Injury Update: Essien And Carvalho

It seems like Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien have been out forever already, which is probably because Essien’s been out for...

Is Mourinho Really Backing Scolari?

So, Inter Milan have drawn Manchester United in the Champions League, in a game that sees Jose Mourinho up against Sir...

No Move For Chelsea Defender

First we had reports of Alex asking Chelsea to let him go in January, followed by the inevitable denials from inside...

Uefa The Winners In Champions League Draw?

Is it just me or does this year’s Champions League draw look a bit iffy? Maybe it’s paranoia but the minute...

Queuing Up For The Makelele Role Now?

There seems to be a common theme in the press lately involving Chelsea, Arsenal and defensive midfielders. Only yesterday I was...

Chelsea Battling Juventus Off The Pitch?

Our Champions league fixture might not be the only battle we have with Juventus next month, because reports in Germany are...

Chelsea After A New ‘Makelele’?

There’s apparently no end to potential transfers Scolari’s got his eyes on right now – according to the press anyway –...

Anelka Having The Last Laugh

Avram Grant’s recent comments about our players pissed me off if I’m honest. As far as I was concerned, he had...

Alex: Abramovich Too Close To The Touchline?

Despite denials from Ray Wilkins about any transfer request from Alex, the quotes from our wantaway defender just keep on coming....

Burgers All Round At Cobham?

Bloody cheek, you do someone a favour and they show their gratitude by slagging you off. Here was Roman, thinking he...

Jose Setting The Record Straight Over Drogba?

So, either Mourinho was stirring stuff up for his former club the other day or the Adriano links really have been...

Scolari Putting Pressure On Abramovich?

Luiz Felipe Scolari might well have been told he won’t be getting any money for the January sales but that’s not...

Did Chelsea Miss Out On Silva?

Strange. I was reading yesterday that Luiz Felipe Scolari has targeted Thiago Silva to replace Alex, who’d apparently handed in a...

Ivanovic To Force Chelsea’s Hand?

Only days after speculation about one of our defenders handing in a transfer request, we’re hearing another one is about to...

Chelsea: Where Does Adriano Fit In?

Well, it looks as if it’s more or less confirmed that Adriano will be leaving Inter in January, with Jose Mourinho...

Lavezzi Warned Off ‘Dirty English Women’

Are Napoli getting a bit twitchy or what? I mean, obviously as the transfer window gets ever closer, most clubs want...

Arsenal And Man City Losing Out To Chelsea?

So we’ve got no money to spare but we’ve signed another youngster – or so we’re told. Apparently we’ve agreed a...

Arshavin Prefers Chelsea To United…..Now?

I had to laugh when I read the reports linking Andrei Arshavin to Chelsea again. Arshavin’s agent, Dennis Lachter, has previously...

Going Up In The World?

As I might have mentioned earlier, The Chelsea Blog was voted the Best New Blog in this year’s Soccerlens awards. And...

Awards For This Year…….

The Chelsea Blog has picked up the award for the Best New Football Blog of 2008 by Soccerlens. Bloody stunned if I’m honest...