Busolo Amos

Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez have been important, but Chelsea wanted to move on from players who had close ties to former head coach Enzo Maresca. (TheAthleticFC)

Shim Mheuka on IG.

: Estevao told close people that he feels he won’t get so much space (chances) under Alonso. He prefers to play centrally, and would not like to compete with Neto out wide because he will have to add more body mass, which he feels will take away from his mobility and comprise his style.

Estevao likes Chelsea and wants to continue, but if he doesn’t have many chances, it is possible he thinks about a move in January. (renato senise via ESPNBrasil))

Marco Palestra on his injury: “I’m fine, I’m still a few days away but I feel much better” (TuttoMercatoWeb)

OFFICIAL: Cole Palmer’s strike in Chelsea’s 4-3 win against Brighton has been nominated for August 2026’s PremierLeague Goal of the Month award.

(Premier League)

OFFICIAL! Xabi Alonso has been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month award for August...✅️

Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro nominated for EPL Player of the month of August.

Love from the coach to his players. ❤️

Gaga Slonina is going to compete for the third-choice role along with Teddy Sharman-Lowe.()

Sources familiar with negotiations on the Man City side say that Chelsea asked them to back away from signing Ayyoub Bouaddi so that he could replace Enzo Fernandez, and to swap Nico O’Reilly for Malo Gusto, on top of the full asking price.

Chelsea deny that!()