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Chelsea needed a late Jermaine Grandison own goal to edge out a well composed Shrewsbury Town club in the Capital One Cup fifth round played out last night. It was a spirited performance by the Shrews as the club is popularly called at their New Meadows ground and Chelsea must have counted themselves lucky to […]
Things appear to have gone horribly wrong for one of the English Premier League’s finest who switched to the Italian Serie A, and according to reports from The Express, is now considering a possible move back to England. Ashley Cole has won over 100 caps for England and has also enjoyed very successful spells with […]
It appears that Chelsea’s manager is trying to avoid what Manchester United is currently battling with in their defence section after the exit of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Rumours are seriously linking the Chelsea manager with Barcelona’s Gerard Pique who is seen to be a probable successor for the ageing John Terry. Pique has […]
Chelsea is already short of striking options with the injuries to star striker Diego Costa and Loic Remy. Chelsea presently has aged Didier Drogba as the only true first team striker in the squad. Though Drogba has done an excellent job going by his age in the last two matches the club have played without […]
In what is regarded to as a big fixture in England, the significance of the match between Manchester United and Chelsea is still very much high even though Manchester United are not where they used to be. With ten points between both teams, Chelsea will be visiting Old Trafford thinking of extending its lead over […]
After the awe-inspiring performance that his partnership with James Rodriguez yielded at the recently concluded World Cup in Brazil, Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado has been a major target for several Premier League sides and also Catalan giants Barcelona. In England, he has been continually linked with a possible switch to either of Chelsea or Manchester […]
Arsenal seem to be losing the battle to sign German and Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, this is after Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti dismissed the possibility of the 27 year old leaving the Santiago Bernabeu in January. This particular turn of events gives Chelsea an advantage over the pursuit of the midfielder, after reports […]
Jose Mourinho has declared that Deigo Costa may be out of action till the middle of November due to a long standing injury. Costa joined Chelsea during the summer from Atletico Madrid for a fee of about £32 million pounds. Costa had taken the premiership by storm in his first season, scoring goals at will. […]
The summer transfer window has barely ended when rumours and links about players who could move and clubs who could buy and reinforce their teams have filled the media. Transfer speculations have become part of the day-to-day activities of clubs and football world in general. Chelsea have done a great business in the summer bringing […]
Chelsea are set to line up an alternative target for Sami Khedira should the deal for the German world cup winner falls through and have identified long term target Giannelli Imbula as the man they could turn to. The blues have been a long term admirer of the Olympique Marseille defensive midfielder and could well […]
Chelsea and Arsenal in recent days have been battling it out with each other both on and off the pitch. From the 2-0 loss at Stamford Bridge to the battle of who is going to sign German Midfielder Sami Khedira; and now the battle is set to continue on a different front, this time for […]
Chelsea will clash with fellow Group G opponent, Maribor without influential striker Diego Costa after picking up a hamstring injury, which also saw him side lined in the 2-1 defeat of Crystal Palace last Saturday. The sensational striker will miss Chelsea’s third Champions’ League Group game match at the Stamford Bridge and Chelsea manager has […]
After a comfortable 2-1 away win at the Selhurst Park over Crystal Palace on Saturday, Chelsea directs attention to the Uefa champions league match day three fixture against Slovenian side NK Maribor at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Chelsea’s last outing in the champions league was against Sporting CP of Portugal in Lisbon where the visitors […]
Ahead of Chelsea’s UEFA Champions’ League match against NK Maribor, the Slovenian Champions, Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has dropped a hint of a very rare start for midfielder Nathan Ake. Mourinho would be without midfielders Ramires, Andre Shurrle and John Obi Mikel, leaving Nemanja Matic and maybe Cesc Fabregas to the holding midfield role for […]
Real Madrid were thought to be interested in the player who could be a ready replacement for the departing German midfielder Sami Khedira while Manchester United were said to have made contact with the player’s agent in the summer but it appears Chelsea also have strong interest in the player and could push the Spanish […]
If you believe media reports, Chelsea and Arsenal are locking horns for the signature of Real Madrid midfielder Sammy Khedira. The German world cup winner has been unsettled at real Madrid and this was intensified following the arrival of fellow compatriot Ton Kroos. The question that begs for an answer is, where will Khedira fits […]
Both Arsenal and Liverpool made significant inclusion to their team prior to the start of the new campaign but failed to make a strong start to the new season. The signing of Chilean international, Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona by Arsenal was viewed as a very positive one for the Gunners, given his exploits at the […]
Chelsea striker, Diego Costa is reportedly a major doubt for the next few matches for the Blues as the player has been struggling with troublesome hamstring problems. He could be ruled out for the next 3 weeks limiting the striking options of Jose Mourinho. Upfront, Mourinho would be left with only Loic Remy as the […]
This could probably be the best news to filter into Old Trafford in recent times. For a team that has one of the worst defensive units in the English Premier League this season, what news could be better than the fact that the League’s highest goal scorer will be unavailable for their upcoming clash. Yes, […]
In an attempt to fill the void in their midfield, Arsenal have turned to embattled Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira and the deal seem to be in its final stage until Chelseatried to hijack it but with recent reports coming from the Daily Star, it appears that Khedira’s national team-mates Per Mertesacker and Mesut Ozil […]