Chelsea

An official announcement on the Chelsea website says that Ryan Bertrand may be joining Reading on loan next season. The statement says: "An agreement has been reached with Reading for Ryan Bertrand to train with the Championship side with…

The lead-up to Chelsea's first game under Carlo Ancelotti is under way, and the local papers in Seattle have been keeping the interest going with interviews with players from Chelsea and Seattle, whose players include Freddie Ljungberg,…

The ex-Premiership players Freddie Ljungberg (Gooner reject!) and Kasey Keller are in the Seattle Sounders team to face Chelsea this weekend. They had a practise today but Ljungberg didn't stay on the pitch the whole time. He is carrying a…

John Terry is safely on the plane to America with the rest of the squad, which makes me believe that his silence has simply meant he was ignoring the upstarts for daring to suggest he would leave his beloved Chelsea. Peter Kenyon may be…

According to a report in IMScouting Chelsea are going to pay just £1.5m for the giant Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic. This sounds like a bit of a bargain! IM Scouting have described him as "Matic is a 6.4ft central midfielder who has…

Chelsea fly to America for their, now common, pre-season warm-up in the States, and striker Didier Drogba is feeling good about himself and the trip. He sounds rather relaxed as he told Chelsea TV yesterday: 'It is always good to be in a…

The gods at UEFA have reduced the bans imposed on Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa by a massive ONE GAME after Chelsea appealed their punishments. This won't get quite as much publicity as their bans but it is a little easing of the pain.…

The MFK Kosice midfielder Nemanja Matic has confirmed that Chelsea are in talks with his club, and he has accepted a four year contract which will be signed when the two clubs have agreed the transfer fee. The 20 year-old is hoping that…

Chelsea's pre-season matches start this weekend in America and after facing Seattle we have the interesting match-up against Jose Mourinho's new team Inter Milan, and Carlo Ancelotti's old club, AC Milan. Of course the last game will be…

So the jury is out on Carlo Ancelotti at the moment, but now the question remains as to whether he can make his first season at Stamford Bridge into a success. He certainly needs to keep improving his English if he is to get his tactics…