Chelsea

In Ancelotti's absence, Ray Wilkins has given the pre-match conference for Chelsea's game against Blackburn, and has said that there will be three players missing on Saturday, after assessing the players after the Champions League match…

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is presently in Italy to be with his father who is seriously ill, so Ray Wilkins is taking charge of training, and may have to lead the team against Blackburn this weekend if Carlo can't make it back in…

Chelsea have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to suspend their ban on registering players until after the appeal has been decided. This could mean that Chelsea will be able to sign players in January if the appeal hasn't been…

The young AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato has said in an interview that he loved working with his "father-figure" Carlo Ancelotti, and he wouldn't rule out joining up with him again in the future, and would also like to work in England at…

The Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino is under severe pressure after last night's 4-0 defeat by Chelsea. They are currently 15th in La Liga and haven't scored in their last three games. The Atletico president Enrique Cerezo said last night…

The Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou was only playing against Atletico last night because Didier Drogba was suspended, but he rewarded Carlo Ancelotti with two well-taken goals. He could have had more and missed one easy goal very early in…

The Atletico Madrid coach, Abel Resino, admits that his team are going through a very bad run, but thinks a win at Chelsea could kickstart their season, and he believes that it is a possibility. He told Uefa.com "It's a big motivation to…

News is coming in today that Chelsea are very keen on signing the new Ghanaian superstar Dominic Adiyiah, who scored eight goals for the Ghana U20 side as they went on to win the competition by beating Brazil on penalties in the final. He…

The prolific Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan thinks that Chelsea are a much improved team since he left Man Utd to move to Spain. He thinks that Carlo Ancelotti has made them much more motivated and harder to beat, but he still…

The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti thinks that his team have to pay attention for the whole 90 minutes, or risk losing a game in "six seconds" at a set-play, like they did against Aston Villa, twice! He says that it is hard to figure these…