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Nicolas Jackson has been Chelsea’s first-choice striker this season following his arrival from Villarreal last summer. However, there are doubts about whether Nicolas Jackson will be able to continue leading the line for Chelsea. The 22-year-old had a game to forget in his side’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals over the weekend, missing plenty of good opportunities. Rangers legend and talkSPORT pundit Ally McCoist is one man who does not think Jackson can be trusted to be the Blues’ main centre-forward next term. In total, Jackson has made 37 appearances in the current campaign and…

Chelsea have made Napoli’s Victor Osimhen their No.1 striker target ahead of the summer transfer window. Victor Osimhen signed a new contract at Napoli back in December, but it is believed to have a release clause in it, making a move to Chelsea before the start of the 2024/25 season still possible. The Blues are light up front presently, with Nicolas Jackson being the only recognised centre-forward in Mauricio Pochettino‘s squad. The 22-year-old has had an up and down season, recently coming in for criticism for his displays against Arsenal and Manchester City. In total, he has scored 13 goals…

Reports have now shared who will have an input in whether Mauricio Pochettino remains at Chelsea as the manager. According to the Evening Standard, the final decision will not be down to Todd Boehly, with a decision more likely to come at the end of the season. Pochettino is under serious pressure right now, and the devastating 5-0 defeat to Arsenal on Tuesday night will not have done him any favours when it comes to winning over his biggest critics. Pochettino under pressure Some supporters in fact struggled to get on board from the start, with his links to Tottenham…

Manchester City will not lose their vice-captain and legendary midfielder Kevin De Bruyne this summer, according to a club insider. The Belgian playmaker has been at the centre of continuous and ongoing speculation over his longer-term future for the best part of a year, with claims of Saudi Arabian interest first emerging during the 2023 summer transfer window. It is widely believed that De Bruyne personally rebuffed interest from the ambitious Middle-Eastern division last summer, with a clear intention to prolong his stay with the reigning Premier League champions in search of further success and silverware. However, with no progress…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has provided an answer to recent questions surrounding the long-term future of Joao Cancelo. The Portugal international hasn’t played for Manchester City since January 2023, after dramatically quitting the club for Bayern Munich and Barcelona following a rumoured training ground bust-up with manager Pep Guardiola. Cancelo is contracted at the Etihad Stadium until 2027, but spent the second-half of the 2022/23 season at the Allianz Arena prior to completing a season-long loan move to La Liga giants Barcelona. The 29-year-old made 154 appearances for the Sky Blues between 2019 and 2023, and also featured during…

John Terry was on Simon Jordan’s podcast this week, and some interesting stories have come out of it. One anecdote Terry related was to do with the arrival of Andre Villas-Boas, then a very young coach trying to stamp his authority on the squad. It didn’t go well. There was a whole incident involving young players in first class and first team starts in economy. It’s not clear if this was a planned inversion by the new coach or just an accident, but as you can imagine it didn’t go down well. “He tried to make a statement day one…

Chelsea look prepared to offload a couple of their attackers in the summer transfer window. Cole Palmer, Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke are the current wide options Mauricio Pochettino has available to him. However, out of that quartet, Palmer has been the only real consistent one. He has been in terrific form this season, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 39 games for Chelsea. Palmer was absent from Chelsea’s heavy 5-0 loss against Arsenal and Pochettino is not sure whether he will be back for the Aston Villa game on Saturday. Chelsea could sell winger this…

Chelsea want to sign West Ham United winger Jarrod Bowen this summer as they look to bolster their attack, according to Simon Phillips. Writing on his Substack page (25 April), the reliable journalist reports that the west London club are eyeing four different wingers and want to sell at least two of their current players to make space for them. One of those options to sign is Hammers star Bowen, but a deal is currently seen as “unlikely” due to the England international signing a new contract until 2030 earlier this season. West Ham United to sell Jarrod Bowen? David…

Chelsea have been handed a boost ahead of their Premier League trip to Aston Villa on Saturday evening. Star forward Cole Palmer missed the 5-0 drubbing at Arsenal on Monday night through illness in an absence keenly felt by his teammates. Only hours after manager Mauricio Pochettino urged his team to show they were not solely reliant on the England international, the Blues crumbled to an embarrassing defeat at the Emirates Stadium. Palmer, however, was spotted in training on Thursday ahead of the game at Villa Park on Saturday night. The 21-year-old has scored 26 goals while registering a further…

Our writer Simon Phillips’ Substack has a couple of really nice juicy exclusives that have just dropped on this Thursday afternoon to keep us all interested. One that jumps out at us is his report which cites two sources in informing him that the club have ended up their “U25 rule” which was dictating so much of our transfer policy. The Blues have the youngest squad in the league, but Phillips expects this to be “balanced out” in the summer. One of his sources actually reports that the U25 rule was only for the initial wave of signings, and actually…