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🚨🔵 Chelsea are working on an agreement with Xavi Simons. Talks taking place this evening. Leipzig want £60m, while Chelsea would like to pay less.

🔗 Florian Plettenberg - Sky Germany

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🚨❤️🤍 Understand Arsenal are set to send opening bid for Noni Madueke after agreement with the player on personal terms.

Told Madueke has committed to a five year deal valid until June 2030, already approved by the player’s camp.

[via Fabrizio Romano]

Today's Blues!💙

🗣David Luiz:

"It’s going to be a great game [between Flamengo and Chelsea]. Chelsea have been on an upward curve, with new ideas, new players. A lot of changes have been made to try and grow the team over the past few years, and we’re seeing the results!"

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🔜 Up Next… FIFACWC

🆚 Flamingo RJ (Away)
🏆 FIFA Club World Cup MD 2
📅 20/06/25
🕠 07:00PM 🇳🇬
🌬️ Barton L. 🇸🇻
🏟️ Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, PA)

Chelsea FC 🔵:
🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Flamengo Press Conference :

🔹Enzo Maresca on Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson: "I don't think at Leicester we ever played with two strikers together, but we'll see if Nico and Liam can play together."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Mykhailo Mudryk: "I spoke with Mischa in Poland when we played the Conference League Final. We haven't spoken since. There is nothing I can add. I don't have more information. Mischa is a Chelsea player. Until he is not, I will trust. It's not just about Mischa. It's in general [with all the players]."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Marc Cucurella: "Marc is very intelligent. When he has to go, when he has to stay. He is playing fantastic. He has played four, five different positions. He's very good at defending, scoring goals for us."

🔹Enzo Maresca on USA temperatures: "It's not easy. This is the reason why we will try to rotate players. It's for the other teams [as well]. We will try to do our best and win the game [vs Flamengo]."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We try to train less, or at least we try to prioritise the things that are very important, especially in tactical aspects. With the amount of games, the amount of sessions, it's impossible for them as human beings to be fit for 11 months."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Flamengo: "They are very good team. They play nice football. They have many good players. The manager is a former player. Watching them you realise they are a very good team with very good organisation, full of quality, technical players."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Noni Madueke's future: "Noni is our player. In this moment, you can read many speculation [about players]. We consider Noni as our player for next season."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "The feeling that we have, it's like pre-season. The reason why is because we finished our season in Europe and then days off, then start again. It's not pre-season, it's the Club World Cup. We are here to go as far in this competition."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "No injuries at the moment. We need to rotate players. I'm not saying we will rotate 10, 11 players [every game]. We cannot play every game with the same players."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Moises Caicedo: "He is good everywhere. Other than 'keeper, he can play everywhere. We know that Moi can play in different positions, in the attacking phase. If he is playing attacking, that means Enzo or Cole is not playing [there]. It's a matter of balance."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer and no.10 shirt: "No, no [I was not involved]. I don't care about the numbers! It's a player matter. I have no doubt that Cole can wear the no.10 shirt."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We had already one entire season already without Mischa. We are going to decide to go for a winger [with or without Mischa]. In both cases, we have Madueke and Neto as proper wingers, then we try to adapt with Tyrique. It's a position we need to improve."

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Former Chelsea player Emmanuel Petit:

🗣 "Chelsea should steer clear of Alejandro Garnacho, he might be a decent guy but I didn’t like his behaviour on Manchester United’s tour. He is showing frustration but has had a lot of chances to show his potential on the pitch, but still we don’t know what to expect from him."


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🚨 Exclusive: Arsenal are a number of clubs who are monitoring Madueke.

Noni Madueke has not been put up for sale by Chelsea and has not been offered to clubs. But rivals believe he could be sold this summer, with Madueke not considered to be untouchable.

🔗 Matt‌ Law - Telegraph

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🗣Head of Palmeiras' academy, Joao Paulo Sampaio:

"Estevao is the best player to have emerged from Brazilian football since Neymar. You watch him and you fall in love."

"I would say that with Estevao it's not a matter of whether this place is easier or not because he's the kind of player that just goes there and gets things done. When you are an extra-class like him, that's how you do it."

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