‼️ AGREEMENT REACHED. Dário Esugo will be a Chelsea player next season. The transfer with the blues was closed in the last few hours, with Sporting receiving €22 million fixed (no variables).

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🏆Sonia Bompastor has made four changes to Chelsea's starting XI from Crystal Palace Game for today's Women's Subway League Cup Final against @Manchester_City.

GOOOALLL MAYRA

A positive first-half but there’s still work to do. 💪

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🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐏?

Head coach Enzo Maresca wants to use wingers in his system, so Chelsea have been looking for wide attackers since the Italian was hired in July. They have not just been working on what they want to do in 2025, but 2026 as well.

Chelsea want five wingers for the two roles.

Chelsea want competition for places and believe Quenda will add even more quality to what they already have, especially as he will have another season of playing in Portugal’s Primera Liga and the Champions League. He has already played more than 40 senior matches but the hope is that he will have at least 100 to his name by the time he turns up at Stamford Bridge.

🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞?

Chelsea want him only as a winger.

Stressing this during talks — which were a group effort from co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart as well as Maresca — helped convince Quenda to join. Living in or near London was another factor, while his salary fits within Chelsea’s wage structure.

He can play on both wings, but is more likely to line up on the left flank, partly because Estevao is more accustomed to the right. Chelsea are also looking to add another right-footed wide player to join the squad this summer.

[Simon Johnson - The Athletic]

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1-1.

Double substitution for Chelsea. 🔁

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WE'VE WON THE SUBWAY WOMEN'S LEAGUE CUP!! 🏆

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🫡Captain Millie Bright with her Player of the Match award
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Sporting CP’s Dário Essugo, 20, has said YES to #CFC & the BlueCo project.

Negotiations are advanced for the Portuguese ‘6’ to join for a fee of €22m in July.

(via Fabrizio Romano)

March's International Blues 🌎

Youth call ups:
Finland U21: 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒎
England U21: 𝑻𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏-𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒆
England U20: 𝑴𝒂𝒙 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌
England U19: 𝑻𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒅, 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝑲𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝑫𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝑻𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 & 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝑴𝒉𝒆𝒖𝒌𝒂
France U19: 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒐𝒖
Scotland U19: 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒄𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒏
England U18: 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏 & 𝑶𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏
Sweden U18: 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒘𝒊

‼️ Chelsea have reached an agreement with Sporting CP for 20-year-old midfielder Dario Essugo.

A fee of €22 million has been agreed between the clubs. He will join this summer and be part of the first-team squad.

Essugo has completed his medical and will sign a seven-year contract with the Blues.

[fabrizioromano - first reported by CNN Portugal & A Bola]

𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃:

Chelsea have been in the market for a midfielder and someone to act as back-up for Moises Caicedo given the club are lacking cover in that area in the upcoming summer window. The expectation is Dario Essugo will be rotated with Caicedo next season.

Essugo has spent the 2024-25 season on loan at Las Palmas, making 17 La Liga appearances.

Chelsea have already decided to bring back Andrey Santos from his loan at Strasbourg to be part of things in 2025-26, but that is to compete with Romeo Lavia.

[Simon Johnson - The Athletic]

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