The Chelsea Chronicle
Market11 Jun 2035
Moisés Caicedo wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Chelsea hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad11 Jun 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.
Market11 Jun 2035
Nicholas Scott 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.
Market11 Jun 2035
Chelsea turn down Colchester United for Christopher Brown
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Words at Chelsea training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Wesley Fofana 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.
Market11 Jun 2035
Only the photograph left for Jack Grant
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jack Grant will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelsea the goodbyes have quietly begun.
In brief
- Boardroom Still nobody in the Chelsea dugout
- Squad Rocco Lambert out for 69 days
- Squad Sam Alabi signs on for more