The Blues Corner

OFFICIAL: Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool have all reached the FA Cup Quarter Finals!

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IT'S MATCHDAY! 🦁

🆚 Wrexham
🏟 SToK Cae Ras
🤝 FA Cup - 5th Round
⌚️ 5.45pm - UK
📺 TNT Sports & BBC - UK
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COME ON CHELSEA! 🔵

🗣️ Liam Rosenior says he'd be open to an all-access football doc at Chelsea:

"I've watched the Man City one, the Arsenal one... I'm not making an advertisement. If it was done in the right way I wouldn't be against it... The public spends so much money, giving them access at the right time in the right way is a positive thing."

🗣️ Liam Rosenior reveals two academy stars will be in the squad tomorrow and also names some more future stars :

“Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and Jesse Derry will travel. They’ll be a part of the squad. Reggie Watson has trained a few times and impressed me”

“Another Young lad Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli has been up a few times, he’s an outstanding talent aswell”

"A lot of the players go to watch the [Academy] games to support the young players and help them. That’s a really good culture to benefit from..."

"The players decided to do it [go to Academy games], which is great, because I don’t need to encourage it. They’re a great group, they want to help the young players come through..."

🚨 Chelsea are keeping a close on Barco. Not aware yet about this summer but perhaps 2027 or 2028.

Chelsea want a 'Central versatile attacker' in the summer. I don't think an out and out left winger is on their radar because they pitched to Quenda to be a left wing. Morgan Rogers is the name I keep hearing.

🔗 Ben Jacobs - talkSPORT

🚨 Speaking to sources, I sense that Rosenior feels that Jorgensen is the one that is more comfortable coming out of his box more often. Within Chelsea, I don't think they feel there is a lot of difference between Jorgensen and Sanchez. Whoever starts in the next league game will be interesting. The arrival of Mike Penders in the summer could also complicate the goalkeeping situation.

It feels like Chelsea's mass recruitment will start to slow down, starting from the summer. I don't think there will be loads of signings. Chelsea will be thinking about not blocking pathways and who they could also bring from Strasbourg. Quenda and Emegha are also arriving.

🔗 Ben Jacobs - talkSPORT

🗣️ Wrexham boss, Phil Parkinson:

"We've earned the right to have this kind of prestigious draw against Chelsea. We're on a good run, and we've done well at home. It's all about bringing our best performance to the table on Saturday night."

"That underdog fighting spirit has got to be there because we know we're up against a team that are Club World Champions and they've got a lot of talent..."

❗️🇧🇷Joao Pedro is a captain without the armband, even acting as a guide for the youngest, such as Estêvão or Andrey Santos. When he speaks, the locker room listens to him. His level and influence is so positive, is such that even in Brazil and Carlo Ancelotti himself consider him their striker for the World Cup.

🔗 Eduardo Burgos - Diario AS

8 - Since Liam Rosenior's first Premier League game in charge of Chelsea, João Pedro has scored more Premier League goals than any other player (8 in 8 games). Class.

🚨 Robert Sanchez was really disappointed to be left out against Aston Villa but Liam Rosenior says he doesn’t have a number one and will pick based on the opponent.

🔗 Nizaar Kinsella - BBC Sport

🚨 Manchester United remain interested in Andrey Santos. Chelsea hold all the cards due to his long contract and their stance during the Garnacho negotiations was not for sale. If Chelsea bring in another midfielder and Lavia stays fit, they would have a lot of midfielders, but it’s not currently viewed as a market opportunity for clubs.

🔗 Ben Jacobs - talkSPORT