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Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, with Martínez sent off between goals from Rogers and Palmer. Rogers scored in the 50th minute with Lavia credited with the assist, Martínez picked up a…

Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after both goals in a 1-1 draw came from the spot. Rogers scored for Chelsea in the 40th minute and Gakpo levelled for Liverpool in the 43rd. Shots finished 10 to 11 and…

Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson scored twice to stop Manchester City's perfect league run, and Arsenal's 2-0 win over Everton later on Saturday took them level with City on 21 points. All twenty clubs were in…

Eight rounds in, the biggest surplus of goals over chances belongs to Chelsea, who have scored 17 from 9.81 expected, 7.19 more than the chances were worth, and who host Manchester United at 12:30 on Saturday.…

Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. It was goalless until the 77th minute, when Mike Penders scored an own goal, and Mathys Tel scored in the 87th. Cole Palmer was shown a second yellow card…

Diego Gómez scored from the halfway line as Brighton & Hove Albion beat Crystal Palace 5-0, and Manchester City won their seventh Premier League game in seven, 3-2 against Ipswich Town.

Six rounds in and the Premier League has handed out its two cleanest opposites. Chelsea have scored 15 goals from 7.87 expected, a surplus of 7.13 and more than two goals clear of anyone, and Nottingham Forest…

Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield, their first match since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations.

Chelsea have tied Cole Palmer to a contract that now runs to 2034, only two years after he last signed one. This piece asks what the club is actually buying: the form of the past seven matches, or a fitness…

Arsenal had won nine Premier League matches in a row. Brighton were three up on them by the 57th minute.

Romeo Lavia is edging towards the longest stretch of fitness he has managed since joining Chelsea, and a small number on Friday's clock could confirm it. This piece looks at what his injury record actually…

Manchester City spent more than 70 minutes of a Manchester derby a man down, scored once, and left Old Trafford level with Arsenal at the top.

Two rounds in, and the table is doing its favourite early-season trick: telling stories the underlying numbers refuse to sign. Hull have won both games while being out-shot in both. Aston Villa have taken 13…

The Premier League's second matchweek stretched across the bank holiday, from Friday 28 August at Selhurst Park to Monday 31 August at Villa Park: ten games, all reviewed here, with the transfer window closing…

Chelsea's signing of Emiliano Martinez is the eighth transfer between Chelsea and Aston Villa in four years, and no pair of Premier League clubs has exchanged more players over that stretch - though Chelsea's…

Nottingham Forest are about to break their transfer record for a striker who managed a single Premier League goal last season. This article explains why Chelsea are prepared to sell at a profit, what Forest's…

Matchweek one of the Premier League ran from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August. All ten games are reviewed here, along with a first table in which the club sitting top and the club sitting bottom were on the same…

Last season's full ledger, top flight and second tier, disagrees with the summer's talk often enough to make ten calls worth writing down.

Chelsea have drawn a line in the sand over Enzo Fernandez, but the market for him looks thinner than the price tag suggests. This article explains why a £120m deadline might not produce a sale at all, and what…

Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all have appealing Carabao Cup second-round ties on paper, but a quieter question looms over the round: what happens when two Premier League clubs are drawn at home on the same…

Manchester United's post-Ferguson years are usually told as a story about David Moyes and a banner that promised too much. This article explains why that framing misses a decision made hours earlier, and what…

Can Chelsea reduce a crowded group without weakening the positions Alonso needs to cover? This guide explains why sales, loans and retained players are connected, and what the squeeze means for the shape of…

One month remains before the Premier League window closes, yet several clubs are waiting on sales as much as signings. This article explains why those unresolved exits could dictate the final shape of August.

Mykhailo Mudryk is free to compete again, yet eligibility is only the first part of his return. This piece explains why the agreed resolution matters and what Chelsea must still decide before a player absent…

Why has Chelsea’s admission of historic agent-payment breaches ended in a £10m fine rather than an immediate points deduction? This piece explains how the sanctions were reduced, what remains suspended, and…

What does a 6-4 pre-season win really say about Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea? This piece explains why four very different striker stories matter more than the score, and what they reveal about the decisions still…

Why are Inter Milan pushing for John Stones when Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus have also shown interest? This article explains why the proposed deal is as much about the defender’s recent availability as the…

Could Danny Welbeck give Chelsea the experience they are seeking without further complicating an already crowded forward line? This article explains why the potential move fits a changing recruitment approach…

Chelsea have moved to sign Crystal Palace's Maxence Lacroix, and the price tag alone raises a question worth asking: why does a defender who cost so little in 2024 now command such a premium? Read on for the…

Chelsea have just paid £117m for Morgan Rogers, making him English football's priciest player. This article explains how the club is funding a deal of that size and why fitting him alongside Cole Palmer may…

Alejandro Garnacho is leaving Chelsea for Aston Villa less than a year after arriving, and the way the deal is structured says more than the transfer fee alone. Read on to understand the terms attached to the…

Alex Scott has said no to a new Bournemouth contract just as three of the Premier League's biggest clubs circle. This article explains why that rejection isn't the same as a transfer request, and what…

In February 2024, Aston Villa paid Middlesbrough £8m, rising to £15m, for Morgan Rogers. Two and a half seasons later, Chelsea have agreed to pay £117m for the same player. Somewhere in Teesside, an accountant…

Andrey Santos has completed his move toManchester United, signing to 2031 after passing his medical, and the club are now closing in on a second midfielder in Youri Tielemans. This covers the detail of the…

Xabi Alonso has given his first public explanation of why he took the Chelsea job rather than returning to Liverpool, the club where he won the Champions League as a player. This covers what he actually said,…

Ken Bates has died at 94, and English football has lost one of the last of a particular breed: the owner as public character. He bought Chelsea for £1 when the club was drowning, sold it for £140m to the man…

Manchester United have spent two years telling anyone who would listen that they were rebuilding the middle of their team, and for two years the middle stayed thin. Andrey Santos is the clearest sign yet that…

Replacing Pep Guardiola was always going to be the hardest job in English football, and Manchester City have now named the man who has to do it. This piece looks at Enzo Maresca's three-year appointment, the…

The 2026-27 Premier League season arrives later than usual, shaped by a World Cup, a clutch of new managers, and a set of rule changes that could genuinely alter how games are managed on the pitch. This piece…

Marc Cucurella's departure from Chelsea is as much a story about a dressing room fractured by managerial turbulence as it is a straightforward transfer. This piece examines what drove the move, what it signals…

This piece examines the full weight of a ruling that sets an entirely new legal precedent in English football, exploring what it means for Everton's ownership and future, and why the implications stretch well…

The PFA has published its full shortlists for the 2025/26 Men's and Women's Player of the Year awards, and the six names in each category tell a revealing story about where the power in English football now…

As Pep Guardiola's landmark tenure at the Etihad comes to its end, attention has sharply turned to who inherits one of football's most demanding seats. This piece examines why Enzo Maresca is the frontrunner,…

Arsenal's title-winning season carried a remarkable statistical footnote: no red cards, no penalties conceded. But official data tells a more complicated story. This piece breaks down who really benefitted…

This piece examines the financial and contractual logic sitting behind Chelsea's £120m valuation of Enzo Fernandez, why Real Madrid face a significant obstacle, and what the situation means for incoming…

Tottenham's bid to spare themselves a humiliating drop into the Championship now comes down to ninety minutes at home to Everton next Sunday. They lost 2-1 at Chelsea on Monday night, undone by Enzo Fernandez…

Mohamed Salah's social media statement after Liverpool's defeat at Aston Villa was more than a frustrated forward venting on a bad night. It was a pointed, carefully worded indictment of where the club stands,…

Chelsea have moved decisively to end weeks of managerial uncertainty, securingXabi Alonsoon a four-year contract as their next permanent head coach. This piece examines what his arrival means for a club ninth…

Pep Guardiola goes into Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea with a smile on his face and a deliberately vague answer about his future. This piece examines what his playful non-denial actually tells us,…

This piece examines how one moment of genuine individual brilliance unlocked a tightly contested FA Cup final and what Manchester City's domestic cup double means for their season, their manager, and the clubs…

The Cole Palmer to Manchester United conversation has been gathering momentum in the transfer gossip columns, but Paul Scholes is not convinced the move makes structural sense. This piece digs into why the…

Anfield was supposed to be a straightforward opportunity for Liverpool to bank three Premier League points against a Chelsea side in the middle of a damaging losing run. Instead, it became another evening of…

This piece examines how Nottingham Forest dismantled a rudderless Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge, and what that result means at both ends of the Premier League table. We look at the individual moments that…

Mykhailo Mudryk's doping case has reached its most significant legal juncture yet, with the Chelsea winger formally lodging an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. After 18 months away from…

Chelsea's search for a new permanent manager is taking shape, with three prominent names emerging as the club's primary targets for this summer. This piece examines who is in the frame, what criteria Chelsea…

Adrian Dane looks at why Leeds United's FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley carries far more weight than a place in the next round. He traces the rivalry, the painful cup history and what a victory…

Chelsea are heading to the FA Cup final to face Manchester City on 16 May after a scrappy but decisive 1-0 victory over Leeds United at Wembley. Enzo Fernandez's first-half header settled the tie just days…

Chelsea have ended Liam Rosenior's time as head coach after less than four months, following a catastrophic run of five consecutive Premier League defeats in which the Blues failed to score a single goal.…

Liam Rosenior's Chelsea reign is in genuine jeopardy following a 3-0 thumping at Brighton that left the club without a league goal in five consecutive matches, their worst such run in 114 years. This piece…

Brighton produced a commanding 3-0 victory over Chelsea at the Amex on Tuesday evening, compounding a crisis that has now seen the Blues go five consecutive league games without scoring, a run not witnessed…

Michael Carrick walked into Stamford Bridge having lost his first home game to Leeds in over four decades and with four central defenders unavailable. He walked out with three points and a reinvigorated…

Cole Palmer has gone public to shut down the transfer speculation that has surrounded him for much of this season, insisting he is going nowhere from Chelsea and that the Manchester United stories made him…

Marcus Rashford's future at Manchester United is unresolved with just weeks left before Barcelona must decide whether to exercise a £26.1m purchase option. Michael Carrick, now leading United on an interim…

Manchester United's already strained defensive resources have been stretched to breaking point ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Stamford Bridge. Harry Maguire has been handed an additional one-match…

Chelsea's season has collapsed to the point where Liam Rosenior's departure appears a matter of when, not if. But behind the managerial crisis sits a far more troubling question about what Todd Boehly and…