Chelsea transfer news

CHELSEA star Mason Mount is struggling to agree a new contract at the club, according to reports. The England international has 18 months left on his current deal expiring at the end of next season.
Mason Mount is yet to agree a new deal at ChelseaCredit: Getty
Mount has been discussing his future with Chelsea but there is yet to be a major breakthrough in the negotiations.
The Telegraph are reporting that talks have reached a stalemate.
And the West London side are already beginning to draw up a list of potential replacements with Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini and Villarreal ace Yeremy Pino on their shortlist.
However conversations regarding a potential new contract for Mount are set to continue.
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The attacking midfielder came through the Chelsea academy and has been at the club since he was a kid.
He has made 21 appearances for the Blues this season scoring two goals and assisting a further six.
The 23-year-old has been an integral part of the starting XI since Graham Potter took over as manager rarely missing a game for Chelsea.
However he is in poor form and has not contributed with an attacking return in his last eight matches – his longest spell without a goal or assist since earlier this season when it hit ten games.
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Mount’s place in the team could soon be under threat if Chelsea complete the signing of RB Leipzig ace Christopher Nkunku.
Chelsea have also been linked with Brighton star Leandro Trossard with his deal at the Amex finishing at the end of this season.
Mount has the chance to impress on the biggest stage as he has a spot in the England squad heading to Qatar and has been regularly trusted by manager Gareth Southgate. More

PAUL MERSON has blamed Chelsea’s summer signings for their recent run of poor form – not under-fire boss Graham Potter.Potter’s side have not won any of their last five Premier League fixtures, meaning they have dropped to eighth in the table.
Chelsea have struggled to find their best form in recent games.Credit: Getty
The poor run continued on Saturday as Newcastle beat the Blues 1-0 at St James’ Park in their last game before the break for the World Cup in Qatar.
While some Chelsea fans have been quick to call for Potter to be sacked, ex-Gunner Merson believes that the lack of impact from the players brought in during the summer should be blamed.
Discussing how well they have settled in, he told Sky Sports: “Not at the moment they haven’t, [Raheem] is not going to make it at wing-back. I am not a manager, you have to play to people’s strengths.
“[Kalidou] Koulibaly doesn’t play, he [Graham Potter] picks [Trevor] Chabolah, but I like him, he has done very well.
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‘[Marc] Cucurella is a prime example, it is different clubs, you play at Brighton, you get beat at Brighton you probably get a little line in the paper that Brighton get beat 1-0.
“At Chelsea, he is getting absolutely slaughtered with people saying he is not good enough and picking him out when goals are going in, that didn’t happen at Brighton.
“It is a different game and it is a different game for the manager, I think he will get used to it. I think he is a good manager, I think he will get it right.
“There is players in there that I don’t think he would have at the club if it was his choice.
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“I think we should give him till next season or the season afterwards. Chelsea are not a team where you want to come fourth one season and third the next, it is win or nothing.
“You look at Graham Potter and ‘think right we want Graham Potter’, but it means we come with or sixth this year and win it next year.
“Chelsea don’t work on third, fourth, third, they want to win.”
Chelsea spent £255.3million during the summer transfer window on Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Raheem Sterling, Wesley Fofana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
None of the five have set the world alight during the first part of the season, and Potter will be hoping for more from them after the World Cup. More

CHELSEA are re-considering a shock move to a 60,000-seater stadium in Earl’s Court.Blues owner Todd Boehly continues to try and put his own stamp on the West London club.
Chelsea are reportedly considering a move to a new stadium in Earls CourtCredit: Reuters
Stamford Bridge has a 40k capacity and was last renovated in 1998Credit: Rex
The Daily Mail report that the American has created a team dedicated to building the new ground, although no venue has been decided.
Plans include the possibility of swanky 60,000 stadium on a 40-acre site in Earl’s Court.
Ideas about the new development are said to still be in the “early stages” and no official planning applications have been submitted.
Boehly would require permission from Chelsea Pitch Owners – the 180-year lease shareholder group who owns the freehold – to leave Stamford Bridge.
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A move to Earls Court, where the Exhibition Centre once stood, was explored under Roman Abromovich.
But plans were abandoned in 2010 when the Hammersmith and Fulham Council squashed them.
Another option is to REBUILD Stamford Bridge one stand at a time.
That would see a staged rebuild of the current ground, with the stands replaced and upgraded one by one.
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The hotel behind the Shed End would also be bulldozed.
Boehly has supposedly appointed architect Janet Marie Smith, who has worked on a host of stadium renovations in the US.
A number of Smith’s projects include Baltimore’s Oriole Park, Atlanta’s Olympic Stadium, the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park and Boehly’s Dodger Stadium in LA.
Chelsea want to build a new 60,000-capacity ground to satisfy supporter demand and keep up with domestic rivals.
Title-chasing Arsenal and Manchester City both have plush, modern stadiums, while Spurs new ground is widely regarded as one of the best in the world. More

BRIGHTON star Leandro Trossard has denied claims that he’s been approached by Chelsea.The Blues have reportedly been sniffing around since Graham Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel in the Stamford Bridge dugout last month.
Leandro Trossard has been linked with a move to ChelseaCredit: Reuters
The Belgium international is out of contract at the end of the season, although Brighton do have the option to extend his deal by a year.
Trossard has caught the eye with a string of outstanding recent displays.
He’s already scored seven Prem goals this term, just one fewer than his tally from the whole of 2021-2022.
Only Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Ivan Toney and Miguel Almiron have found the net more.
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One of those came in Brighton’s mauling of Chelsea earlier this month.
He said: “Chelsea have in any case not yet reported.
“I want to finish strong at Brighton and leave for Qatar with that good feeling.”
“Not with Brighton and not with me. I have to wait and see.
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Despite denying an approach from the Blues, Trossard didn’t rule out a reunion with Potter at Stamford Bridge.
He added: “It’s very difficult to answer that. That will have to wait until [after the World Cup].
“I’m not on it at all right now. Brighton and the World Cup are the next goals. Afterwards, we’ll see where it ends.” More

FANS are all saying the same thing after Aston Villa unveiled their new club crest which will be used from next season.The moment the Villans released their new-look circular badge supporters started highlighting the similarities to that of Chelsea’s.
Aston Villa revealed the badge that the club will wear from the start of the 2023/24 season.
However many football fans have pointed out similarities to Chelsea’s current badge.
The new version of the badge is round and feature’s the club’s lion in the blue centre with the words “Aston Villa” and the year the club was founded, 1874, in the claret rim.
The Lion is now facing “forwards” as the club looks to the future and is next to a star that symbolises the one European Cup that the club has won.
However, that does not hide the fact that it is strikingly similar to the current Chelsea badge, which lots of fans have been keen to point out.
One tweeted: “Makes sense to be fair. Similar to Chelsea. One chant. Villa villa villa. Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea.”
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Another said: “I honestly thought it was a troll. Have you guys had your Twitter account hacked by a Chelsea fan or something?”
A third added: “Like where they intentionally trying to make it look like Chelsea’s badge?”
A fourth said: “Nothing wrong with the badge itself, but this trend of clubs changing their crest to a circle is getting old now.
“Also, it looks like a rip off of Chelsea’s crest.”
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Former Chelsea defender John Terry also liked the new crest, although it could simply be down to his ties to the Villans after coaching at the club rather than liking the Chelsea similarities.
Not all fans were upset though with some defending the new design as they claim it is modelled after previous crests that the Premier League club has had.
One said: “We had the round badge with the standing lion before Chelsea.”
Another added: “They’ve used a variety of crests adopted by the club throughout mid-’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s as a template for the new design.
“I think it looks great! Nice to see a club embracing their history when considering and designing new crests!”
A third tweeted: “A modern take on the 82 home shirt would be lovely, similar to what United have done with this season’s kit.” More