Welcome to Chelsea 💙

🗣Facundo Buonanotte:

"I’m very happy to join Chelsea. It’s a great opportunity for me and I’m just looking to add as much to the squad as possible, help the team and help the staff."

🗣️Facundo Buonanotte on Chelsea move:

"It’s a great step in my career. I’m really happy to be here and ready to offer as much as I can to the team and the staff. I’m sure it will be a positive season.”

“Of course, I’ll get the opportunity to play in the Champions League for the first time, which will be a great challenge. I’m really looking forward to this season and hopefully I can help the club to achieve its goals."

OFFICIAL: Jimmy-Jay Morgan has joined Peterborough United on a season-long loan.

Nottingham Forest agree deal to sign Donnell McNeilly from Chelsea on permanent move. Forest will send McNeilly on immediate season long loan to Wycombe.

🇬🇭Genesis Antwi set to stay at Chelsea. No move to Strasbourg again.

[Sacha Tavolieri]

FireSide

#AfterThought

What Liverpool is doing is beyond crazy and fair.

It's discouraging and annoying.

Fighting them is like fighting ghosts and shadows.

Disheartening. Everyone is fairly giving up.

But in all these, there needs to arise one maniac.

A maniac that would dare stand in front of a rolling train. A train that cant brake or break

Us maniac.

We are naturally rebellious to putting our asses out for everyone to fuck when everyone does.

It's us who stopped Arsenal and Man U stranglehold of EPL.

Once, A tika taka unstoppable Barcelona machine got stuck in our doors.

Recently, the unstoppable PSG.

If we can't do it, who should?

People need a rebellious leader

And "THE PEOPLE SHALL" get one in us.

Maresca is the hope that we can do this.

We'd rather die standing than live on our knees.

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on new Chelsea signing Facundo Buonanotte: "Facundo has great potential and we see his long-term future with us here, and we will be monitoring his progress with Chelsea this season." #CFC

Would you like us to sign him permanently?🤔💭

Colwill injured? People say “buy a new CB”

Delap injured? “Buy a new striker”

Palmer injured? “Buy a new CAM”

If Caicedo gets injured tomorrow, the same voices will call for a new DM.

There’s no logic in that. What’s the point of having and planning a big squad if you don’t trust the backup players to step up?

Charlton have now emerged as favourites to land David Datro Fofana ahead of Preston on loan.

[via Pete O’Rourke]

Chelsea showed ambition in the transfer market earlier this summer, but UEFA’s restrictions, which took effect on July 4th, significantly shaped the club’s plans. From that date, any new signings depended heavily on player sales.

Ultimately, the club has to take responsibility for putting itself in this situation. At the same time, UEFA’s intervention may serve as a useful check on overspending and encourage a more sustainable approach. However, there’s no doubt that the restrictions have slowed Chelsea’s progress during this window.

Chelsea have now banked upwards of £300M – a Premier League record for player sales during a summer window.

[via BBC Sport]

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Mike Penders has arrived for duty after being selected by the Belgium National Team 👊🏽🔵