Chelsea transfer news live: Dries Mertens updates, Ampadu interest ,Olivier Giroud latest.

Lazio have allegedly reached an agreement with Olivier Giroud and are only awaiting a decision from Chelsea. The negotiation between Chelsea and Lazio continues. Only thing missing is Chelsea’s OK. Lazio pushes to unlock the deal, regardless of Chelsea's incoming transfers.

Bristol City eye ambitious loan move for Chelsea’s Ethan Ampadu who is currently on loan at RB Leipzig.  Chelsea are tempted to terminate Ethan Ampadu’s loan spell at RB Leipzig and agree a fresh deal with Bristol City.

"He was okay," Rodgers told reporters when asked about Vardy. "We found no side effects after the game. He's trained today and was good." On whether he could start (vs Chelsea): "Potentially."

Chelsea's first bid of €8m for Dries Mertens has been rejected by Napoli.
Chelsea have also rejected Napoli's counter offer of buying the player and loaning him back until the summer.

(Image) Jorginho likes Mertens-related post after latest Chelsea transfer rumour

Jorgi likes the idea if linking up with his former team mate again!  

Recently Jorginho Liked Instagram Post with His former Team Mate Dries Mertens .
Jorghinho and Mertens  Played Together in Napoli for Four and Half Years .

(Image ) Jorginho likes Mertens-related post after latest Chelsea transfer rumour #Chelsea #CFC pic.twitter.com/f4WkbtEZue

— jodie Stamford (@jodie_1905) January 29, 2020

Chelsea Want to sign a forward in the January window  before the 11pm Friday night deadline, and Mertens has six months remaining on Napoli contract. 
Napoli do not want to sell Mertens so late in this window and would demand a fee of at least £7million. One option Chelsea could try is to send one of Olivier Giroud, Michy Batshuayi or Pedro Rodriguez, either permanently or on loan, in exchange for Mertens.

The 32 year old Striker has 39 goals and assists (Serie A + CL) in 3,678 minutes this season and last. Meaning he averages a goal contribution every 94 minutes.

Belgian international Mertens has scored 118 goals for Napoli over seven seasons at the club,

Mertens is only four goals short of becoming Napoli’s all-time leading scorer.

Would You Like to See Him Him With Chelsea Shirt ?!

Lampard On Mateo Kovacic " he’s very intelligent, he listens when you speak to him, and I think he can get better at all parts of it."

Lampard on Kovacic: ‘We changed the midfield around him and rotated it in terms of how we’re playing – I never want it to be absolutely structured – and there’s games he’s played well as part of a two and he’s almost doing a bit of both roles.’

Lampard: ‘I think he can do it very well. For the development of him, and we’ve got a really good relationship, he loves to talk about his game and he’s very intelligent, he listens when you speak to him, and I think he can get better at all parts of it.’

Lampard: ‘He’s very talented and I love working with him and I want to help him improve because he’s important to us. I was part of the conversation [when it came to making his loan switch from Real Madrid permanent] and he was one we could bring in because of the situation.’

Lampard: ‘I watched him last year and liked him from afar. It wasn’t the easiest year for him – sometimes he started, sometimes he didn’t –‘

Lampard: ‘but I just saw an actual talent in the way he can take people out of the game in midfield and he travels really quickly with the ball and can play really nice combinations.’

Lampard: ‘But there are other parts of his game that we want to improve. We want to see him score more goals and when he’s in deep defensive areas, of course he has to be very aware to pick up runners and do that job as well.’

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Chelsea Place Ben Chilwell & Hakim Ziyech on Transfer Shortlist Ahead of Summer Window

Chelsea Place Ben Chilwell & Hakim Ziyech on Transfer Shortlist Ahead of Summer Window

Chelsea are interested in Sign    Left Back  Ben Chilwell and Ajax Midfielder Hakim Ziyech in Summer Window .

frank lampard’s team have a lot of problems this season in Left Back Position where Both Italian Player Emerson and Marcos Alonso couldn’t play  very well in the first half of the season .

Chelsea understand it’s very difficult to transfer players in January because both of players play crucial role in their team .

The 23-year-old has already made 112 appearances for the Foxes during his career and he's expected to be Gareth Southgate's first-choice left-back for England at Euro 2020 this summer.
ben Chilwell stats This season
Played : 22 Games
GS : 1 Goal
Assist s : 3
as Far As Their interests in Hakim Ziyech , Chelsea Will face High Competition with Top European Clubs who alos interested in Transfer Ziyech in summer .  
Chelsea have an 'oral agreement' for €45m transfer of Ajax playmaker Hakim Ziyech this summer, report Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf

The 22 Years Old Has 6 Goals and 13 Assists in Just 22 Game in eredivisie 2019/20.

You want him on your team': Kieran Trippier admits Diego Costa is a nightmare to play against

You want him on your team': Kieran Trippier admits Diego Costa is a nightmare to play against

'He's a nightmare to play against,' Trippier told BBC Sport.

Kieran Trippier is Surprising with Diego Costa's Spirit and Fighting for Team.

Kieran Trippier  'He's so funny, he's the joker in the team. He's someone you need with that quality. He's out injured at the moment but he's someone we're really looking forward to having back and helping the team.'


Kieran Trippier   “ Costa gave me New Nick Name “Rooney “ earlier this season , I don’t know where he's got that from , Atletico Madrid Supports called me that [Rooney] ,It’s everywhere now
Diego started something and now it's everywhere.'

(Video): Callum Hudson-Odoi’s superb gesture to a young Chelsea fan

Chelsea are in the fifth round for the 24th time in 27 seasons.
Frank Lampard says you don't expect it to be easy at Hull and it remained tough due to us not taking enough of our chances again.

Lampard says it is important to keep repeating the message to the players. He adds that having brought on Billy Gilmour, the 18-year-old was the best player on the pitch during the time he was on.

Class from Callum Hudson-Odoi 👏

He spots a young Chelsea fan who wants his shirt and gets it to him!

A priceless feeling 💙 pic.twitter.com/9Kz3fCugXi

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 25, 2020

Lampard says if Chelsea can't get anyone in, and Abraham's injury does turn out to be a bad one, then he has the confidence in Batshuayi.

Michy Batshuayi

18 starts in the EFL Cup and FA Cup 🏆
15 goals ⚽️
3assists 🅰️

The Batsman strikes 🦇⚡️#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/fadtnsvHgs

— The Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 25, 2020

Fikayo Tomori vs Hull:
⚽️ 1 Goal
🥅 3 Shots
🎯 95% Pass accuracy
⬆️ 2 Aerial duels won
👉🏼 73 Touches
🔒 3 Tackles
©️ 5 Clearances
Monster performance

🅰 Barkley
⚽ Tomori

Nothing the keeper could do 👊#EmiratesFACup @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/ZTZAfytT23

— The Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 25, 2020

Leicester City vs Chelsea : Team News , Stream free, and TV channel

Chelsea  Are  going to Face Liecester City  At Premier League GW 25  on Saturday 12:30 PM (UK Time )

Chelsea XL  :  Caballero; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James; Kante, Jorginho, Mount; Hudson-Odoi, Abraham, Pedro

Chelsea Subs: Kepa, Tomori, Alonso, Kovacic, Barkley, Willian, Batshuayi


Liecester City XL  : Schmeichel , Ricardo, Evans,  Soyuncu, Chilwell ,  Choudhury , Barnes , Tielemans,Perez ,Maddison,  Vardy .

 Liecester City This season’s stats (all competitions)

Top Scorers :
Jamie Vardy 17 Goals , Ayoze Pérez 7 Goals , James Maddison 6 Goals

Harvey Barnes 6 Assists , Ayoze Pérez  4 Assists , Jamie Vardy 4 Assists


*The Foxes are unbeaten in their last Four PL Games Against The Blues (D3 ,W1 )

*The Blues Have own 5 of their Last Seven PL Away Matches against Foxes

*No Team Has Won More Away PL Games Against Foxes at King Power Stadium Than Chelsea
(4,Level With Spurs and Liverpool)

Leicester City Have Lost Two Of Their Last Three PL Games .

Referee and VAR

How Can You Watch  Chelsea Match ?!

THIS game is being broadcast live by BT Sport in the UK , Bein Sport 2 in The Middle East .


You Can also Watch The Match Through LiveStream Websites


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Should Harry Maguire have been sent off ?!

Chelsea face  Manchester United in premier league  GW26 at Stamford bridge on Monday 17 February  Kick-off :  8 :00 pm  (UK time )



Maguire deserved to  sent off after he kicked michy batshuai without ball .
Chelsea fans are upset because of Refree Decision because son sent off due to kick  rudiger without the ball .

Video evidence of Harry Maguire kicking into Batshuayi's groin. Intent and contact. Absolute red all day.

He ducking kicked him #CHEMUN pic.twitter.com/S7ct14jnvF

— who leo (@WhoLeo2016) February 17, 2020

The Blues are forced into an early change as Kante looks to have taken a knock. Mount is called into action from the bench.

United scored late goal at 45 mins to take the lead ,,  comn blues we still have second half



TV coverage (UK):  Sky Sports Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League . 

Mount unsurprised by Abraham success as Chelsea star backs team-mate's mentality

The FA Cup Kit is being worn again this weekend!

Chelsea  Are  going to Face Hull City At 4^th FA Cup Round on Saturday 5:30 PM (UK Time )  

*Hull City Won Zero Games of Their 10 FA Cup Against Chelsea [L7 D3] , Chelsea Won 4-0 in Last Match in The Fifth Round At Stamford Bridge .

Chelsea Are Unbeaten in Last 15 Games Against Hull since 3-0 Defeat in 1988 [Winning 13 and Drawing 2 ].

*Callum Hudson Odoi Chelsea Winger has been Directly Involved in Four Goals in his 3 FA Cup Starts (2 Assists , 2 Goals ) All His Efforts coming Against Championship Opponents .

*Hull City Lost Their Last 2 Matches in Row against Fulham  and Derby County  With The Same Result  0-1

Hull City This season’s stats (all competitions)

Top scorers: Bowen 17, Eaves 7, Grosicki 6

Most assists: Bowen 6, Grosicki 5, Honeyman 2

Referee and VAR

Referee: Craig Pawson

There is no VAR for this match

Nine seconds of Frank Lampard gold vs Hull! 💥#TBT pic.twitter.com/PS9MXzmBtD

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 23, 2020

Frank Lampard Press Conference Ahead Of Champions League Game Against Valencia !

Lampard starts by saying tomorrow is more a 'must not lose' game rather than must-win. He says he always felt it was going to be a tough group but the fact we've made up ground since losing at home to Valencia has been important. '

Lampard on Valencia first game: "Whether they are young or not we have the quality to take on a lot of teams in Europe. What happened on the night, I feel like we were the better team. If you sleep for one moment you can lose a game at this level."

Lampard believes the Valencia loss has left Chelsea in a tense position on matchday 5: "It was losing the game on day one when we should have got the result. It has brought knockout football earlier in the competition than we thought." 

Lampard: "I have watched a lot of Valencia, I expect a solid team. Having played in this stadium, it’s not just the team. It’s the support and atmosphere."

Lampard on Chelsea midfielder Barkley being pictured in a nightclub 'it was a lack of professionalism'. But goes on to stress 'I like Ross and he needs to show all his reactions on the pitch'.

"One is the headlines this week. Ross knows how I felt about the first headline. I backed him then and now. He showed a lack of professionalism,, I don't want to become a dictator because he deserves some freedom. I like Ross, he is one of my players. He needs to show his reactions on the pitch.""

Lampard on the 'little moments': "The moments in the box are always the things that tip the games. A game at Champions League level will always be that way. It can be a battle in midfield but you have to be clinical in both boxes when there's so much at stake."

Lampard on whether Tammy can score in big games: "It depends what you class as a big game. Lille away in the Champions League is a big game. Every game is a big game in the Premier League. Tammy has scored big goals in the league, Europe and for his country recently."

Lampard on team news: "Hudson-Odoi is not available. Hopefully he will be for the weekend. Rudiger is match fitness rather than the injury itself. Hopefully it will be days and weeks rather than months." No mention of Alonso suggest he wasn't picked to travel.

Lampard's Press conference " Pulisic is ready ,CGHO doubt due to hamstring injury. i wouldn't Manage Spurs "

Lampard confirms he's exchanged a few messages with Mourinho and 'wished him well' over getting the Tottenham job.
lampard on Mourinho going to Spurs with Chelsea links: "That's his decision, whether fans judge you or not is out of your hands.

Lampard on whether Mourinho's Tottenham can finish in the top-four: "They are in the top four race. That's the story at the start of the season, now and end of the season.
He keeps Talking on Mourinho "History and results speak for themselves. The titles he has won at the clubs he has worked at are not shocks because of the work he has put in. He has done it consistently. That's what we measure him by." He says people will expect big things "

Lampard wouldn't manage Tottenham: "I can firmly say no, and you can replay that in 10 years. It wouldn't happen."
Adds this after Mou said the same as Chelsea manager:
"Mourinho has worked at a lot of clubs and you have to respect his right to work."

Lampard says Pulisic came back to training in midweek and is in contention to play against Manchester City. Hudson-Odoi a doubt due to hamstring injury. No date set for Loftus-Cheek's return.
Lampard on City game:"For us to be in that position is something I am pleased with. I want more. I think where we could have got more points. It is nice to be up and around it and it is a head-to-head test to see where we are at. The game won't be the end of the story"
Lampard says he is so pleased for Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount scoring their first England goals. He remembers from when he was a player what a confidence boost that is.

Lampard says having Kante, Jorginho and Kovacic all fit and playing well is a positive. He hopes to carry on with a fluid midfield. They can all carry out different roles.

Lampard on Pochettino sack:
"When you ask about Pochettino, I have huge respect for him. I met him a few times. I went to Tottenham's training ground when I was doing my badges and he showed me hospitality. He is a classy man."

Frank Lampard and Mason Mount Press Conference Statements Ahead Of Ajax Clash

Lampard on VAR monitor being used in the Champions League and not in the Premier League *slightly tongue in cheek*: "It is incredible when they use it when it is there to be used.


Lampard: 'We must understand the quality and danger of Ajax. They are such a technical team. We've shown a great reaction since losing the opening home game. As Chelsea we expect to go through, but we must have the same preparation and attitude as in the last two games

Lampard: 'We must understand the quality and danger of Ajax. They are such a technical team. We've shown a great reaction since losing the opening home game. As Chelsea we expect to go through, but we must have the same preparation and attitude as in the last two games.

Lampard reports N'Golo Kante is in the squad for tomorrow's game and is fit and available to play. Rudiger is seeing a specialist today so now news on his fitness beyond that.

Lampard on Mason Mount: "I am really proud of him. His loan spell in Holland and in the Championship with me have prepared him well. He has maybe exceeded my expectations.

Lampard says he'll be 'very interested' in the result of Chelsea's transfer ban appeal to CAS

Lampard on transfer ban hearing date: "We are on a good run. I get that. It is a nice feeling. The players have shown with the opportunities they have been given that they can do the roles. When the window is open we will look at opportunties.

On VAR, Lampard says the use of the screen on the side of the pitch would be beneficial at times. 'We all want a better game, better decisions, but at the moment we're not quite getting that.'

Mount on Lampard: "It has been brilliant. I am loving every moment. It is positive to have had a few goals. I probably didn't think I would have 4 goals. We need to keep working hard and focusing as young players."
Mount on balance of midfield with Kovacic & Jorginho: "They have been brilliant. Us young players coming into the team need those players behind us to keep us focused and going. They have been brilliant keeping our team together."

Mount on exceeding expectations: "I was always ready, no matter what happened. I have been at the club for a very long time. You have to have belief in yourself and the opportunity. It probably did come a little earlier than expected."

Frank Lampard's Press Conference : Kante not fit , Barkley (ankle) , Christensen (hamstring) and Speak About Pulisic

Team News : 

Frank Lampard reports that Toni Rudiger is not fit for the Watford game and will see a consultant on Monday regarding a pelvic problem. N'Golo Kante may return for Ajax game. Ross Barkley and Andreas Christensen not far from returns.

N'Golo Kante (groin) is working with the team again. Watford comes too soon, but he could be back for the Champions League clash against Ajax. Ross Barkley (ankle) is ruled out while Andreas Christensen (hamstring) is almost there in terms of his fitness

Lampard points out that Pulisic was in the team at the start of the season and he hopes he can now repeat performances like the one at Burnley.

Lampard says the Watford game is a dangerous one, especially if we become over-confident. He points out Watford have pretty much the same players who did well last season.

Lampard says it's a tough decision this weekend over who to select from Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi, Willian & Pedro, but it's competition which means players know they have to perform.