Chelsea Brief

Tuchel on the impact of the subs against Norway:

🗣 "Very good. Reece James was excellent. Morgan Rogers was fantastic. [Eberechi Eze] grew into the game. Djed [Spence] grew into the game.

Full credit to them, but overall we got lucky today. It’s about the score, but it’s also about quality. We will get better. We need to get better. Now is all about the celebration. Take it all in."

Super Chels

🚨🎙 Xabi Alonso’s first Chelsea press conference will take place at 3pm UK time tomorrow.

AS Roma are now considering a double operation involving two players connected to Chelsea.

Alejandro Garnacho remains high on their shortlist, while Diego Moreira has re-emerged as another serious target following previous enquiries.

Moreira currently plays for Strasbourg, but Chelsea retain a buy-back clause as part of the wider BlueCo structure. Talks regarding Moreira have reportedly resumed after an initial approach before the World Cup. Strasbourg value the winger at around €40 million, although Roma are attempting to reduce the price and establish whether Chelsea intend to activate their option.

Negotiations for Garnacho may be more direct because Chelsea own the player outright.

(Corriere dello Sport)

Joao Pedro at Wimbledon. 🎾

Chelsea Football Club are back… ✅

🗣 Xabi Alonso: “The message is we want to share that belief that good things will come if we are together and we create this strength, it has to come from us to bring the energy. Together, we can achieve great things in the coming years.”

Xabi Alonso says the squad potential of Chelsea made him very excited for the move:

“It wasn’t long ago this team was competing at the highest level.” 🇪🇸🧠

Cole Palmer is back at Cobham... finally, we can all breathe again 😅