Chelsea have reportedly agreed an £18.5 million ($24m) deal to sign another Sporting CP star after already sealing a move for Geovany Quenda. Chelsea agree deal for Sporting CP's Quenda Set to secure £18.5m move for team-mate Blues begin summer transfer business early WHAT HAPPENED?According to journalist Ben Jacobs, Chelsea have agreed a transfer with Sporting for midfielder D...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson was pleased with his side as they moved into the League Two automatic promotion places with a 2-1 win at bottom-of-the-table Carlisle.Callum Maycock and Alistair Smith put the Dons 2-0 up but it was a nervy climax for the promotion chasers after Matthew Dennis pulled a goal back.Jackson said: “We deserved to win it. The end was nervy because of the state ...Full Story »

Goals from Callum Maycock and Alistair Smith gave promotion-chasing AFC Wimbledon a vital 2-1 victory against bottom-side Carlisle at Brunton Park.The visitors took the lead in the second minute through Maycock and Smith doubled their advantage just after the break.The Blues pulled one back through Matthew Dennis but Mark Hughes’ side couldn’t find the finishing touch as they searche...Full Story »

Chelsea completed the first step in their quest for an historic quadruple by winning the Women’s League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City.Mayra Ramirez’s early opener and Yui Hasegawa’s own goal at Pride Park gave Sonia Bompastor her first trophy in charge of Chelsea, who drew first blood in their run of four successive matches against City.It is the Blues’ thir...Full Story »

Geovany Quenda in action for Sporting last month. He has played for the club 43 times. Chelsea have flown under the radar to agree a shock deal worth about €50m (£42.1m) for the Sporting winger Geovany Quenda, who was a target for Manchester United. The 17-year-old attacker played for Ruben Amorim at the Lisbon club and was widely expected to link up with his former manager at Old T...Full Story »

Dean Huijsen is set to have his pick of clubs when the transfer window reopens this summer. The centre-back has become a regular for Bournemouth at just 19 years old, and the Cherries may be powerless to keep hold of him once his £50million release clause becomes active at the end of the season. Unsurprisingly given his rapid rise, top sides are lining up to have a crack at signing Huijsen...Full Story »

Chelsea limped into the quarter-finals of the Conference League with a dour 1-0 win against Copenhagen at Stamford Bridge to seal their progress 3-1 on aggregate.Home fans have had their patience tested by recent lifeless performances from their side but even the stifling dullness of the narrow first-leg victory in Denmark was nothing compared with what Enzo Maresca’s side offered in the r...Full Story »

Michael Flynn believes Cheltenham’s 2-1 League Two win at promotion-chasing AFC Wimbledon was one of their best results of the season.It was 1-1 at half-time after James Tilley’s goal cancelled out Ashley Hay’s looping header.The Dons appeared to be in control of the contest during a dominant second-half display, but Matty Taylor scored against the run of play to give the Robin...Full Story »

Chelsea are reportedly stepping up their pursuit of Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports in Spain. The Netherlands international has long been linked with a move to the Premier League, and despite being under contract at San Siro until 2028, speculation is mounting that he could leave Inter this summer. Spanish outlet Fichajes claims Che...Full Story »

CHELSEA midfielder Enzo Fernandez posed publicly with his girlfriend Valentina Cervantes for the first time since their brief split last October. The midfielder delighted fans with a snap from the Stamford Bridge pitch of the couple alongside their children Olivia, four, and Benjamin, one. Enzo Fernandes posed publicly with Valentina Cervantes for the first time since their split The couple w...Full Story »

Elsa Izac, the mother of Thibaut Courtois' son, is worried she might be made homeless and slams the Real Madrid shot-stopper for his flamboyant lifestyle Elsa Izac is worried she might lose her home The mother of Real Madrid star Thibaut Courtois' love child is worried she will be made homeless. Elsa Izac, 50, fears her damp-ridden £3million property could be repossessed as she owes ...Full Story »

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Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca defended his team’s display in their narrow 1-0 win over struggling Leicester, reminding critics that Premier League football is ‘not PlayStation’.Stamford Bridge witnessed another unconvincing performance as the league’s second-bottom side held out comfortably until the hour mark when the unlikely figure of Marc Cucurella blasted in from 3...Full Story »

Chelsea needed a long-range thunderbolt from Marc Cucurella to earn a far from convincing 1-0 win over the Premier League’s second-bottom side Leicester at Stamford Bridge.Cucurella cracked in a fine strike in the 60th minute after advancing from left-back to break Leicester’s resistance, but this was a result far more valuable to Enzo Maresca than was the nature of a turgid, pondero...Full Story »

Chelsea and Tottenham both want David Hancko Chelsea are tracking the situation of Feyenoord star David Hancko after identifying him as a potential summer target, TEAMtalk can confirm, though Tottenham Hotspur and two European giants are also interested. In December, we revealed that Chelsea and Tottenham are preparing to battle for Hancko's capture. The two sides have stepped up their interes...Full Story »

Manager Stuart Maynard felt it was men against boys as Notts County fell to a 2-0 defeat against promotion rivals AFC Wimbledon at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.First-half goals from Joe Lewis and Alistair Smith were enough to see the Dons leapfrog Maynard’s side into fourth place in the League Two table despite going into the fixture on a four-game winless run.Maynard said: “No dis...Full Story »

Alistair Smith’s superb strike helped AFC Wimbledon end their four-game winless run with a 2-0 victory over League Two promotion rivals Notts County.Joe Lewis had opened the scoring for the Dons, who moved above their opponents into fourth place and got their automatic promotion hopes back on track.The first chance fell to Marcus Browne after a delightful lay-off from Omar Bugiel but the m...Full Story »

Romelu Lukaku has claimed he was forced to change in the youth dressing rooms at Chelsea during his ill-fated second spell at the club. Lukaku returned to Chelsea in 2021 Struggled to get going in second spell Left permanently to join Napoli WHAT HAPPENED?Lukaku returned to Chelsea in 2021, becoming the club's then-record signing for a staggering £98 million ($136m) fee. He played j...Full Story »

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has his sights on reinventing Reece James as a midfielder after the captain played in the position and scored in the team’s 2-1 Conference League win against Copenhagen.The 25-year-old struck 56 seconds after half-time to break the deadlock in what had been a dour display in the last-16 first leg.Chelsea failed to muster a shot on target in the first half, b...Full Story »

Chelsea will take a 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Conference League last-16 tie against Copenhagen after fine finishes from Reece James and Enzo Fernandez bucked the trend of an otherwise drab meeting in Denmark.After a first half in which a rejigged Chelsea line-up largely failed to trouble their hosts, Enzo Maresca inserted some of his regular Premier League starters and the shape of t...Full Story »