Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich on the club’s website has announced he was “giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable foundation the stewardship and care of Chelsea FC.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine – under the orders Vladimir Putin, has put Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea under sudden scrutiny, but this is still almost totally unexpected. Labour MPs had begun questioning Russian ownership of ...
Chelsea midfielder, Hakim Ziyech has made himself unavailable for selection for the Moroccan National team. His decision comes after he was left out of Morocco’s squad for their Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Cameroon. Last year, Morocco head coach Vahid Halilhodzic accused Ziyech of faking an injury to get out of playing in a friendly and criticized the midfielder’s ...
The 23-man Chelsea squad that has travelled to Abu Dhabi for the Blues’ Club World Cup campaign has been confirmed. Thomas Tuchel’s side are without Ben Chilwell and Ruben Loftus-Cheek who remain injured, whilst Reece James has made a surprising return to the squad. Edouard Mendy is expected to join the squad after the Africa Cup of Nations final. The ...
Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women in an investigation broadcast on Israeli TV. Grant, 66, who also had spells in charge of Portsmouth, West Ham and the Israel national team, was accused of using his prominent position to try and coerce several women into having sex. As reported by The Times of ...
The Spanish Giant Real Madrid has given up their quest of signing Chelsea center back Antonio Rudiger due to his wage demands, Marca reports. According to trusted sources, the success of current center-backs, David Alaba and Eder Militao this season has limited Real Madrid’s interest in signing the Chelsea center-back this January. Real Madrid has been in the running to ...
Romelu Lukaku won Serie A with Antonio Conte at Inter last season and could swap London clubs. Romelu Lukaku’s club future has been thrown into the spotlight after an explosive interview. The Belgian striker revealed his regret at leaving Inter for Chelsea in August. Lukaku was subsequently dropped by coach Thomas Tuchel for Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool. Lukaku and ...
Manager Thomas Tuchel has reportedly left the Belgian striker out after he gave an interview in which he expressed unhappiness with his role at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel did not hide his irritation that £98million striker Lukaku had gone public with his displeasure and said he would hold ‘behind closed doors talks’ to sort out the situation. But, according to The ...
The Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin has criticised Romelu Lukaku following his bombshell interview and stressed that the striker is ‘just another player. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Nevin said: ‘Some of the phrases from the interview jumped out, such as, ‘You’ve changed the style, the system’… what? Where? I’ve not seen it. It’s 3-4-3 or a 3-4-1-2 and ...
Jurgen Klopp will miss Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea after becoming the latest Premier League manager to test positive for coronavirus. Klopp returned a positive Covid test on Saturday morning, and will therefore be absent from the touchline at Stamford Bridge. Assistant manager Pep Lijnders will take charge of the team, with three other staff members, as yet unnamed, also set ...
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has admitted that he wanted to stay at Inter beyond the summer, while describing the Italian club’s fans as “the best in the world”. The Belgian has claimed he wouldn’t have rejoined the Blues if a new contract had been available to him at San Siro. Lukaku scored 64 goals in 95 games across his two-year ...