The Chelsea Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Chelsea turn down Everton for Danny Welbeck
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Cole Palmer in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 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.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Robert Sánchez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Sánchez, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chelsea promote Anthony Parker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Parker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market George Graham steps up from the Chelsea academy
- Market One of our own: Harry Wright joins the Chelsea first team
- Boardroom Chelsea are making the ground bigger
- Squad A wage question at Chelsea