The Chelsea Chronicle
Loan watch9 Apr 2029
The goals keep arriving from Ryan Kavuma-McQueen’s exile
30 goals in 41 games at AFC Wimbledon — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Chelsea updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
Match7 Apr 2029
No mercy from Chelsea
Crystal Palace will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Chelsea were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Match7 Apr 2029
Chelsea cannot stop winning
6 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Diego Gómez says Chelsea went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Cole Palmer is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.48 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Chelsea
Francisco Trincão 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.
Market9 Apr 2029
Only the photograph left for Ronnie Stutter
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ronnie Stutter will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelsea the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
No hiding place for João Pedro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to João Pedro, and the manager let it.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
No place for Moisés Caicedo on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Chelsea pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
In brief
- Market Chelsea promote Alexander Kelly from within
- Market One of our own: Matthew Grant joins the Chelsea first team
- Market Chelsea promote Stephen Mitchell from within