Tabloid reports early this week indicated Bundesliga clubs were set to ‘load up’ planes to London to take in a pair of high-profile academy fixtures on Friday featuring Chelsea. Whether the influx happened at Arsenal’s training ground for an Under-18 league clash, or for the Premier League 2 date against Manchester City at a rain-soaked Aldershot, they’ll have gone home with plenty of food for thought, if they even came…
The Loan Report: February 25 – March 3
A pair of forwards with aspirations of earning a Chelsea future scored this week, as did a striker and a midfielder who may both already have one foot out of the door, and one other player who is almost certainly not coming back. It’s time for the Loan Report. Headliners Michy Batshuayi has generally scored goals wherever he’s been. That trend has continued at Crystal Palace, where he now has…
Under-18s: Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
You remember the hammerings, the emphatic victories, the moments of glory. You don’t often remember the battles won on the way there, but they all count, and they all have meaning. And so, as Chelsea’s Under-18s continue to chase down Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in hope of clinching not just a fifth straight Southern section title, but also in a bid to retain their national crown, this 1-0 win away…
Development Squad: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea
They had an extra man for the entire second half, they hit the woodwork and they missed sitters, but Chelsea’s Development Squad couldn’t quite find the winning recipe away to Tottenham Hotspur in Friday night’s Premier League 2 action at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium. A Richard Nartey own goal had proved to be a setback for a Blues side that had started brightly in chilly Hertfordshire, but the match would swing…
Just Who Is In Charge At Chelsea?
I’m confused… It used to all be so simple, clubs would have an owner, a board, a sponsorship deal that slapped a logo of some sorts in the middle of our kits. Add to that a squad of players assembled one way or another, who generally did what the bloke on the side-lines in a tracksuit with his initials on them shouted out. From the then newly established Premier League,…
The Loan Report: February 18-24
So, to the Loan Army. Batshuayi, Hazard and Alvaro Morata all scored this weekend, which is probably something we’ve never said about Chelsea before, and might not in future either. As we still try to work out what happens after Wembley for the first team, let’s have a bit of light relief and catch up on the last seven days. Headliners Morata thought he’d scored earlier in midweek against Juventus…