The Chelsea Chronicle
Squad20 Aug 2029
Emanuel Emegha says Chelsea went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Wesley Fofana takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market20 Aug 2029
Matt Doherty asks to leave Chelsea
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market20 Aug 2029
Hull City come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chelsea did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad20 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Reece James
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match18 Aug 2029
Chelsea share the spoils with Manchester City
A 5-5 draw with Manchester City leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market20 Aug 2029
Huddersfield Town expected to open talks for Jorrel Hato
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Chelsea will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Miguel Reichmuth signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miguel Reichmuth commits to Chelsea for another 4 years.
Market20 Aug 2029
A long bet from Chelsea on Jack Wright
He is 17, and nobody at Chelsea signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Filip Jörgensen
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Cole Palmer