The Chelsea Chronicle
Squad7 Dec 2026
Robert Sánchez keeps Chelsea in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match5 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten Chelsea
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Chelsea
Enzo Fernández was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Moisés Caicedo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near João Pedro
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Chelsea count the cost of losing Edward Murray
30 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
$18.0M on the table at Chelsea
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
Shumaira Mheuka counts the days
“I watch every Chelsea game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Manchester United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match5 Dec 2026
Chelsea share the spoils with Tottenham
A 1‑1 draw with Tottenham leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Market The Emanuel Emegha talk will not go away
- Loan watch Gabriel Słonina would sign for Pacos de Ferreira tomorrow
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Morgan Rogers