Month: May 2011

England Under-21 captain and Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne has this afternoon arrived in Germany to finalise a €2m transfer to Bundesliga outfit Hamburg. After completing a medical, Mancienne will sign terms on a four-year deal before heading off to join back up with Stuart Pearce’s England squad ahead of the start of next week’s European Under-21 Championships. He will become Frank Arnesen’s first official signing since the former Danish international…

It’s generally been a successful season for Chelsea when looking at the exploits their young loanees have gotten up to in the last nine months. With Daniel Sturridge scoring at a fine pace in the Premier League and more players in England’s second tier than in any recent season, the next generation at Stamford Bridge are making waves. Whether it’s good enough to see them push through at the club…

For the second successive season, Chelsea’s academy has finished the campaign with silverware. The youth team were unable to defend their FA Youth Cup crown from last season, but many of them were key figures as the Reserves won their first regional title since 1994 and followed it up by securing the national title a week later. Add in a number of successful loan spells and increasingly impressive youth international…