From Russia With Love: A Chelsea FC Story

[xdannyw92]

Chelsea to Expand Stadium

Chelsea FC released a statement on their club website announcing planned expansion work at Stamford Bridge. The expansion will take place in the corner of the West Stand and the Shed End and will accommodate an extra 2,000 seats. Chelsea sold out every single home game last season and Roman Abramovich has made it clear that Chelsea are a growing club. The expansion will be complete by the end of June 2013 and is due to start during the season.

The work on the Shed End will also involve the changing of the seat pattern to make a Nike tick, rather than an Adidas logo.

 

[xdannyw92]

Pre-Season Tour
Qatar
11.7.12 - 22.7.12

The Chelsea players and staff packed there sun-tan lotion and headed to the future host nation of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar. Chelsea will face Al-Garrafa, Al-Sadd, Qatar SC and Umm-Salal in their matches in the Arabian country. There are some familiar names to world football in the top Qatari teams. Ze Roberto is now playing at Al-Garrafa and Mario Melchiott would have faced his former club for Umm-Salal, until his return to Birmingham City last week.

Most of the Chelsea first team has travelled to Qatar, however Florent Malouda, Alex, Nathaniel Chalobah and Yossi Benayoun have stayed in England. Lorenzo Crisetig, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic, Gael Kakuta, Lenny Nangis and Thibaut Courtois will travel.

Al-Garrafa 1-0 Chelsea
Al-Garrafa Stadium
Goals: Mubarek Ahmed '81
MOTM: Abdulrahman Al-Qathani
Injuries: Ibrahim Afellay - Torn Hamstring, 3 months

Mubarek Ahmed scores a goal he will never forget

Al-Sadd 0-3 Chelsea

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium​

Goals: Romelu Lukaku '66, Mbaye Niang '89, Hussain Salam OG '90+2​

MOTM: Mbaye Niang​

Injuries: Sven Bender - Knee strain, 7 weeks​

Breaking Transfer News

Chelsea have finalised a season-long loan deal for Sunderland's Stephane Sessegnon. The loan move comes after a bout of injuries creeping into the Chelsea first team and the midfielder adds extra depth to the centre and right midfield. Chelsea have also signed Real Zaragoza youngster Joel Valencia for £1.4m. The Ecuadorian winger, as well as Sessegnon, has travelled to Qatar to meet up with Pavel Glazkov can their new team-mates.

David Luiz and Daniel Sturridge have left the squad to go back to London to take part in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Sessegnon scored 6 goals from the midfield for Sunderland who got relegated last season.

Qatar SC 0-3 Chelsea
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
Goals: Ramires '32, Didier Drogba 55', Gael Kakuta 73'
MOTM: Joel Valencia

New signing, Joel Valencia pulled the strings in his first-team debut.

Umm-Salal 0-5 Chelsea
Al-Garaffa Stadium
Goals: Gael Kakuta '19 '27, Didier Drogba '30 '57, Ezequiel Lavezzi '63
MOTM: Gael Kakuta

Chelsea Player of the Tour
Gael Kakuta

Gael Kakuta impressed Pavel Glazkov with his performances in the searing heat of Qatar.
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[cfc12345]

good update

 

[xdannyw92]

Chelsea Sign Two More Teenagers!

After speculation that he will join the club last season, Carlos Fierro, has joined Chelsea for a fee of £1.3m. The Mexican striker is 18 years old and scored 14 goals in 28 games in the Mexican top-flight last season for Chivas. Chelsea have also signed Italian centre back, Daniele Rugani for a fee of £500k from Empoli. The 17-year old made 3 appearances for the Serie B club last season.

The two signings come after a low-spending summer for Chelsea, who have only signed one player aged over 20 (Sessegnon). Pavel Glazkov spoke to the press today about his transfer policy. "We have a brilliant bunch of first team players and very good depth. This summer we are focusing on building the squad for the future and we have made a lot of young players, Chelsea players, so we can continue our success in the future."

Carlos Fierro scoring for Mexican club, Chivas.

Duo Leave Chelsea

Alex has left Chelsea for Juventus for a fee of £3m. The Brazilian centre back handed in a transfer request last month and is said to be 'relieved' to leave Chelsea, a club where he has spent most of his career. Yossi Benayoun has also left for Turkish club, Galatasaray for £1m. Benayoun spent the season on loan at Arsenal last year and Pavel Glazkov stated he wasn't in his future plans.

Alex only made one league start last season and five sub appearances
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[xdannyw92]

Pre-Season Part 2

The Chelsea squad have arrived back from Qatar with a newly found match fitness and tans ahead of fixtures against Watford, Blackpool, Brighton and a home tie with Dinamo Moscow round up Chelsea's pre season before a Community Shield match against Manchester United. Ibrahim Afellay and Sven Bender will miss the start of the season with their injuries, but a big squad with lots of talent should be expected to cope without the pair who played a big role last season.

Watford 1-3 Chelsea
Vicarage Road
Goals: Prince Buaben '54 - Mbaye Niang '18 '73, Didier Drogba '65
MOTM: Mbaye Niang

Florent Malouda has left Chelsea to join French club Paris St. Germain for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £4m. The 32 year old was surplus requirement under Pavel Glazkov's reign making only 2 league appearances in the title-winning squad. He is the third player to move to PSG under Glazkov and will join up with Nicolas Anelka and John Obi Mikel.

Malouda with the 2010 Barclays Premier League trophy

Blackpool 1-3 Chelsea
Bloomfield Road
Goals: Brett Ormerod '75 - Ramires '6, Ezequiel Lavezzi '44, Frank Lampard '90+4
MOTM: Ezequiel Lavezzi
Injuries: Romelu Lukaku - Stubbed Toe, 1 week

Brighton 0-4 Chelsea
AMEX Community Stadium
Goals: Joel Valencia '14, John Terry '21, Mbaye Niang '32, Didier Drogba '60
MOTM: Stephane Sessegnon

The new signing made 3 assists in a masterful display on the left wing

Chelsea 5-0 Dinamo Moscow
Stamford Bridge

Goals: Fernando Torres '38, Romelu Lukaku '41, Ezequiel Lavezzi'43, Didier Drogba '74, Mbaye Niang '80
MOTM: Ezequiel Lavezzi

Chelsea Player of the Pre-Season
Sponsored by Sony

Ezequiel Lavezzi

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The Argentine put in some good performances in Qatar and back in England

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[cfc12345]

Another great update mate This story has inspired me to start my own and I hope to be as successful as you have been so far

 

[xdannyw92]

Thanks mate Sorry about the lack of depth I hate pre-season and always want to get it out the way. The season kicks off in the next update anyway

 

[xdannyw92]

2012 - Part 1

Community Shield

Wembley

Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea
Goals: Fernando Torres '12
MOTM: Nicolas Otamendi

A beautiful, sunny day in North London was topped off with a brilliant game of football and another trophy for Chelsea's cabinet and their fourth under Pavel Glazkov in a little over a year. Lukaku and Lampard had good chances in the first ten minutes, but were denied by new Manchester United 'keeper, Guillermo Ochoa. After 12 minutes Chelsea got a deserved goal as Juan Mata cut inside from the left to put Fernando Torres through on goal, who rounded the Mexican keeper to score.

In the second half, Stephane Sessegnon, Nathaniel Chalobah and Carlos Fierro all came on as Chelsea pushed forwards and Fierro almost got a debut goal for his new club. However, it was another Mexican that could have grabbed the headlines, but Javier Hernandez had a goal disallowed for a foul on Vrsaljko in the build up.

Chelsea defended well and the performance of Nicolas Otamendi was a real highlight for Glazkov. Chelsea will play their first Premier League game as holders against Swansea, who defeated United last season to ensure Chelsea's title.

Chelsea to Appear on Mid-Week Soccer AM Special

A charity match in aid of Help The Heroes will take place at Stamford Bridge which will see Chelsea play the staff and crew of Sky Sports show, Soccer AM. The game will take place only 4 days before the start of the season, so most people won't be expecting Chelsea to field any first team players. Pavel Glazkov and Roman Abramovich are likely to attend the game which all financial gains will go to the Help for Heroes charity.

Soccer AM host Max Rushden stated: "It's going to be massive, I really can't wait and hopefully I'll nick a goal. It's going to be hilarious to see someone like Tubes come up against someone like Josh McEachran or Daniel Sturridge so everyone should come to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday the 15th of August and basically laugh at us."

The Soccer AM team will feature some former Chelsea players such as Chelsea assistant manager, Roberto di Matteo and Dennis Wise. The Soccer AM team will be managed by co-host Helen Chamberlain.

Charity Match
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea 5-0 Soccer AM

Chelsea demolished the crew of Soccer AM at Stamford Bridge in front of 22,394 fans who turned out to support the game. There was a lot of support for Soccer AM but it only took Chelsea to go 1-0 up when Carlos Fierro scored after knocking the ball through the legs of Trev and several minutes later Ramires scored to make it 2-0 to Chelsea. Helen Chamberlain decided to run out on the pitch and give Soccer AM 'keeper, Bobby Chalal a big kiss to motivate him and it seemed to work as Soccer AM seemed to play a bit better and Max Rushden should have scored but fell over before being able to take a shot. It looked to be 2-0 at half time until a Chelsea corner was diverted into the back of the net by Baby Elvis who was instantly subbed by Helen to be replaced by Roberto di Matteo.

The ball didn't move out of the Soccer AM half in the second half and even though Dennis Wise and Roberto di Matteo played well it wasn't enough as Sturridge and Kovacic scored to make it 5-0. There was a surprise in the last 10 minutes as Chelsea's manager Pavel Glazkov came on the pitch for Soccer AM. The Russian manager was a solid midfielder at Dinamo Moscow and was up to no good when he and di Matteo combined to bench Daniel Sturridge and both were booked.

In the end it was great entertainment for the big crowd and £68,000 was raised for Help the Heroes.

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[King Salas]

Really good story. Love the lay out and the new kits look amazing. Keep up the good work!

 

[xdannyw92]

Breaking Transfer News
Neymar Joins Chelsea For £40m

Throughout the summer the name 'Neymar' has been associated with every major European club. From Manchester United to Barcelona and from PSG to Inter Milan. But after a summer of speculation the Brazilian wonderkid has joined Chelsea for a fee of £40m. The 20 year old has shown a lot of potential in recent years already picking up 16 caps for Brazil and numerous goals at his home club, Santos.

The player has become to biggest signing of the summer throughout the world and has told the media of his gratitude towards Pavel Glazkov and Roman Abramovich for giving him a chance in the world's biggest league. Neymar told a Brazlian newspaper; "It is hard for me to leave Santos as I love the club but when a team like Chelsea come calling it is hard to say no. I had discussions with Pavel and Roman about my contract and they seemed very happy I was keen on joining them. London is a very famous city and living there will be great. I hope I can achieve a lot at Chelsea and become an icon to their fans like I am here at Santos."

Pavel Glazkov held a press-conference at Stamford Bridge after the signing was announced. "I am very, very delighted to tell you all that Neymar will be a Chelsea player for the forthcoming season. He is a very gifted young man and will lead this club to a lot of glory in the future." When asked about the amount of strikers the club has Glazkov replied with, "Yes there are a lot of strikers here but the way we play is about scoring goals. We scored over 100 goals last season and I want more. You cannot win if you don't outscore the opposition and with our big strike force, spearheaded by Fernando, Romelu, Didier and now Neymar, there is no denying our teams ability in the final third. Fierro, Sturridge and Niang are young and still learning the game and they will come into the team when suited for their development. But for now it may be too soon for them to be playing every game."

Neymar will wear the number 14 shirt next season as Chelsea attempt to defend their title.

Glazkov has stated that there will be no more spending from Chelsea this season due to the most expensive transfer of the summer. Neymar joins Mateo Kovacic, Carlos Fierro, Stephane Sessegnon, Daniele Ruggani and Misa Spasic as Chelsea invest heavily in youth following departures of John Obi Mikel, Florent Malouda and Alex.

In other transfer news, after being released by the club, Jose Bosingwa has joined Sevilla on a free transfer after making only one league appearance for Chelsea last season following the siging of Sime Vrsaljko. New-boy Lenny Nangis has joined Sheffield United on a 6 month loan after joining for 850k from Stade Malherbe Caen.



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[xdannyw92]

Pavel Glazkov: "Club is Entering a New Era"

Russian manager, Pavel Glazkov has told Chelsea fans that the club is 'entering a new era' after a mass signing of young players of the summer, most of them being strikers. Neymar, Carlos Fierro and Lenny Nangis join a squad already with world class strikers such as Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, Romelu Lukaku and Daniel Sturridge.

The Chelsea manager also told fans to expect a period of transition as the younger players in the squad come into the first team more often. "People say you cannot win anything with youngsters and I disagree. I sign young players who have a desire to win and I know when players have this. Chelsea fans should not expect much this season in my opinion, me and Roman have spoke about the plan for the season and it involves a lot of development. Firstly we need to defend the Premier League and also look to improve in Europe. In cup games you can expect to see the young players in the squad given a chance to show me and the fans what they have to offer." Glazkov went on to state that; "If we can develop these players now there will be a golden era for the club."

Fans have been understanding of what Glazkov had to say about the team. One fan said "We have been criticised for having an old and out-dated team and Pavel is looking to make a team that will be successful for a long time. If we go one season without a trophy but win loads from then on I can understand that."

Some fans have also stated their uncertainty about the plan. "We need to be trying to win every season. Teams will target us now as a team they can beat and we need to stand strong as champions of England."

 

[cfc12345]

Great signing in Neymar he should turn out to be a world class signing

 

[xdannyw92]

2012 - Part 2

Barclays Premier League
The Liberty Stadium

Swansea 1-5 Chelsea
(Fernando Torres x3, Romelu Lukaku, Neymar)
MOTM - Fernando Torres
Ashley Williams Sent Off

Pavel Glazkov was left delighted with his teams performance against 10-man Swansea city. The fastest ever Premier League red card happened 35 seconds into the season when Ashley Williams pulled down Torres who was through on goal as last man. Romelu Lukaku missed the penalty but for the rest of the game the ball hardly left the Swansea half. Fernando Torres got a first half hat trick and Romelu Lukaku made up for his penalty miss by latching onto Ezequiel Lavezzi's cross to score. With the score 4-0 at half time, Swansea came out looking to ease the goal difference. Swansea debutant, Matt Phillips scored a good goal after joining from Blackpool. But it was another debutant who made the headlines.

On the 69th minute Mateo Kovacic and Neymar both came on to make their first appearance for Chelsea. The two combined together and Neymar got through on goal to place his shot past the Swansea 'keeper to score a goal only 3 minutes into his Chelsea debut. Neymar expressed his delight after the game in scoring on his debut in Wales.

Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea 7-0 Leicester
(Fernando Torres x2, Neymar x4, Ezequiel Lavezzi)
MOTM - Neymar

Fernando Torres and Neymar are building up quite a partnership with 10 goals between them in the first two games of the season. Leicester's second Premiership game will be one forget and Torres made sure of that with his first after only 6 minutes of play. Juan Mata then had a goal disallowed for offside, but Neymar doubled the lead after 11 minutes on his home debut. 5 minutes later Neymar got his second goal and after 36 minutes he got his hat trick and made himself an instant hit in the Premier League. However, Chelsea weren't finished and Juan Mata was unfortunate enough to have another goal disallowed for a slight hand ball as he controlled the ball.

It was out with the old and in with the new as Nathaniel Chalobah and Mateo Kovacic came on for John Terry and Frank Lampard. Kovacic again proved he is going to be a top-class midfielder as he set Neymar up for his fourth goal on the 58th minute. Fernando Torres got his second of the game shortly after. Neymar was taken off to a standing ovation to the home crowd as Stephane Sessegnon made his Chelsea debut. Ezequiel Lavezzi rounded up the rout after 73 minutes from a pass from Juan Mata, who made 4 assists in the game.

Injury News

Chelsea's goalkeeper, Petr Cech will miss up to 2 months of action with a double hernia. The goalkeeper was in some pain in training and will miss a substantial amount of time. However, Petr Cech hasn't played in the Premier League yet as Thibaut Courtois has played both games. In better news Sven Bender is back in training and may be ready for next months game against Newcastle.

Chelsea Player of the Month
Sponsored by Sony

Neymar

We all know how hard it is to adapt to the Premier League, but with 5 goals in his first two games there is no doubt Neymar will be leading Chelsea to further glory this season.

Barclays Premier League

The Premier League table is looking quite predictable at the moment. Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa have both won their opening games, with Man City slipping up away to Wolves. Norwich, Reading, Stoke, Bolton and Leicester are still looking for their first point of the season.

Champions League Group Draw

Group G

Chelsea face a mediocre group as they take on French Champions Lyon, Athletico Bilbao and Mateo Kovacic and Sime Vrsaljko will play their former team Dinamo. The group will kick off when Chelsea travel to Spain to play Atletico Bilbao.

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[xdannyw92]

The Summer of 2012 will be known as the one where everyone spent a lot of money. Here is a brief summary of the world's top Transfers over Summer 2012 leading up to Deadline Day.

Neymar - Santos to Chelsea - £40m
Luka Modric - Spurs to Man Utd - £33.5m
Angel Di Maria - Real Madrid to Arsenal - £16.75m
Christian Eriksen - Ajax to Dortmund - £10.5m
Diego Godin - Ath. Madrid to Spurs - £12.75m
Mattia Cassani - Palermo to Spurs - £8.75m
Christian Fuchs - Schalke to Arsenal - £21m
John Obi Mikel - Chelsea to PSG - £17m
Ryan Shawcross - Stoke to Fulham - £13m
Miralem Pjanic - Roma to Liverpool - £16.25m
Chiek M'Bengue - Sunderland to Wolves - £10.25m

And finally..
David Beckham - Stoke to Calgari - Free

Many people are questioning the price Arsenal paid for Christian Fuchs.

Transfer Deadline Day - Rumours

Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal and Spurs are all making bids for Napoli's Edison Cavani. (The Sun)
Yohan Cabaye has spend a night in a hotel in London, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Fulham are after him (The Sun)
Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand will move to Everton today (TalkSport)
Christophe Samba is in Italy ahead of a move to Fiorentina (The Daily Mail)
Giuseppe Rossi will move back to Manchester United today (The Sun)
West Ham will make a bid for Manchester United Tom Cleverly (The Independant)
Up to five teams have made reported bids for Porto's Vaclav Kadlec (The Times)

Transfer Deadline Day - As it Happened
08:19 - Junior Hoilett was spotted in a hotel in Birmingham. West Brom, Wolves and Villa are all potential buyers
8:58 - Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand spotted in Leeds
10:02 - Junior Hoilett is confirmed as a Wolves player
10:11 - Edison Cavani is on a plane to London Heathrow. Arsenal are favourites to sign him
10:17 - Hugo Rodellega close to signing for Leicester City
11:01 - Celtic's Scott Brown has signed for Swansea City for £5.5m
11:48 - Martin Olsson is spotted near Sunderland training ground
12:30 - Martin Olsson signs for Sunderland for £6m
12:50 - Edison Cavani in talks with Tottenham Hotspur
13:14 - Christophe Samba signs for Fiorentina for £9.5m
13:28 - Hugo Rodellega joins Leicester City for £6.75m
14:03 - Talks between Edison Cavani and Spurs have broken down
14:28 - Forget that, the deal is still on!
16:09 - Yann M'Vila is rumoured to have signed for Chelsea, not yet confirmed
16:23: This is confirmed, Edison Cavani has signed for Spurs for £24m
17:34: Stade Rennais confirm Yann M'Vila is still their player
19:09 - The rumours have dried up
19:49 - Tom Cleverly is in talks with West Ham United
20:17 - Manchester City sign Fiorentina's Juan Manuel Vargas
20:01 - Ben Foster joins Spurs for £4.5m
23:00 - Transfer window shuts
23:15 - West Ham confirm Tom Cleverly didn't sign for them due to lack of time
23:28 - Chelsea confirm Ryan Bertrand wasn't about to leave

Cavani makes Spurs the biggest spenders with a total of £69m spent
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[skomerwarden93]

BRILLIANT! Keep up the good work! Chelsea fan following here mate!

 

[xdannyw92]

2012

Barclays Premier League
St. James' Park

Newcastle 0-3 Chelsea
(David Luiz, Neymar x2)
MOTM: Juan Mata

Chelsea kick started September with a big win on Tyne-side. Juan Mata ran the show with 3 assists, the first was a corner met by a stunning volley from centre-back, David Luiz. Chelsea continued to control the tie and Mata found Neymar in the box to put the Blues 2-0 up before half time. Newcastle went forward looking for a goal but were caught on the break by the pace of Chelsea's attack force. Mata's run from his own half and a squared ball to Neymar put Chelsea 3-0 with 40 minutes left to play.

Juan Mata ripped apart the Toon's defence

International Break Disaster for Chelsea

John Terry, Michael Essien and Branislav Ivanovich all picked up injuries whilst playing for their nations this week. Terry will be out for 2 weeks with a groin strain and the Chelsea captain will miss this weeks tie against Manchester United, who will miss Rio Ferdinand who was injured in the same game. Michael Essien will miss up to a month with a sprained ankle, however Sven Bender has been making good progress in recovering from his injury. Finally, Serbian right-back Ivanovich, will miss nearly 2 months with a hernia picked up in a training session. The players join Petr Cech and Ibrahim Afellay on the injury list.

The former England captain hobbled off in Englands 3-0 win over Ukraine.

Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea 3-2 Manchester United
(Fernando Torres, Neymar, Ashley Cole)
MOTM: Ezequiel Lavezzi
Patrice Evra Sent Off

A truly memorable game will go down in history as one of the most exciting Premier League clashes in recent years. The two title contenders took part in a rollercoaster-ride of a game which saw Chelsea grab the 3 points. Lavezzi's cross was met by Fernando Torres who volleyed Chelsea ahead after only 6 minutes. And on the 18th minute Chelsea doubled their lead through Neymar, who can't stop scoring for his new club. Minutes later Chelsea thought they were 3-0 up when Torres was controversially given offside for his tap in. After 27 minutes Phil Jones met Modric's corner to pull a goal back for United and within 3 minutes Wayne Rooney equalised in a mad 10 minutes.

The second half was end to end with both goalkeepers, Thibaut Courtois and David de Gea were called into action and on the 48th minute Wayne Rooney and the whole Manchester United team thought they got the lead, but his goal was given offside by the official. Replays show that Rooney was just onside. On the 67th minute, Ezequiel Lavezzi was hauled down in the penalty area and stand in captain, Ashley Cole stood up to bury the spot kick past de Gea. Patrice Evra was shown two yellow cards in the last 10 minutes and was given his marching orders.

Ashley Cole lining up his penalty kick to win the game
Carling Cup Draw

Wolves v Chelsea

Chelsea beat Wolves 3-1 and 3-2 last season and will now play them twice in a row after this cup draw.

European Champions League
San Mames

Athletico Bilbao 1-4 Chelsea
(Ezequiel Lavezzi x2, Romelu Lukaku x2)
MOTM: Ezequiel Lavezzi

Chelsea taught Bilbao a lesson in the Champions League as they thrashed them in Spain. Two early goals from Lavezzi put Chelsea 2-0 up and Romelu Lukaku blasted Chelsea 3-0 ahead before half time. The second half was one way traffic as a youthful Chelsea team impressed and eventually Kovacic found Lukaku to put Chelsea 4-0 up. Fernando Llorente got a late consolation goal to give Bilbao some credibility. Lyon beat Dinamo 2-0 in the other tie in the group.

Barclays Premier League
Stamford Bridge

Chelsea 3-0 Wolves
(Neymar x2, Romelu Lukaku)
MOTM: Juan Mata

Chelsea dominated this Premier League clash and 2 goals from Neymar meant he was the quickest player in Premier League history to reach 10 goals, doing so in only 5 games. Fernando Torres played the Brazilian in after 13 minutes and on the 29th minute Juan Mata picked him out to put Chelsea 2-0 up. Ezequiel Lavezzi was brought down and landed badly on his arm and will miss up to a month with a fractured arm. With no recognised winger on the bench Mateo Kovacic was called upon to replace him and could have scored later on. However, it was Romelu Lukaku who sealed the win as he headed in Juan Mata's corner. Pavel Glazkov's side has now notched up 5 wins in their first 5 games.

Neymar was reported in Brazil to say the Premier League is "easy". He does makes it look like that.

Carling Cup Third Round
Molineux

Wolves 2-0 Chelsea
MOTM: Steven Davis

Chelsea were very poor as they lost to Wolves to crash out of the Carling Cup after winning it last season. Pavel Glazkov started a lot of young players, Chalobah, Digne, Kovacic, Valencia and Niang all started. Sturridge thought he put Chelsea ahead after 3 minutes but his goal was disallowed. After that Michael Kightly scored a goal in what seemed to be an offside position to put Wolves 1-0 up. Kevin Doyle made it 2-0 before half time and despite introductions of Carlos Fierro, David Luiz and Neymar in the second half Chelsea were very poor and didn't deserve to win the game and Wolves fans were delighted with the result.


Barclays Premier League

Goodison Park

Everton 1-2 Chelsea
(Nicolas Otamendi, Neymar)
MOTM: Juan Mata

Chelsea shrugged off defeat in the week to overcome Everton in a win that came with a cost. Injuries picked up by Juan Mata and Ashley Cole will see them miss out 2 and 3 weeks respectively. Before Juan Mata's injury his role on the left wing was a spectacle as his corner was smashed into the net by Otamendi for his first Chelsea goal on the stroke of half time. In the second half Neymar picked the ball up off Mata to make it 2-0 to Chelsea. Seamus Coleman made it a nervous final half hour with a good goal but Chelsea overcame a good Everton side to continue their winning streak.​

Chelsea Player of the Month
Sponsored by Sony

Juan Mata

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The Spaniard created 11 goals in September picking up 3 man of the matches.

Barclays Premier League

Chelsea are three points clear at the top. West Brom have got off to a good start again and sit in 3rd. Swansea and West Ham have enjoyed better starts than Liverpool. Fulham and Reading sit in the bottom 3 without a win and Leicester are bottom without a single point.

Chelsea Treble For September!

Pavel Glazkov, Juan Mata and Neymar won Manager, Player and Young Player of the month for September. Juan Mata's 11 assists and Neymar's 6 goals helped Chelsea to a 100% record in the league so far.

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[xdannyw92]

Drogba: "This is my last season at Chelsea"

Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba has revealed he will not renew his contract at Chelsea at the end of the season. Drogba will be 35 by the end of the season and has struggled to get into the first team this season after a bout of injuries at the end of last season. Drogba has only made one start for Chelsea this season in their loss at Wolves in the Carling Cup and a substitute appearances against Athletico Bilbao.

Drogba has won 4 Premier League Titles, 3 FA Cups, 3 League Cups and 3 Community Shields with Chelsea

The Ivorian striker told BBC Sport; "I can confirm I won't sign a new deal at the end of the season. It is a mutual decision by myself, Pavel and Roman Abramovich. I don't know whether I will retire and I'll evaluate my options over the summer."

Drogba scored 28 goals in all competitions last season for Chelsea, but with the signings of Neymar, Mbaye Niang and Carlos Fierro he has struggled to compete with the young strikers. "I think me leaving is in the best interests of the club as it'll help the younger lads come into the team. Hopefully I can get a job coaching here I've enjoyed helping Pavel and the coaching team to nurture these young players. Me and Romelu worked together last season and he scored more goals than me and that's not on!"

There has been a big response on Twitter by some Chelsea players:

@romelulukaku: didier is gonna be missed, really helped me get settled at chelsea

@DavidLuiz_4: gutted about didier but all the best for him #chelsealegend
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[wonderkid360]

Bummers!

 

[xdannyw92]

--Post deleted due to game messing up, October update now on page 9--

 

[StephenMUFC]

Think the Prem is getting too easy for you (Except Tottenham)