After the long awaited return of elite European football competition this weekend, it was finally the turn of Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen to entertain the Bundesliga’s newly-added-to audience. Along with the rest of the brilliant writing team at the Chelsea Spot, I was tasked with following the performances of a number of Chelsea targets... Continue Reading →
As the Chelsea players walked out of the tunnel, led by our current manager Frank Lampard, they had just one thought in their mind, and that was to go back to London as the only club from the city to have won this famous big-eared trophy. Walking out, looking around the Allianz Arena, they knew... Continue Reading →
I spent my Saturday afternoon watching the highly anticipated Revierderby, in which Borussia Dortmund welcomed FC Schalke 04 to an empty Signal Iduna Park. I kept an eye on a certain few players that Chelsea have been linked with in the past few months, as well as doing a bit of tactical analysis of the... Continue Reading →
Along with the other talented writers @TheChelseaSpot, I’ve been given a Bundesliga game to cover and monitor certain players that could suit this current Chelsea system under Frank Lampard. The game I chose was the Frankfurt vs Borussia Munchengladbach match which ended with Marco Rose’s Gladbach taking a 1-3 away win which allowed them to... Continue Reading →
Football today returned in Germany after the outbreak of the Coronarus pandemic, with games being played behind closed doors. I watched the clash between third placed RB Leipzig, who welcomed eighth placed SC Freiburg to the Red Bull Arena - with an eye on players who have been linked with Chelsea over the last few... Continue Reading →
The summer of 2018 saw the happy ending to N’Golo Kanté’s incredible rise from Ligue 2 to World Cup winner materialise. At 27 years old, the Frenchman was at the peak of his powers, and arguably the best midfielder in the world. Now two years older and increasingly more injury prone, can the Premier League’s... Continue Reading →
Dubbed the ‘Scouse Zidane’ by some fans and ‘Dross Barkley’ by others: I’m going to take a look at why the midfielder creates so much divide in the Chelsea fanbase. Ross Barkley is a player who many Chelsea fans thought would be leaving the club in 2020, but, in the recent weeks before the postponement... Continue Reading →
The Chelsea players walked onto the Nou Camp pitch with the odds stacked against them. Despite bringing a lead along with them from Stamford Bridge, they were tasked with keeping one of the greatest sides ever assembled at bay for 90 long minutes, with the vociferous home support always ready to spike up the adrenaline... Continue Reading →
Fiorentina winger Federico Chiesa has been one of the latest players to be linked with Chelsea over the last few days. But who exactly is the young Italian and what would he bring to Frank Lampards squad? Son of former Italian and Fiorentina forward Enrico Chiesa, Federico made his Fiorentina debut in 2016 in a... Continue Reading →
When Ashley Cole left Chelsea after eight years of incredible service in the summer of 2014, it was inconceivable to most Chelsea fans that the left back slot which he left behind would not be convincingly filled for another six or more years, and yet here we are, still searching for a reliable replacement. Filipe... Continue Reading →
There is a long-standing tradition of Arsenal players leaving North London in search of a more ambitious club, and a lot of the time said players end up at Stamford Bridge, whether that is directly or later on in their careers. Chelsea made Ashley Cole a Champions League winner, gave Cesc Fabregas not one but... Continue Reading →
No rival fan can accuse Chelsea of being a boring watch this season and that is largely down to our possession based, free-flowing brand of football which has incorporated young, hungry players eager to make their mark on the league. In the third part of my review of our 2019/20 season so far, I will... Continue Reading →
Despite the aggregate score line of our quarter final fixture reading 3-1, every Chelsea fan was aware that Benfica really pushed us to the limit, and dominated the game across both the legs. Hence, as the words “FC Barcelona” were drawn out of the famous Champions League mini-ball, a shiver was sent down the spine... Continue Reading →
Chelsea have been heavily linked with Napoli and Senegal centreback Kalidou Koulibaly. He’s undoubtedly one of the most sought after defenders in Europe, but what makes him so desirable? Here’s our scout report.... Player Profile The Senegalese centre-half is in the prime years of his career, some may have doubts over the transfer due to... Continue Reading →
Much has been made of Chelsea’s defensive deficiencies this season, and with 39 goals conceded in just 29 league games, it is easy to see why. Gone are the days of our legendary defensive steel, with the 2004/05 season – where Chelsea only conceded 15 goals across the whole league campaign - a distant memory.... Continue Reading →
Bringing another striker to Chelsea to compete with Tammy Abraham has been on Frank Lampard’s wish list since January, but I’m wondering if that player could already be at the club. Christian Pulisic has been a success at the club so far and he‘s shown potential to become an output machine in the future. In... Continue Reading →
Despite the current turbulent times, the transfer rumors don’t stop. Every day we hear different rumors about players linked to Chelsea or players who will possibly leave. In this article I want to show which player I realistically see departing the club this summer. It is important to know that I rely on certain media... Continue Reading →
Heading into a two-legged tie whilst leading on aggregate is a dangerous position, especially when the difference is one. The mind-set of the players is somewhere in between “sitting back and defending what we have” and “scoring a second to kill the game off”. And in the manner, in which Chelsea won the reverse fixture-... Continue Reading →
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