The Chelsea Chronicle
Match22 May 2034
Full time on the season at Chelsea
Position 6 on 67 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.
Squad22 May 2034
Words exchanged at Chelsea
Oscar Bobb 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.
Market22 May 2034
Joseph Pearson has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chelsea they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match20 May 2034
Chelsea rescue it on 90 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 90. Nottingham Forest had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Loan watch22 May 2034
Jonathan Young wants to come home
“I did not go to Stevenage to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chelsea and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 49 matches say the rest.
Player ratings22 May 2034
Nobody on the pitch touched Jamie Gittens
7.72, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Chelsea had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout22 May 2034
When it matters, Oscar Bobb plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Match20 May 2034
Honours even between Chelsea and Nottingham Forest
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market22 May 2034
The clock does Álex Jiménez’s negotiating for him
1 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Chelsea could ask drops and the wages Álex Jiménez can ask rise.
In brief
- Market Jamie Gittens linked with a move away
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Ibrahim Mbaye finally opens his account