Chelsea
Detailed coverage of Chelsea football club and its players, including match reports, transfers, transfer rumours, kits and general football news.
We also have sections on Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (including a dedicated Jose Mourinho quotes page), Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Chelsea players Andriy Shevchenko and Frank Lampard.
Britain’s most succesful football cities
Football has always thrown up rivalries, mostly between two or more side’s that inhabit a city. Liverpool and Everton, Manchester United and City, Glasgow Rangers and Celtic all are at loggerheads with each other and are constantly looking for bragging rights in their individual battles. However there are also rivalries between cities, with the north…
Modric v Nasri v Sneijder – who should Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea buy?
The hunt is on for creative midfielders this summer as managers across England look for the perfect solution to unlocking packed defences. With Paul Scholes retiring, Frank Lampard ageing and Carlos Tevez agitating for a move, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are all looking for a player to shoulder attacking responsibility on the pitch…
Villas Boas- What can we expect?
Yet another season gone by, and the post-season review brings back moments from the seasons long gone. Arsenal, living up to their tag of chokers, relinquishing yet another strong position in the league inspite of showing flashes of absolute ingenuity, Chelsea losing steam in the December period, (not because of the Cup of African Nations…
Europe’s top shot-stoppers – are Cech and Casillas slipping?
An investigation into Europe’s goalkeeping stats comes up with some early signs of slippage for a couple of champions.
André Villas Boas: Chelsea’s Mourinho Rebound
It’s as though José Mourinho never left. Though comparisons between Chelsea’s new Portuguese manager and his mentor are rife to the point of becoming clichéd, it is true to some extent that there is a ‘new Mourinho’ at Chelsea. Quite who this new figure is, however, is not immediately apparent. With the greatest respect to…
Andre Villas-Boas to bring youthful exuberance and flair to Chelsea
Andre Villas-Boas will become the seventh Chelsea manager in the same number of years as owner Roman Abramovich activated his staggeringly high release clause totalling £13.3 million from FC Porto. At just 33-years of age, Villas-Boas delivered an array of success and dominance during his inaugural – and last – season in charge of the…
What can Javier Pastore bring to Chelsea?
One of the Premier League’s usual big spenders, Chelsea will be eager to redeem themselves having failed to claim a trophy in 2010/11. The pressure on the new manager will be immense, especially as owner Roman Abramovich appears willing to pay over £40m for Argentinean attacking midfielder, Javier Pastore. Pastore in Serie A – last two…
Chelsea 11/12 away shirts
On June 3rd, we brought you the leaked Chelsea away shirts and on June 9th, we bring to you the news that Chelsea have revealed their away 2011/2012 kits. These adidas manufactured shirts have turquoise squares set on a black background to create a striking design. The shorts has a turquoise stripe and the adidas…
2011 Summer Preview: Barnet transfer for Rooney, Tottenham’s new sponsors, Chelsea’s unsackable manager and more
Thanks to Twitter,the green light for the “Silly Season” to start has been well and truly lit. As we head for the sun, tabloids and social media sites are preparing to fill inches with nonsense, here are a few of the stories which will have us pulling our hair out. Barnet Transfer for Rooney Before…
Why Mark Hughes was wrong to leave Fulham
For the second season in succession, Fulham find themselves in the difficult situation of searching for a new manager through no volition of their own. Little more than eleven months after Roy Hodgson left the club for his ill-fated stint at the helm of Liverpool, Mark Hughes has decided to activate a clause in his…
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