BREAKING: For the first time ever, Chelsea Football Club will visit Lagos this May alongside Super Eagles legend Victor Moses for a special CFC fan engagement programme! 💙🇳🇬

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🚨 The maximum punishment Mudryk could face is a four-year ban. He has already missed 16 months, which historical precedent suggests would count as time served in any suspension. If he is found innocent, he would be free to return to action immediately.

Sources say Chelsea are supporting their player but are also planning for the future within their squad, signing Alejandro Garnacho and Jamie Gittens last summer to compete for left wing minutes.

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‼️Chelsea have used most academy players in Premier League this season, according to BBCSport.

Alan Shearer names Joao Pedro in his Premier League team of the season so far.

🗣️ Liam Rosenior ahead of Port Vale [H] in the Emirates FA Cup quarter-final:

🏥 On team news:

“Reece [James] is getting along really well but he’s not ready yet.

“Trevoh [Chalobah] is progressing really, really well as well and it’s great to have Levi [Colwill] back in full training, but it’s going to take him a few more weeks to tick those boxes before he’s ready [to feature].

“With Reece and Trevoh, I don’t know [in terms of a return date] yet.

“Elsewhere we have pretty much a fresh group to work with. Best of all, Estevao [is fit], Jamie Gittens is back and that’s really positive in terms of going into the run-in [of the end of the season].”

👀 On Enzo Fernandez’s comments during the international break, with him flirting with @Real_Madrid:

“He won’t be available for tomorrow’s game and he won’t be available for @Manchester_City on Sunday. I think for Enzo, it’s disappointing to speak in that way. What I will say about Enzo is in terms of him as a character, as a person, I’ve got no bad words to say about him. But I think a line was crossed in terms of our culture and what we want to build. So we had to make a sanction and that was a decision we’ve made.”

🤝 On whether it was Rosenior’s decision to take Fernandez out of the team for the next two games:

“No, Enzo, firstly, as a character, as a person, as a player, I have the utmost respect for Enzo Fernandez.

“He’s frustrated because he wanted Chelsea to be successful this year. He still wants that and we still count him.

“In terms of the decision, I’ve said this from day one, we are aligned in every decision that we make. So it was a joint decision. I’m saying that the door is not closed on Enzo. That’s very important.”

👀 On Marc Cucurella’s comments during the international break:

“He’s a great character, he’s passionate, he wants to do well. I think for him, he did a long interview where he spoke with passion, he spoke his mind.

“Marc is fully committed, he wants to be here. He’s made that very, very clear to me. And he actually believes in where we’re moving forward.

“Marc is available and will be involved in the game tomorrow.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

Do you think Chelsea and Liam Rosenior have made the right decision to sanction Enzo Fernandez with a two-game ban, Blues?

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Dario Essugo:

"I just want to be playing, so even to be on the bench [vs Wrexham] with my team-mates again was a very good feeling, you know, and we wanted to win, so we needed this goal and to provide the assist made me very, very happy."

[via ChelseaFC]

🗣️ Enzo Fernandez’s agent, Javier Pastore to The Athletic FC mario cortegana:

❔Question: How is Enzo feeling after the two-match ban?

“Enzo didn’t understand the situation. When the coach told him, he accepted it because he’s a highly professional guy who’s always fully committed wherever he is and respects decisions, but we don’t understand the punishment because he doesn’t mention any club or say he wants to leave Chelsea, far from it; he only mentions Madrid, the city, because he was asked which European city he’d like to live in one day, and he said Madrid because of the language, because it’s similar to Buenos Aires and because it’s logical — it’s only natural for an Argentine to say that — and also because of the culture, the weather … but at no point does he say he wants to leave Chelsea or London.”

❔Question: Do you think it’s fair?

“The punishment is completely unfair — banning the player for two matches, which moreover are also absolutely crucial for Chelsea because qualification for the Champions League is at stake and he is one of the team’s most important players. He has proven himself this year to be a leader and a key player, the backbone of this Chelsea side. There’s no real reason for why he has been banned.”

❔Question: Have there been negotiations regarding a contract renewal?

“There have been talks about renewing his contract. We started discussing it around December or January, but we couldn’t reach an agreement. As Enzo’s contract still has six years to run, we decided not to renew it because the terms weren’t right for us or for the player; given what Enzo is capable of today, he deserves much more than he’s currently earning.

“We haven’t reached an agreement and it may be that this annoyed the club, given that he is a hugely important player, but these are things that have to be managed. I look at the sporting and financial aspects of the player’s situation, and I didn’t see that renewal coming to fruition because they weren’t very realistic about Enzo’s current situation.

“Our plan after the World Cup is to meet with Chelsea again and, if there is no agreement, to explore other options.“

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🗣️ Liam Rosenior on whether Enzo Fernandez will be stripped off Chelsea vice-captain following his comments

🤝 “Enzo is still part of the leadership group.

“I’ve said before, this is a sanction for pretty much one week, where he will miss @Manchester_City. Then we will see after that.

“For me, I won’t be stripping him of anything because he doesn’t deserve that.

“We had a really calm conversation. I explained the decision and why. I know it doesn’t look like it right now, but Enzo and I have an unbelievable relationship.

“He understood the club’s decision and my decision in that, and he also, I know, will respond really, really well and help us in the upcoming weeks.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦:

“Yes, for sure [Fernandez can come back from this] and that is the whole point and one of the things I want my players and staff to do is just ignore that noise. Noise is noise. There is a perception at the moment that is not reflecting reality.

“My record in the Premier League since I joined the club, we are fourth in the league. There is a noise around the football club that we are in a crisis, that I am out of my depth, that I talk nonsense, I know all of the noise. It doesn’t affect what is inside of here and that is what the players need to know as well.”

👀 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬:

“At the moment, you’ll see in the coming weeks, there will be things that happen around this football club that will actually speak louder than words, and you’ll see what happens in the next couple of weeks in terms of the commitment of the players to this project.”

(Via bobbyvincentfl - Football London)

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