Official, completed. Talented striker Jude Soonsup-Bell joins Tottenham on permanent move from Chelsea ⚪️🤝🏻 #THFC #DeadlineDay

“The 19-year-old forward has signed from Chelsea and agreed a deal that will run until June 2025”, statement has confirmed.

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:

✍️ by vikramjajuha

STARTING XI:

Sanchez - 7: Kept it simple on-the-ball, produced a big save at end to deny Son.

Gusto - 7: Eight recoveries and six clearances, wasn’t great offensively but kept it simple overall

Chalobah - 8: Brilliant from the off, barely put a foot wrong defensively.

Colwill - 7: Could’ve been more convincing aerially, otherwise a fine performance without any silly errors.

Cucurella - 7.5: Sloppy at start in jumping out and leaving gaps but recovered well in second half and didn’t give Odobert a breather.

Caicedo (MOTM) - 9: Flawless all throughout even after picking up knock, deserved his goal to stand. Ball-winning ability simply on another level.

Fernandez - 8: Developing a top goalscoring knack getting in the box for his goal. Nine passes into final third and didn’t get exposed defensively.

Neto - 6: Kept it simple and should’ve got an assist in first half from a wonderful cross.

Palmer - 8: Brilliant cross for Enzo’s goal. Defensively helped the pivot out well too, looking back to his usual self.

Sancho - 5 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 - 5.5: Lacked ability to create separation 1v1, needs to quite simply just shoot more, take more risks.

Jackson - 7: No goal but still made it difficult for Spurs’ centre-backs at times. Helps the attack become a lot more fluid.

SUBSTITUTES:

Madueke - 7.5: Pressed well from the front, showed great impetus off-the-ball when needed.

James - N/A

Tosin - N/A

Dewsbury-Hall - N/A: Came on late but showed great willingness in the tackle to swing the momentum away late on.

Thoughts? 🔵⬇️

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC #THFC

 🗣️🇦🇺 Xabi Alonso ahead of Chelsea’s second pre-season match against @Tottenhm Hotspur in the Sydney Super Cup:

👏 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟖𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲:

“Yes, so far so good.

“It’s been a great experience to come here to Australia, a country with big sports.

“It has great support and we have seen that from training sessions, from the game, and tomorrow we are expecting a good crowd. It’s getting more and more this energy from the people and the facilities are good. You see here from Sydney, it’s top level and we are really happy.

“That’s the beauty and the special charm of the Premier League, that wherever you go in the world, Australia or New Zealand, or we go next week to Hong Kong and we feel the support, we have great welcome, great reception and we are expecting a great atmosphere tomorrow.”

“The Premier League is so special in the world and that’s why it’s so engaging for all the football fans.”

🤝 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧:

“Moi and Nico joined yesterday in the squad of all the players and Nico is part of the squad and we welcome him and we start with him from today.”

🏥 On whether Romeo Lavia is fit after missing Chelsea’s win over Western Sydney Wanderers due to a hamstring issue:

“He’s okay for tomorrow.”

🔋 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝:

“It’s a good game, it will be an exciting game, we want to play a good game but it’s still pre-season, so there will be circumstances or there are already plans.

“Probably in a competitive moment you don’t have already plans, so there will be minutes for many players, but it’s going to be exciting for sure.”

(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)

#CFC #ChelseaFC #Alonso #THFC

 🗣️🇦🇺 Cole Palmer ahead of Chelsea’s second pre-season match against @Tottenhm Hotspur in the Sydney Super Cup:

🤝 𝐎𝐧 𝐗𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝:

“I can’t remember what he said. I think he said don’t worry about it or whatever, normal stuff. It was nice.

“I’m not really thinking about that now [his desire to win back his England place], to be honest. I’m just looking forward to the season with Chelsea, and to be honest, I’m not too bothered about that.”

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧:

“I went to Sweden or Denmark - one of those countries - to see a doctor. We did speak about it [getting surgery], but I didn’t end up getting it.

“I didn’t really know how to deal with it. The first few months, with me being injured, I just wanted to go out and play, which I probably shouldn’t have done.

“Obviously I couldn’t play how I wanted to play. It was a bad season personally with injuries and stuff but I feel good now. The seven weeks obviously helped. I’m ready to go again.”

😤 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧:

“Naturally.

“It’s like anything; if someone told you that you’re essentially not good enough to get in the squad, then you’re going to think, like, alright, whatever then, try to go that extra harder.”

🤜 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬:

“Everyone knows how good he is.

“Obviously he’s one of my best friends so I am very happy about it.”

🥶 On who did the iconic ‘cold’ celebration between Palmer and Rogers:

“This is just the media, this! We’ve never spoken about it. It’s one of them. He does it. I do it.

“I’ve trademarked it so if he tries to do anything, he will have the bailiffs at his door [laughs]. Nah, we’ll do it together, I think.”

(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)

#CFC #ChelseaFC #ColePalmer #Palmer #THFC

Tottenham Hotspur have made a loan enquiry for Chelsea attacker Mykhailo Mudryk.

Spurs head coach Roberto De Zerbi worked with the winger during his breakthrough into Shakhtar Donetsk’s first-team.

Mudryk scored two goals and provided nine assists under De Zerbi during the two’s time together at Ukrainian club Shakhtar during the 2021-22 season.

[davidornstein - The Athletic; interest first reported elsewhere]

#CFC #ChelseaFC #THFC #Tottenham

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: @Tottenhm Hotspur have agreed a permanent deal to sign Tosin Adarabioyo from Chelsea.

It’s understood personal terms have been agreed, and he has been granted permission to undergo a medical.

[davidornstein - The Athletic]

#CFC #ChelseaFC #THFC #Tottenham