Chelsea have signed Brighton’s veteran striker Danny Welbeck in a deal worth a reported £5m. Welbeck has agreed a two-year contract and will link up with Xabi Alonso’s squad on their pre-season tour. The 35-year-old’s move to Stamford Bridge is a break from Chelsea’s policy of signing younger players with the potential to be developed. … Read more
Roberto De Zerbi wants Richarlison to stay at Tottenham, but says the striker, who has been linked with a move away, is still unsure about his future. The Brazilian scored a last-gasp winner as 10-man Tottenham defeated Chelsea 2-1 in a pre-season friendly in Sydney on Saturday, with Kevin Danso sent off only minutes after … Read more
Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso says he is “very happy” to be welcoming Mykhailo Mudryk back into his squad, but it is “too early” to understand what he can do. The Ukraine winger, 25, will join Chelsea’s pre-season tour after resolving his doping case with the Football Association (FA). Mudryk has not played a match since … Read more
Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended two-window transfer ban after admitting breaches of agent rules, the FA announced on Friday. The breaches were self-reported by Chelsea following its takeover by Todd Boehly and private equity firm Clearlake Capital in May 2022. An earlier independent commission had imposed a suspended six-point deduction, which … Read more
Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended ban from registering new players for two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. But the club have had a six-point deduction, which was suspended until 30 June 2027, “set aside” on appeal. Owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital … Read more
Maxence Lacroix has joined Chelsea from Crystal Palace to become the club’s fifth signing of the summer. The France international, who won the FA Cup and Conference League with Palace, was the Blues’ main defensive target of the window. Lacroix, 26, signs a six-year deal with Xabi Alonso’s side. “I am really happy to be … Read more
Chelsea could soon be joined in Hong Kong by Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, senior players added to the squad to ensure that new manager Xabi Alonso has some experience to draw upon. The Blues have been busy in the transfer market since the end of the World Cup. Henderson and Welbeck are following Marco … Read more
When Liam Delap made his high-profile move to Stamford Bridge last summer, it felt like the logical next step for one of English football’s most promising young attackers. Yet, just a short time later, the striker finds himself at a career crossroads. Reports now suggest Chelsea regard him as expendable this summer – a reality … Read more
Xabi Alonso’s first match as Chelsea manager was defined by four strikers – an untouchable one, one that struggled again and could leave, a promising talent, and one that could join. The star was Joao Pedro, who scored a nine-minute hat-trick to help Alonso’s side to a 6-4 win against Western Sydney Wanderers in a … Read more
Twenty-three-year-old Dutch centre-forward Emmanuel Emegha officially finalised his €25 million (£21m) transfer to Stamford Bridge from French outfit RC Strasbourg this summer, wrapping up a deal that was pre-agreed between the two BlueCo-owned clubs months in advance. However, Emegha’s arrival at Chelsea comes following a turbulent spell in France which ended with public friction and … Read more