The owners of Arsenal and Liverpool have joined Chelsea’s Todd Boehly in looking into establishing a multi-club network pioneered by Manchester City’s owner, City Football Group. It is understood that Arsenal’s Stan Kroenke – who already owns an MLS team – and his Liverpool counterpart John W Henry have explored adding clubs inside and outside Europe to their portfolios, after Boehly indicated he...
Chelsea kickstarted their title defence with a comfortable but not altogether convincing 2-0 win to heap pressure on the Manchester City manager, Gareth Taylor. It is rare that there is much riding on the second game of the season, but with both Chelsea and City having endured shock defeats on the first weekend, against the newly promoted Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively, suddenly this...
Katie Stengel scored two penalties on her Women’s Super League debut as defending champions Chelsea were stunned by newly promoted Liverpool. Chelsea took the lead when Fran Kirby converted from the penalty spot after Gilly Flaherty collided with Guro Reiten. Sam Kerr saw an effort ruled offside while Liverpool capitalised on their second-half chances to end the Blues’ 13-game unbeaten streak...
Thomas Tuchel, the manager sacked by Chelsea this past week and replaced by Graham Potter, said he is “devastated that my time at Chelsea has come to an end”. Writing on his social media accounts, the German, 49, said: “This is one of the most difficult statements I have ever had to write – and it is one which I hoped I would not need to do for many years.” The club’s chairman-owner, Todd Boehly...
Thomas Tuchel has admitted Chelsea “lacked the smell of blood” after his side slumped to a 1-0 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb and insisted he must find a solution to their slow start to the season. Mislav Orsic’s first-half goal was enough to seal victory for the Croatian champions on home soil as Chelsea began their Champions League campaign with an erratic performance. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang...
Todd Boehly promised to build on Chelsea’s “remarkable history of success” after the American’s consortium completed its £4.25bn takeover of the club on Monday. A new era at Stamford Bridge is under way after Roman Abramovich agreed to the UK government’s terms for the sale. Chelsea described the deal as unprecedented in its speed, saying such a transaction would normally take nine months, and...
Barcelona want to capitalise on the uncertainty at Chelsea by signing César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger this summer. The La Liga club are rebuilding their squad amid a financially turbulent period and are aiming to strengthen their defence.Christensen is expected to move to the Camp Nou when his contract expires at the end of the season and it has now emerged that Barça...
Chelsea claimed their third successive Women’s Super League title last season, chasing, matching and finally usurping Arsenal in the final stretch. They operated in the Gunners’ shadow for more than half the season. But when Arsenal lapsed against Birmingham, the unlikeliest of opponents to be beaten by, Chelsea took advantage to propel themselves to another title. This season there is no doubt...
Goalkeeping is a precarious career where someone is more likely to be remembered for mistakes than successes as Karima Taieb found out as her two errors, among a litany of saves, set Chelsea on their way to the Women’s FA Cup final at Manchester City’s expense. The game was effectively settled in five first-half minutes as first Erin Cuthbert thrashed the ball through Taieb’s hands, before...
Chelsea rounded off a whirlwind transfer window with the €12m signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona, reuniting the striker with Thomas Tuchel, under whom he had thrived at Borussia Dortmund. The London club also strengthened in midfield with the loan capture of Denis Zakaria from Juventus. The Aubameyang deal was valued at €14m (£12m) and took Chelsea’s outlay on incoming fees under...