Pochettino likes Chelsea owners coming into dressing room September 26, 2023 Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has insisted he is a fan of the club’s owners coming into the dressing room. It comes after reports emerged last season stating that co-owner Todd Boehly had entered the dressing room after matches to describe performances as “embarrassing”. “In all my career as a coach at Espanyol, Southampton, Tottenham and [...]
Mikel Arteta ready to switch goalkeepers mid-game in search of tactical edge September 17, 2023 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta hinted he may switch goalkeepers mid-game for purely tactical reasons after dropping Aaron Ramsdale at Everton.
Chelsea caught up in international fraud scheme targeting young footballers September 12, 2023 Fraudsters impersonating Chelsea officials are swindling money out of aspiring footballers with bogus promises of trials for the club.
The Premier League £2.36bn club: £228m worth of signings score at weekend September 4, 2023 Summer signings with a value of £228m scored goals at the weekend as the Premier League returned for the first round of games since the transfer window closed on 1 September. Declan Rice (£105m), Dominik Szoboszlai (£60m) and James Maddison (£40m) were among the five goal scorers who had changed clubs this summer. The 20 [...]
Boehly’s billion: Cole Palmer signing sees Chelsea hit spending landmark on transfer deadline day September 1, 2023 Cole Palmer’s £40m move from Manchester City takes Chelsea’s lavish spending under Todd Boehly’s ownership group past £1billion in three transfer windows. Chelsea became used to unprecedented transfer outlay under former chairman Roman Abramovich but, if anything, Boehly and Behdad Eghbali’s Clearlake consortium have taken it to new levels. Raheem Sterling was the first signing [...]
Revealed: The biggest overpayments and best deals of the football transfer window September 1, 2023 Chelsea overpaid by £34m when they made Moises Caicedo the most expensive transfer in Premier League football history, according to independent research. The Blues agreed to pay an initial £100m, rising to a possible £115m, for Caicedo after winning a bidding war with Liverpool for the Brighton midfielder this summer. But Football Benchmark, an industry [...]
Chelsea accused of penalising disabled fans with ‘appalling’ coach subsidy decision August 29, 2023 Chelsea supporters have accused the club of penalising disabled and vulnerable fans by taking the “appalling decision” to remove subsidised coach travel to domestic away games. Blues chiefs said this week that it was “not financially sustainable” to maintain the subsidy, which the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust believes costs £250,000 a year – less than some [...]
Chelsea smash British transfer record AGAIN by signing £115m Moises Caicedo August 14, 2023 Chelsea have smashed the British transfer record for the second time in a year by shelling out £115m for Brighton and Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo. The Blues saw off competition from Liverpool for the 21-year-old, who becomes the 20th permanent signing since their takeover by Todd Boehly’s consortium last summer. And the west Londoners could [...]
We deserved to beat Liverpool, says Chelsea boss Pochettino after reign begins with draw August 13, 2023 Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino insisted his team deserved all three points after beginning his tenure with a pulsating 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool. Luis Diaz put the visitors in front when he stretched to convert a through-ball from Mohamed Salah as Liverpool threatened to overrun Chelsea in their opening Premier League fixture. But new [...]
Premier League clubs milking maximum possible cash out of away fans August 11, 2023 The Premier League returns and clubs are ensuring they’re milking the absolute most out of their away fans. Every home club this weekend is charging the top billing of £30 for adult away tickets, except one. Arsenal are charging the 3,001 Nottingham Forest fans making the trip to the capital £28.50 for their Saturday lunch [...]