There’s not one thing better as a football fan than seeing an academy boy break through after years at the club and shine in the first team. It hits differently, and it feels more real and close to home than any other signing the club can make. Academy players are to be cherished. They are…
Chelsea are likely to miss out on one of the targets they admire in the shape of Riccardo Calafiori, but they have yet to make contact for a player many felt would be their plan B. Piero Hincapie was a strong part of the unit that saw Xabi Alonso’s side go unbeaten in the Bundesliga…
Napoli are increasingly likely to lose Victor Osimhen this summer, but at this moment in time, it seems unlikely that Kvicha Kvaratskhelia will be following him out the exit door. Kvaratskhelia has spoken of his desire to leave Napoli this summer and play for another club in recent weeks, but that is not set to…
Athletic Club Bilbao are insistent that Nico Williams is happy to remain at the club this season, despite growing interest in his services this summer. Williams has a whole host of clubs with significant admiration for his services, but the Spanish club believes the player is not currently interested in leaving the Basque region just…
Chelsea are now closing in on a deal for Boca Juniors defender Aaron Anselmino, after agreeing to allow the club to keep the player on loan until January. Boca asked to keep the player for at least another six months during discussions with Chelsea, and it was the final hurdle in the deal before an…
Chelsea have won the race to sign highly-rated Palmeiras winger Estevao Willian. The London club beat out interest from Barcelona to secure the prodigy’s signature. They will pay an initial £29.5 million for the 17-year-old, which could rise to £51.4 million over time with various performance-related add-ons. Estevao has completed his medical and is set…
With Pochettino gone, who should be the next Chelsea manager? Resident Chelsea fan Chris Sleator takes us through all of the options.
Which Premier League managers should stay in their roles, and who should go? We answer this question within this article.
England, as a footballing nation, has never struggled to produce some of the world’s leading talent. The question has always remained: is there enough at any given time to form a competitive outfit, and if so, can they put club rivalries aside for cohesion’s sake? In this multi-part series, I set out to highlight some…
Chelsea have been lacklustre for large parts of the season, which has led to widespread criticism of the manager, Mauricio Pochettino. The London club have been sitting in the bottom half for more than a quarter of the campaign, dropping to 12th not even a month ago, in a period that looked like there was…
