The Chelsea Chronicle
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $37.9M for Vangelis Pavlidis
Chelsea have gone to Benfica with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Phil Foden at that price
Chelsea offered $38.6M; Manchester City said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth tell Chelsea: Evanilson is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chelsea turn down RB Leipzig for Moisés Caicedo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Athletic Bilbao watching Reece James
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Chelsea have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Chelsea
Reece James and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chelsea
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Adam Brown joins the Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Brown is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Matthew Murphy joins the Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Murphy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Chelsea sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Malo Gusto falls out with a teammate over standards
- Looking ahead Danny Welbeck faces his old club