Chelsea

Graham Potter was left with a tricky balancing act after the club brought in eight players during the January transfer window. Chelsea were able to register ...

The move has not worked out for either party. Bettinelli has played one game for Chelsea since joining in 2021. Chelsea, who face Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 had selected only 24 players for the group stage and given themselves more wriggle room by selling Jorginho to Arsenal.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang omitted from Chelseas Champions League squad; Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix included but Benoit Badiashile not ...

The 33-year-old has not started for Chelsea since their 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal on November 6. Chelsea made eight signings in January for a combined total of £323.3m. Clubs had to inform UEFA of their desired squad changes by 11pm on Thursday, February 2.

Benfica president Rui Costa has hit out at Enzo Fernandez for his behaviour before leaving the club to join Chelsea for a British record fee.

We want a team committed to the fans. "Enzo was treated well by everyone from the moment he arrived until he left. "We never managed to get through to him to convince him. "He showed no commitment to Benfica. "[I] don't cry for players who don't want to be here. But I also understand that the player wants to settle immediately, afraid of losing an offer that he would consider huge.

Chelsea · 1. Kepa Arrizabalaga · 24. Reece James · 6. Emiliano Thiago Silva · 4. Benoit Badiashile · 32. Marc Cucurella · 23. Conor Gallagher · 5. Enzo Fernandez · 19.

Madueke went to the right and Sterling, stationed on the left, became the latest to try his luck against the tenacious Tete. Bored out of his mind, Mitrovic then tried to score from the halfway line. With 10 minutes left the young Ivorian striker almost won it, racing through and rounding Leno, only for Tim Ream to clear his shot off the line. It was Fernández who sparked one of Chelsea’s better moment of the opening period, his ball over the top sending Mason Mount through to cross for Kai Havertz, who stretched and fired over from close range. The shot was blocked and Palhinha drilled the rebound over. Palhinha picked up yet another booking after cleaning out Mount and there was also the moment when Fulham’s assistant coach, Luis Boa Morte, exchanged some furious words on the touchline with one of Potter’s lieutenants, Björn Hamberg. Fernández was quickly involved, catching the eye with his switches of play, even showing appetite for the battle when he refused to let Aleksandar Mitrovic intimidate him early on. The window had passed by in a blur, eight new players arriving, culminating in the capture of Fernández on deadline day, but whether any of it is going to work is another thing. Reminders of the past jostled with the future. Rustiness did not appear to be a problem for the man pulling the strings for Chelsea in midfield. Does anyone know what Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang plans to get up to when Chelsea face Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 of the Champions League? Being generous, this is merely the start of a rebuild.

Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Fulham FC at Stamford Bridge on February 3, 2023 in London, United Kingdom.

Hakim Ziyech plays a delightful ball over the top to Kai Havertz who lifts it over Leno but his effort rattles the post and goes back into play! The visitors defended superbly - particularly in the second half as they frustrated a Chelsea side eager to kick start a good run of form. The 20-year-old was able to take it around goalkeeper Bernd Leno before striking towards goal but Tim Ream was on hand with a goal-saving clearance. It was the closest the Argentine came to getting his first goal for the club. It was the first warning shot from Marco Silva's side who looked to pose a threat on the counter. Fernandez came close to a dream debut goal after 70 minutes as his whipped effort from distance flew just past the far post.

LONDON : British record signing Enzo Fernandez will make his debut for Chelsea on Friday after his 106.8 million pounds ($128.79 million) transfer from ...

Tenth-placed Chelsea, who spent about 300 million pounds in January's transfer window, lost 2-1 to Fulham at Craven Cottage last month. The 22-year-old Argentina World Cup winner, who signed late on the last day of the transfer window on Tuesday, lines up in midfield for Chelsea's Premier League clash against neighbours Fulham at Stamford Bridge. LONDON : British record signing Enzo Fernandez will make his debut for Chelsea on Friday after his 106.8 million pounds ($128.79 million) transfer from Benfica this week.

Get a report of the Chelsea vs. Fulham 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

"Defend from the front and attack from back. And Fofana nearly provided it with 11 minute remaining. It was Havertz, again looking unconvincing in the No. [Noni Madueke](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/293236/noni-madueke) and [David Datro Fofana](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/301047/David-Datro-Fofana) as he looked for a decisive goal. But Graham Potter's side, having scored just 22 goals from their first 20 games, again struggled to present a consistent attacking threat. [Enzo Fernandez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/285450/Enzo-Fernández) just 72 hours after arriving from [Benfica](/soccer/team?id=1929) as well as [Benoit Badiashile](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/282585/Benoit-Badiashile) and [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/299911/Mykhailo-Mudryk).

Premier League football club Chelsea FC has secured a new multi-year agreement with Chinese sports trading card platform FansMall. FansMall will become the ...

The club has also played pre-season matches in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau over the past few years. “As the club’s official trading card and sports collectibles partner in Greater China, FansMall is dedicated to bringing the best trading card collectibles to fans and collectors and we will release an exclusive selection of Chelsea trading card products for this season and the seasons to come.” As part of this partnership, FansMall will create a collection of Chelsea-themed trading cards for Greater China and provide access to Chinese fans to exclusive Chelsea merchandise including signed memorabilia and match-worn shirts.

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has been omitted from Chelsea's Champions League squad to free up registration spots for the club's new signings.

He has not started for Chelsea since the World Cup break. [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/299911/Mykhailo-Mudryk) and Joao Felix were included in the squad as [David Datro Fofana](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/301047/David-Datro-Fofana), [Noni Madueke](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/293236/Noni-Madueke), [Andrey Santos](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/314858/Andrey-Santos), [Gabriel Slonina](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/286774/Gabriel-Slonina) and [Benoit Badiashile](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/282585/Benoit-Badiashile) all missed out. [Barcelona](/soccer/team?id=83) in September. [Enzo Fernandez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/285450/Enzo-Fernández) for €120 million. [Christian Pulisic](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/225607/Christian-Pulisic), despite the [United States](/soccer/team?id=660) attacker being sidelined with a knee injury that is likely to keep him out until at least mid-March. [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/122260/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang) has been omitted from [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363)'s Champions League squad to free up registration spots for the club's new signings.

LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez shone on his debut and some other new faces hinted at their potential but, after a 300 million pounds ...

and what we can do as a team," the Portuguese coach said. we deserved the result." Chelsea are currently nine points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester United who have a game in hand. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "From the first minute the players understood really well the plan and they executed really well," Silva said. "What we need to do now is gel the team.

Enzo Fernandez, the Premier League's record signee, enjoyed a promising debut for Chelsea, though familiar issues in front of goal remain.

[David Datro Fofana](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/301047/david-datro-fofana) went close late on, when he showed skill in rounding goalkeeper [Bernd Leno](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/153765/Bernd-Leno) only for [Tim Ream](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/146290/Tim-Ream) to block his shot on the line. [Enzo Fernandez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/285450/Enzo-Fernández), the new Premier League record signee who arrived in the final minutes of Tuesday's transfer deadline day. Fulham fans are wrong -- for a start, there are three Premier League sides in west London -- but Fulham remain on top of the pack. That rate is even more shocking when you consider no Premier League club has taken a higher percentage of their shots inside the box over that span (76.4%). will be using this week to train and for his new players to get to know each other before they travel to West Ham for a London derby on Feb. Left out were new boys [Malo Gusto](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/308947/Malo-Gusto) and [Andrey Santos](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/314858/Andrey-Santos), with Joao Felix absent due to a red card on his debut. He failed to convert a diving shot at the back post early on, and then missed again moments later with a turn and volley. Last month, they beat Chelsea 2-1 at Craven Cottage in what was their first Premier League victory over the Blues since March 2006. 11) and Tottenham (Feb. [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) [Kai Havertz](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231182/Kai-Havertz) missed a trio of chances in the first half as Chelsea were frustrated by a resolute, counterattacking Fulham side.

Blues' club-record signing Fernandez makes impressive debut but honours even at Stamford Bridge.

[Chelsea](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/4/Chelsea/overview) were held to an entertaining goalless draw by [Fulham](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/34/Fulham/overview) at Stamford Bridge. [Aleksandar Mitrovic](https://www.premierleague.com/players/5879/Aleksandar-Mitrovic/stats) came close with an audacious lob from the halfway line, while Chelsea pushed hard for a late breakthrough. [Southampton](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/20/Southampton/overview) face a tough trip to [Brentford](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/130/Brentford/overview), who are unbeaten in eight Premier League matches, and [Liverpool](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/10/Liverpool/overview) travel to [Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/38/Wolverhampton-Wanderers/overview). [Aston Villa](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/2/Aston-Villa/overview) welcome [Leicester City](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/26/Leicester-City/overview), while victory for [Brighton & Hove Albion](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/131/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion/overview) against [AFC Bournemouth](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/127/Bournemouth/overview) would move the Seagulls to within two points of Spurs in fifth. [Manchester City](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/11/Manchester-City/overview), who face [Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/21/Tottenham-Hotspur/overview) on Sunday. [Newcastle United](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/23/Newcastle-United/overview) and [Manchester United](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/12/Manchester-United/overview) looking to stay within touching distance of the top. [Everton](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/7/Everton/overview), led by new manager [Sean Dyche](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/8250/Sean-Dyche/overview), taking on leaders [Arsenal](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/1/Arsenal/overview). [West Ham United](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/25/West-Ham-United/overview) side hovering one point above the drop zone, while Man Utd, in fourth, face [Crystal Palace](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/6/Crystal-Palace/overview) at Old Trafford. [David Fofana](https://www.premierleague.com/players/112581/David-Datro-Fofana/stats) was denied a debut goal by [Tim Ream](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4276/Tim-Ream/stats)'s goalline clearance. [Kepa Arrizabalaga](https://www.premierleague.com/players/11373/Kepa-Arrizabalaga/stats) making a fingertip save to deny Fulham's [Andreas Pereira](https://www.premierleague.com/players/10476/Andreas-Pereira/stats). [Enzo Fernandez](https://www.premierleague.com/players/63741/Enzo-Fern%C3%A1ndez/stats) made his Chelsea debut following his [club-record arrival on Deadline Day](https://www.premierleague.com/news/3043376), while [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.premierleague.com/players/53991/Mykhailo-Mudryk/stats) started for the first time. [Noni Madueke](https://www.premierleague.com/players/67407/Noni-Madueke/stats) replaced Mudryk for the second half, and in so doing became the 31st player used by Chelsea in the Premier League this season, their most in a campaign since 1996/97.

Chelsea head coach Graham Potter has said he remains "confident" his side can make a push to qualify for Champions League football next season, d.

"I think you have to look at it all in terms of transfer fees and salaries" Potter said. "That's the challenge, that's what we have to do. I need to focus on the next day, the training session and the next game." "He doesn't know us, we don't know him so well but I think you can see flashes of his quality and personality. "What we need to do now is gel the team," Potter added. When asked if he was confident the team could still qualify for next season's Champions League, Potter said: "I'm confident with the potential we have.

After their lavish January spending, a new-look Chelsea side toiled to a goalless draw against west London rivals Fulham, although Enzo Fernandez did ...

The second half was similarly fractious and cagey, with a raft of chances arriving in the latter stages. After Kepa Arrizabalaga had got down expertly to turn a fierce Andreas Pereira strike round the post, the Argentine's long ball played Mason Mount in but Kai Havertz was unable to finish from his cut-back on the stretch. A feisty first half produced few chances, but Enzo was at the heart of the best of them.

LONDON :Chelsea's British record signing Enzo Fernandez got his first taste of Premier League football in a 0-0 draw against his new club's visiting ...

"We deserve a bit more but it’s hard to come here. "Defend from the front and attack from back. Advertisement

Is Chelsea Setting the Market, or Breaking It? The Premier League club's American owners have splashed roughly $750 million on new players since last year.

The deal had been in the works for a week or so. In the rest of Europe, the fear is a little more material. In interviews with a dozen executives at teams both in the Premier League and across Europe, all of whom spoke with The New York Times anonymously because they did not wish to be seen commenting on another team’s business strategy, few could immediately discern the logic of Chelsea’s approach. Among Chelsea’s peers and rivals, the reaction to the club’s spending spree on players has been one of puzzlement. The issue was raised at a meeting of UEFA’s executive board last month, and several teams have since contacted Andrea Traverso, the organization’s head of licensing, to ask European soccer’s governing body what action it plans to take to close the loophole. Though clubs pay the vast majority of a transfer fee upfront — or in a handful of installments over a couple of years — the price of the acquisition is often spread over the duration of the player’s contract, a process known as amortization. In several of its most expensive deals, Chelsea has sought to use that accounting to its advantage. Their preferred mechanism, it seems, has been to defer the official cost of the deals. Arsenal had been discussing the terms of a deal with Shakhtar for some time, and Mudryk had even seemed to welcome his imminent transfer on Instagram. Chelsea’s offer, Palkin said, had been more “concrete” than Arsenal’s: It had offered to pay the nine-figure fee for Mudryk over two years instead of the four Arsenal had proposed. That took Chelsea’s outlay in January alone to more than $370 million, the kind of spending that is criticized when done by oligarchs and nation states. Amrabat would, in the end, be a rare miss in what has been an eye-watering, gasp-inducing month of spending from Eghbali, Boehly and Chelsea.

Enzo Fernandez made his Chelsea debut after becoming the most expensive player in British football history. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“We had three coming in and two had to go out. and what we can do as a team. “We didn’t do enough in terms of our attacking play to create more, which is something we need to do. We have to gel and become a really good team. We feel we have a very strong group of players. When the price tag is what it is questions will be asked, it’s the nature of the business,” said Potter.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is convinced Chelsea are trying to get rid of him after he was dropped from their Champions League squad.

They have been drawn against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League round of 16. He was left out of [Friday night's Premier League draw with Fulham](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/chelsea-fulham-winners-losers-ratings/blt4978b75003392542) altogether. Everything is up for grabs." Yes [he can fit in the system], everything is up for grabs and needs to train like today. Whichever decision there was always going to be a debate. It was my decision, a tough decision.

Chelsea are set to ask for an exemption to Premier League spending rules despite their lavish outlay since Todd Boehly took ownership of the club.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: The measures were imposed due to the oligarch's links to Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in February 2022, with Chelsea punished as a result. The Blues have come under plenty of scrutiny for their spending habits, but they are planning on asking for an exemption from the Premier League's spending rules after previous owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the British government last year, according to the Chelsea have splashed more than £600 million ($723m) in the last two transfer windows on 17 new players, including eight in January.

Chelsea opened themselves up to some friendly trolling from west London rivals Fulham on Twitter following their draw in the Premier League.

The replies were turned off, but Fulham responded via quote tweet with a picture of Kenny Tete, their own right-back who won player of the match after a staunch display at the back for his side. Their twitter account posted a picture of James as he played 59 minutes on his comeback from injury on Friday night against Fulham, with the caption: "Reply with a better RB." THE BIGGER PICTURE: James has endured an injury-hit season, being sidelined for extended periods twice since October.

Enzo Fernandez's Premier League debut didn't quite go as planned as Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw by Fulham, but he produced an eye-catching individual ...

Only the Chelsea centre-backs Thiago Silva and Benoit Badiashile notched more. – The Argentina international won six tackles. The Argentinian World Cup winner produced an authoritative display in the centre of the park as Chelsea dominated Fulham but couldn’t quite find a breakthrough. He completed more than twice as many passes as any opposition player. [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1640902/Live/England-Premier-League-2022-2023-Chelsea-Fulham) rating of 7.6, Fernandez was Chelsea highest-rated player on the night. For reference, Casemiro’s first Premier League start for Manchester United wasn’t until 47 days after he signed.

With Enzo Fernandez the latest Argentine to step out in a Chelsea shirt, GOAL takes a look at the other Albiceleste stars to feature in west London.

With that in mind, GOAL takes a look at the Argentines to don the blue of Chelsea, as well as the one that got away... [and was one of the few high points in a drab 0-0 affair with local rivals Fulham.](https://www.goal.com/en/lists/chelsea-fulham-winners-losers-ratings/blt4978b75003392542) [£600 million ($723m) spending spree in 2022-23 was capped off with the £106.8m ($131m) signing of the 21-year-old midfielder](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/enzo-fernandez-blasted-benfica-president-rui-costa-record-breaking-chelsea-transfer/blt2f186e366183aab0), a British record fee.

Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez shone on his debut and some other new faces hinted at their potential, but after a ￡300 million (US$361.53 million) spending spree ...

The Steelers said in a statement that Lin would Lin had said earlier in the week that he would be practicing social distancing from yesterday through Saturday, meaning he would not participate in games or visit the Steelers’ home court during that period. Tickets to the latter two games went on sale at noon on Monday and as of 2:15pm, the courtside seats for the contest on Saturday next week, priced at NT$3,500 each, and Lin made the comments in a social media post, in which he also apologized to his fans in Taiwan, saying he would not be able to sign any autographs at the airport due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Steelers, currently in last place in the six-team league with a 2-14 record, have three home games this month, hosting the Formosa Taishin Dreamers, the New Taipei Kings and the Dreamers again at Kaohsiung Fengshan Arena on Monday, Saturday next week and Feb. “We didn’t do enough in terms of our attacking play to create more, which is something we need to do,” said Potter, who is under pressure to reverse Chelsea’s slide to the middle of the league table.

Blues chairman is wandering around football's shark-infested casino halls with a sack of money asking how you play blackjack.

The first is the total destruction of trust in football governance. Boehly has a background in hedge funding where the single most important quality is to make sure you have inside knowledge, that you’re ahead of the punters. Nobody is paying Chelsea prices except Chelsea, who are top, not bottom, of the money tree, who basically need another Chelsea, Dumb Chelsea, to pay this new Smart Chelsea market rate. The idea is out there that what we’re witnessing is masterplan stuff. Another flaw is that there is no obvious market to sell this product on to. What is perhaps most startling is the total lack of doubt, the instant boomer-style conviction that only he, Todd Boehly, knows how to fix this European football industry thing that he’s never looked at before.

Chelsea submitted their squad for the Champions League knockout stages and left Benoit Badiashile, will it come back to haunt CFC?

It does come as a bit of a surprise that CFC have left a player of Badiashile’s quality out of the Champions League squad, especially, after the pieces of evidence of his quality that he has given in recent games. Only time will tell if Chelsea made the right call. Badiashile was signed from AS Monaco in the January transfer window for a fee of £33 million. Whenever the Frenchman has started for the Blues, they have managed to keep a clean sheet. With 33 players in the squad, it was obvious some players would miss out and Graham Potter would have some tough choices to make. CFC now have a potent squad capable of pursuit of multi-dimensional success.

Chelsea attacker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang could be on the list of possible departures in the summer transfer window after being left out of the Blues' ...

The club's eighth all-time leading scorer (297 appearances, 92 goals) left through the back door and arrived at Barça, in a dream move that turned out to be brief and intense. After the departure of coach Thomas Tuchel and with the arrival of Potter, Auba has not reached 1,000 minutes so far this season (782′) and has only scored three goals. Aubameyang is going through a difficult time in his playing career at Stamford Bridge, and there is talk of 'bad luck'.

Graham Potter has pointed to Romelu Lukaku's failed £97.5 million transfer to Chelsea amid questions over the club's lack of a proven goalscorer.

“You have to attack better as a team and that’s our challenge - that’s what we need to do.” WHAT THEY SAID: “I think we need to improve as a team. Chelsea spent a massive sum of money across the January and summer transfer windows on up-and-coming players such as Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk, but they have so far failed to remedy their goalscoring problems despite their £600m outlay.

With only 22 goals scored in 21 Premier League games this season, coach Graham Potter has yet to find a way to transform his massive squad's plethora, ...

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