Zhirkov, Ballack and Deco to start against Porto

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has told the press that he will be making changes for tonights game against Porto.

Ancelotti – Forget Man Utd and just concentrate!

Ancelotti - Deco is unselfish

Chelsea's newest star – Deco!

The Sunderland striker David Healy had a great view of Chelsea in watching his team lose 3-1 to them on Tuesday night, and he was so impressed he is certain that the Blues will topple Man Utd this season.

Resurgent Deco loving life under Ancelotti

The Chelsea and Portugal international midfielder Deco was extremely unhappy at Stamford Bridge last season, and during the summer he practically begged to be allowed to join Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan, but what a change under Ancelotti!

Ancelotti – No more signings (or sales!)

The new Chelsea coach has announced that he is very happy with the squad at his disposal, and has no interest in bringing in or selling anyone at all.

Ancelotti tells which players go where in the diamond formation, and why!

Carlo Ancelotti is still certain that his new diamond formation is the way forward, even though Reading seemed to have all the answers yesterday, and he thinks that Chelsea will develop their own personality when they come to terms with the system.

What is the point of buying Pirlo?

I have found it very hard to take this move to buy Pirlo seriously, and think that there is absolutely no reason in the world for Chelsea to buy a 30-year-old midfielder, when we have an overabundance of even better players already at the club.

Carvalho and Deco change their tune and rejoin Ancelotti's Chelsea

Carlo Ancelotti inherited two very unhappy players in Deco and Carvalho when he took over at Stamford Bridge, but it seems that he has now won them back and they are intending to try and fight their way back into the reckoning at Chelsea.