Jacob Wright

Striker - Chelsea U18
28 Aug 2027
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Marked for Jacob Wright

4 Edition

The Chelsea Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market24 Aug 2026

Ola Aina comes home

The shirt still fits. Ola Aina is back at Chelsea, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Jamie Gittens beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 35. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Chelsea baulk at the price for Tyrick Mitchell

Crystal Palace wanted more than $7.0M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Ola Aina gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ola Aina has just signed for Chelsea, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Chelsea bid $3.3M for Tyrone Mings

The offer went to Aston Villa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Chelsea training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Moisés Caicedo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Marco Bizot

Chelsea asked and Aston Villa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Wesley Fofana 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Jacob Wright stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacob Wright and Chelsea agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Chelsea Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Chelsea bid $38.6M for Ola Aina

The offer went to Nottingham Forest this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No deal for Matt O'Riley at that price

Chelsea offered $28.3M; Brighton 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

Nottingham Forest tell Chelsea: Ola Aina 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

Estêvão has said yes to Millwall

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Chelsea have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Marco Bizot gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Marco Bizot has just signed for Chelsea, and for once the answer mattered.

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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Chelsea promote George Marshall from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Marshall 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