So, Daniel Sturridge has made his move to a “humungous” club and despite this being his third permanent Premier League club at the age of 23, has been warned it’s his “last chance”.

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Didier Drogba. No doubt about it, a massive part of Chelsea’s success from Premier League titles to Champions League, he’ll always have a place in our history and our hearts – but isn’t that how it should remain?

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Damned if we do and damned if we don’t. What’s she prattling on about today you might ask? Have the FA rewritten their rule book again? Has corporal punishment been introduced at Cobham for anyone known to have used the F-word in their past? Ok, it’s neither of those, in fact, nothing’s happened – and [...]

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Following the announcement of Michael Ballack’s retirement from football, TheChelseaBlog would like to thank him for his contribution during his time at Chelsea and wish him well in whatever he does.

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It was great to see Andriy Shevchenko playing in the Euros over the summer and even better to see him scoring. He’s just one of those players, irrespective of leaving Chelsea, I’d want to see do well wherever he is.

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So, the transfer window is officially open but before we all get carried away with the excitement of that, let’s spare a moment or two to say goodbye to 3 players who have been a part of something very special at Chelsea: Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Jose Bosingwa. Here’s a reminder (if you really [...]

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No Premier League and no Euro games last night either, so let’s have a look at the latest rumours doing the rounds during the break:   FootballFancast tell us Hulk is keen on a Chelsea move Vital Chelsea have a look at potential bargains Football Talk bring us Moses’ response to those rumours ESPN tell [...]

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Like a lot of you, I’ve tried pretty hard to push our last Champions League final aside and concentrate on the here and now – but it’s imposible. It has its relevance, whether it’s because we still have some of the key players who played a significant role that night at the Luzhniki Stadium or [...]

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So, with last night’s defeat to Liverpool, we won’t be qualifying for next season’s Champions League via the Premier League. In fact, unless we somehow manage to beat Bayern Munich in their own backyard in the Champions League final on 19th May, we will be in the Europa League next season.

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Strange the perception of Chelsea only really being in the top four since Roman’s arrival, particularly since we’d already ventured there a few times before he got here, and back in the 1999/2000 season, we weren’t just playing against the likes of Barcelona – we were actually getting results against them at Stamford Bridge.

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