The Chelsea Chronicle
Squad23 Jul 2035
Simone Lontani damages knee ligaments — 126 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 126 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market23 Jul 2035
Dastan Sätpayev 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.
Market23 Jul 2035
Chelsea turn down Wigan Athletic for Matthew Palmer
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad23 Jul 2035
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.
Boardroom23 Jul 2035
Chelsea ask BATE the expensive question
The target is the manager, the approach is real, and the compensation clause is the whole conversation. Clubs deny this kind of story right up until the photograph.
Squad23 Jul 2035
Words at Chelsea training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pape Matar Sarr 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.
In brief
- Market Tranmere Rovers are about to pick up the phone
- Market The Morgan Rogers talk will not go away
- Squad João Pedro asks for a word with the manager