completed a fantastic season for his country. Next, it was the performance of David Beckham. The LA Galaxy man was in fantastic form and went some way to booking his seat [...]

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TheChelseaBlog was recently wondering how much longer we’ll be able to keep hold of some of our youngsters at Chelsea if they’re not going to get the opportunity to integrate into the first team before they themselves hit the magic 30 and today it looks as if one of our younger players at least, won’t [...]

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So UEFA have decided to make examples of Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa for the fracas that followed our Champions League semi-final exit against Barcelona? A six game suspension (2 suspended) for Drogba and a four game ban (1 suspended) for Bosingwa – I won’t even repeat the expletives I greeted this decision with. I [...]

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So, Carlo Ancelotti rang Tevez and he could be coming to Stamford Bridge eh? Yeh right. Do the press honestly expect us to buy into this one? I mean, didn’t they already tell us Pato was having a chat with the new Chelsea boss before his potential move, right before he committed his future to [...]

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It’ll come as no surprise to any of us that Ricardo Carvalho is looking for a move to Inter Milan. The 31-year old has previously been linked with a move to the San Siro and he seems to end up wherever Mourinho is anyway. Personally, this isn’t a move I’m bothered about because whilst I’ve [...]

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I was having a bit of a moan the other day about Chelsea’s transfer activity – or rather, lack of – so far, especially with the press suggesting Ancelotti could opt to bring Pirlo in. For a start, if we’re looking for that ‘special’ player who’ll give us that little something extra, then I just [...]

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I’ve written about Michael Mancienne quite a bit since he returned from Wolves, mainly because I think he’s a really good young prospect and let’s face it, it’s high time Chelsea started to look at the potential they’ve already got at the club for the future. Anyway, with the European under-21 Championship coming up, Mancienne [...]

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