Unofficial Chelsea

🚨🔵 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Chelsea goalkeeper Ted Curd has returned to National League side Boreham Wood on a season-long loan.

🗣️ "We look forward to supporting Ted throughout his time at Meadow Park.

Good luck, Ted!"

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🚨🔵 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Previous managers had highlighted shortcomings within what had been the Premier League's youngest squad for two consecutive seasons.

Those concerns ranged from a poor disciplinary record and difficulties defending set-pieces to lapses in concentration, inconsistent finishing and, ultimately, inconsistent results.

Sources around the club have also described a dressing-room culture affected at times by high turnover, with some feeling the pace of change became too rapid and relationships too transactional.

📰 BBC Sport

🚨🔵 𝗡𝗘𝗪: The adjusted approach amounts to an acknowledgement that elements of the previous strategy fell short, while retaining the principles that have enabled Chelsea to generate significant transfer profits.

Whether it leads to success on the pitch this season remains to be seen.

📰 BBC Sport

🚨🔵 𝗡𝗘𝗪: A 10th-placed Premier League finish last season only intensified scrutiny amid a growing acknowledgement within the club that change was needed.

Senior figures began speaking to experienced players to gather feedback with the aim of addressing some of the concerns.

Some like Fernandez were unconvinced and pushed to leave, but Moises Caicedo, Reece James and Joao Pedro renewed their contracts.

📰 BBC Sport

🔵📸 Josh!

🔵📸 Dibu x Barco.

🚨🔵 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Chelsea fans want to know if Moises Caicedo is fit, but Xabi Alonso does not want you to know, because if you know, then Mikel Arteta and Arsenal know.

📰 Chelsea Football Club

🔵📸 Gaffer.

🚨🔵 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Chelsea say it is not true that they have contacted Georginio Wijnaldum, the 35-year-old free agent.

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