Chelsea are looking to complete a deal for the Ajax midfielder Edson Alvarez before tomorrow’s deadline. Talks have already begun over a transfer worth upwards of £40million.
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Graham Potter set to sign a five-year contract at Chelsea.
He will be the head coach rather than manager. Potter travelling to Chelsea's Cobham training base this afternoon after saying goodbyes to Brighton staff this morning.
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Chelsea are close to agreeing a fee with Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong.
Remains unclear whether midfielder will agree to
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move - financial dispute with Barca remains. But De Jong wants Champions League football which
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couldn't offer.
Story:
Chelsea are in advanced talks with RB Salzburg’s Christoph Freund to become sporting director.
Boehly admired RB model: “We’ve talked about having a multi-club model. Red Bull have Salzburg and Leipzig in the Champions League. I want to continue building out the footprint."
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Chelsea are in talks with Napoli over signing Kalidou Koulibaly. Feeling is that
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are close to an agreement on transfer fee and personal terms for the 31-year-old defender. More
@TimesSport
.
Exclusive: Noni Madueke will be the latest player to sign a long-term deal with Chelsea — set to join from PSV on a 7.5+1 year contract after £30m transfer.
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Quote from Edouard Mendy, national teammate of Koulibaly, in this piece published
@TimesSport
today: “We were happy with Toni, with Christiansen, but I think we are more than happy with the defenders who will arrive for us.”
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Some positive injury news at Chelsea. Kovacic is back in full training after recovery from an Achilles injury and is expected to be available for Saturday's trip to Sheffield United.
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Chelsea moving for Cucurella and interest in Fofana details here. Leicester feared
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coming for Fofana even after he signed five-year deal back in March.
Understand an agreement is in place between Chelsea and Dynamo for Arsen Zakharyan but the issue in transferring funds to a club in Russia means there will be a delay in confirmation.
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Арсен Захарян остается в «Динамо»
25 августа в «Динамо» поступило предложение от «Челси» по поводу перехода. Однако по ряду не зависящих от нас технических причин осуществить переход игрока в это ТО невозможно.
Было принято решение, что Арсен продолжит выступать за «Динамо».
FIFA Council set to approve the qualifying criteria for enhanced 2025 Club World Cup today.
Chelsea and Real Madrid will be guaranteed a place in 32-team tournament as winners of 2021 and 2022 Champions Leagues respectively.
EXC: Fikayo Tomori has agreed a new five-year contract at AC Milan.
Agreement reached tonight with England and former
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defender. All parties were keen to complete before Serie A season starts.
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Chelsea have a full agreement with Barcelona for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, including Marcos Alonso as part of the deal. Aubameyang will be a
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player pending medical. Attention now turns to Alvarez who's pushing for the move.
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#DeadlineDay
Chelsea have improved attacking options with addition of João Félix on loan from Atletico which has been agreed between the clubs.
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trying to complete a deal for Marcus Thuram from Borussia Mönchengladbach, too, and considering move for Noni Madueke.
Chelsea have submitted a £50m+ bid for Brighton’s Marc Cucurella.
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yet to respond to offer.
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optimistic and want to get the deal done. More
@TimesSport
.
Chelsea plan to shelve their interest in Rafael Leao and return to negotiations with AC Milan in the January transfer window. Likely to cost up to £130m if done today.
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Exc: AC Milan will formalise the activation of Fikayo Tomori’s £25m release clause tomorrow. Paperwork is being prepared. Tomori will leave
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for
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permanently. Announcement likely this week. More
@TimesSport
.
The FA reviewed David Moyes’s comments regarding VAR at Stamford Bridge but reached the decision that they didn’t meet the threshold for disciplinary action.
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Exclusive: Chelsea met with Julian Nagelsmann last week.
German coach among the shortlist of candidates being considered and vetted by
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recruitment team.
Chelsea have scheduled key meetings with Benfica in coming days to negotiate over Enzo Fernandez. Deal not done. Also talking with Shakhtar with view to hijack Mudryk's move to Arsenal.
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Chelsea now consider Inter Milan's £25m+ bid for Romelu Lukaku as serious but still not acceptable. Believed to be the lowest offer of three interested parties, including Juventus and Saudi Arabia. Lukaku wants Inter.
⚪️Kalvin Phillips exclusive
In a Mother’s Day special, the England & Leeds midfielder details the influence on his life and career of mum Lindsay who single-handedly raised four children with love while suffering loss.
🗣”The relationship is just love”
Fikayo Tomori ready to sign lucrative new contract at AC Milan, expected to run until at least 2026.
Negotiations ongoing but former
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defender likely to sign before start of new Serie A season. Pioli and Maldini fear losing him.
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Joao Sacramento wrote to Jose Mourinho as a 19-year-old student in Wales with a report he'd done on the manager's work.
Eleven years later, Mourinho selected Sacramento to be his No2 at Tottenham.
🗣️"It's like a marriage made in heaven.”
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Latest at Chelsea:
▪️Enrique & Nagelsmann approached
▪️Nagelsmann prefers
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over
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▪️Up to 7 candidates being considered before shortlist interviewed by owners
▪️Others set to be contacted, including Pochettino
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Spoken to Tuchel who said Azpilicueta won't be allowed to go to Barcelona even if Kounde deal is agreed. Says he is "a little bit" angry with Barca's approaches.
"I am not sure I want to give Azpi what he wants."
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Chelsea considering Tyler Adams and Edson Alvarez as options to bolster midfield options. Caicedo the priority signing, and Lavia also of interest.
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As per
@andydillon70
, Billy Gilmour's season is over due to a damaged knee. Likely to be a minimum of six weeks recovery and may require surgery.
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Billy Gilmour could be involved for Chelsea in some capacity at Southampton tonight. He’s been given a squad number.
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future still very much up in the air, though.
🔵 Enzo Fernandez interview
Wide-ranging sit-down with the £106m man talking about his upbringing in Buenos Aires, still being an apprentice at Chelsea, bonding with João Felix and asking for patience from
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fans.
In 2016, Jack Lyons was a teenager midway through his 2nd year studying Primary Education & living with his mum in Glasgow when Brendan Rodgers called about his blog. Now he’s helping guide Leicester into English football’s elite. This is his story.
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🔵Mason Mount & Fran Kirby🔵
Exclusive interview with
@TimesSport
on Euros joy/heartbreak, Boehly’s plans for the women’s game, lockers, fist-fighting managers and waking up Tokyo.
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#england
Billy Gilmour is close to joining
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. Believe the contract would be four years plus the option of a fifth. A deal has been agreed with Chelsea, as per
@mcgrathmike
.
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#DeadlineDay
Brighton have immediately rejected Chelsea’s third bid for Moises Caicedo, worth £80million.
Tony Bloom wants to keep Caicedo, reluctant to sell for less than £100m.
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had set a ceiling on negotiations and have alternatives to consider.
Chelsea have reached an agreement with AS Monaco over signing centre back Axel Disasi, per
@David_Ornstein
. Cover for Fofana after undergoing surgery on knee. Fee around £38m.
Also in here: big week for Chelsea on Fofana front as they plan to push again to sign the Leicester centre-back.
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rejected first two offers from
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, the latest in excess of £70m.
Azpilicueta becoming more and more optimistic that he’ll get his move to Barcelona. Kounde deal linked. Not certain yet but Barça making him believe it will happen.
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Exc: Andreas Christensen’s contract negotiations with Chelsea have stalled. There’s been no contact between the two parties since August, putting his future in uncertainty. Current deal expires in June.
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Tuchel to Sky Sports: "I thought when we shake hands you looked in each other eyes. He had a different opinion. It was not necessary but a lot of things were not necessary."
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🔵Chelsea hoping to reach a decision on their plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge by the summer.
Club has visited Everton's new Bramley-Moore Dock site as part of exploratory work, which has been stepped up this month.
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🇺🇸INTERVIEW: Christopher Nkunku
🔵Watching Chelsea’s decline from Germany
🔵Returning to Champions League
🔵Overcoming Bundesliga curse
🔵World Cup injury heartache
🔵Saving balloon celebration
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NEW: Uefa‘s head of security, Zeljko Pavlica, had Aleksander Ceferin as best man at his wedding and was hired permanently two months after Ceferin was elected president
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Tyrick Mitchell's route to the England squad was far from easy with a childhood spent moving from hostel to hostel and helping his single mum, Dawn, look after siblings.
🗣️"He was almost like a father figure for his family at 13 years old."
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Exclusive: Vincent Kompany has emerged as a surprise contender for the Chelsea job.
Four candidates remain on shortlist: Kompany, Nagelsmann, Pochettino and one other. Currently no favourite.
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Chelsea are very close to agreeing a deal with Barcelona for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, which will include Marcos Alonso. Contract negotiated down to 2+1 years for the 33-year-old striker.
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Chelsea's pre-season begins here in the college town of Chapel Hill where Pochettino has challenged the kids to take their chance against Wrexham. Piece from North Carolina:
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Carney Chukwuemeka moving to Chelsea from Aston Villa in a deal worth up to £20m.
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tried to get him to stay with lucrative contract offer but he wanted
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.
Behind the scenes with Shrewsbury and Sam Ricketts as they masterminded a way to stop Liverpool.
Sat 4pm:”Stay in the game, Cummings can come on, he’s a goalscorer.”
Sun 7pm:”You f***ers, you just wanted to go to Anfield, didn’t you?”
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Chelsea have reached agreement with Brighton for goalkeeper Robert Sanchez. Signed as Mendy replacement, competition for Kepa. Fee believed to be around £25million.
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At Stamford Bridge where Chelsea lead 1-0. Havertz's goal but the product of a delicious Mount cross after he regained possession. So much energy.
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