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  • Chelsea FC eye Earls Court for new stadium amid internal strife

    Chelsea FC eye Earls Court for new stadium amid internal strife

    Chelsea FC is exploring the possibility of relocating from Stamford Bridge to a new site in Earls Court, fueled by the club’s need for a larger stadium. 

    Currently, Stamford Bridge can accommodate 42,000 fans, but redevelopment efforts are plagued by limited land availability, prompting the club to seek alternatives in west London.

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    This potential move comes at a turbulent time for Chelsea, as internal conflicts between co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly have intensified. A significant point of contention is the stalled progress on the stadium issue, which has exacerbated existing tensions between the two.

    Chelsea has engaged in discussions with Transport for London (TfL), a key stakeholder in the Earls Court development, about the feasibility of the relocation. However, the club faces competition from The Earl’s Court Development Committee (ECDC), which envisions a “mixed-use development” for the site.

    Despite the competition, some industry insiders suggest that the ECDC’s proposal might be deemed prohibitively expensive, potentially clearing the way for Chelsea’s plans. The Blues have already prepared preliminary designs for the Earls Court location, and Jason Gannon, Chelsea’s chief executive, is reported to have had constructive meetings with both TfL and the real estate firm Delancey.

    As discussions continue, the future of Chelsea’s stadium remains uncertain, with the club weighing its options amidst a backdrop of internal discord and competing development interests.

  • MSport announces new partnership with Chelsea FC as Official Betting Partner in Africa

    MSport announces new partnership with Chelsea FC as Official Betting Partner in Africa

    MSport, Africa’s leading online gaming and betting platform, proudly announces a new and exciting partnership with Chelsea FC, establishing its role as the Official Betting Partner in Africa.

    MSport, renowned for its technical superiority, innovative features, and exceptional service quality, stands as the premier destination for online gaming enthusiasts across Africa. With a unique User Interface (UI) and a commitment to delivering a superior User Experience (UX), MSport continues to lead the industry in markets such as Nigeria and Ghana, with ambitious plans for further expansion throughout the continent.

    The signing of this exclusive regional partnership marks a significant milestone for both MSport and Chelsea FC. This new alliance highlights the visions of both entities, focusing on excellence, innovation, and connecting with a passionate fan base.

    This new partnership will leverage Chelsea’s strong African ties to create unique opportunities for fan engagement. By utilizing MSport’s state-of-the-art betting platform, fans will enjoy an enhanced experience that brings them closer to the action.

    Chelsea FC’s rich history with African players, has cemented the club’s deep connection with Africa. This partnership aims to further strengthen this bond and connect Chelsea FC with its vast fan base across the continent.

    Casper Stylsvig, Chelsea Football Club’s Chief Revenue Officer commented: “We’re delighted to partner with MSport in their commitment to delivering exceptional experiences and driving innovation. Africa continues to be an important region to the Club, underpinned by our large following of committed and passionate fans. This partnership underscores our shared ambition to expand our legacy in the African region and provide fans with an engaging and immersive experience.”

    Commenting on the partnership, Adrian Cheka, MSport’s Sportsbook Director, expressed his enthusiasm, stating, “We are thrilled to announce this new partnership with Chelsea FC. This collaboration goes beyond just business; it’s about celebrating and strengthening the natural bond between two winning entities. Chelsea FC has a rich history with African players and fans, and together, we aim to push boundaries and set new standards of excellence in the African market.”

    About MSport

    MSport is a leading online gaming and betting platform in Africa, renowned for its innovative features, exceptional service quality, and commitment to delivering a superior user experience. As the Official Sports Betting Partner of major football clubs, MSport aims to enhance fan engagement and set new standards in the industry. With a focus on trust, agility, and exciting promotions, MSport continues to expand its presence across the continent.

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    About Chelsea Football Club

    Chelsea Football Club is one of the top football clubs globally and its men’s team were the FIFA Club World Cup winners for 2021, with the final when the side beat Brazilian side Palmeiras in Abu Dhabi held in 2022 due to the pandemic. That success followed winning the UEFA Champions League for a second time in 2021 with victory over Manchester City in Porto.

    Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London’s most central football club, based at the iconic 40,000- capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. Nicknamed ‘The Blues’, the club lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2012 and has also won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup eight times, the Football League Cup five times, the UEFA Europa League twice, the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup twice, the UEFA Super Cup twice and the Football League Championship once, in 1955.

    The 2021 Champions League and Super Cup triumphs ensured Chelsea became the first club to win four major UEFA club competitions twice, following its earlier successes in those two competitions as well as the Europa League and Cup Winners’ Cup.

    The Chelsea Women’s team have enjoyed a huge amount of success and in 2024 won the FA Women’s Super League for a fifth consecutive year and the seventh time overall. The Women’s

    FA Cup has been won on five occasions. The side has also captured the FA Women’s League Cup twice as well as reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in 2021.

    In addition to possessing some of the world’s most recognisable players, Chelsea has also invested in its future with a state-of-the-art Academy and training centre in Cobham, Surrey. Since the Academy building’s opening in 2008, the club has won seven FA Youth Cups, back- to-back UEFA Youth League titles in 2015 and 2016, and the U23 and U18 Premier League national championships most recently in 2019/20 and 2017/18 respectively.

    The Chelsea Foundation boasts one of the most extensive community initiatives in sport, helping to improve the lives of children and young people all over the world.

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  • Breaking: Chelsea maul Arsenal 4-1 to win Europa Cup

     

    Chelsea Football Cup on Wednesday night defeated Arsenal 4-1 to win the 2018/2019 Europa cup in Baku, the capital of Azerbijan.

    Eden Hazard scored two goals while Pedro and former Gunner player Oliver Giroud also scored.

    Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi gave Arsenal the only goal.

    Details shortly…

  • Fans urge Moses to reconsider international retirement

    Football fans in Ebonyi have urged Chelsea FC of England’s Victor Moses, to reconsider his retirement from the national team.

    NAN reports that on Aug. 15, Moses announced his international retirement from the Nigeria national football team, much to the shock of anyone and everyone involved.

    The fans interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Sunday, were reacting to Moses’s snub by Coach Mauricio Sarri in the team’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, a streak witnessed since the start of the current season.

    Bright Igboatu, Former Chairman of Chelsea Fan Club Abakaliki branch, noted that Moses was misguided by thinking that retiring from the Eagles would make Sarri look his way.

    “The problem is not due to Moses’s commitment with the national team but because Sarri is employing a system different from that of former Coach, Antonio Conte which made the player tick.

    “Conte employed a 3-5-2 formation which made Moses combine both defensive and offensive roles at the right wing but Sarri employs a 4-3-3 formation which features players on both the right-full back and outside right positions.

    Jude Omagwe, defunct Jasper United of Onitsha player supported this assertion, arguing that featuring for the national team would even enhance Moses’s chances of breaking into Sarri’s main team.

    “Chelsea’s blistering start to the season would make it difficult for Sarri to drop any play from this group that have adapted to his new system.

    “Matches in the Europa league, Carabao and Federation Cups in which Moses and other fringe players can feature, are not played regularly as the focal attention is the premier league,” he said.

    Chika Nwangele, Ebonyi United of Abakaliki Captain advised Moses to realise the impact playing for the national team could make in his dire situation.

    “Luca Modric of Croatia has recently overthrown Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to emerge Europe’s best player and this was due to his scintillating performance at the world cup.

    “Moses should realise that established players such as Cesc Fabregas, Adreas Christensein among others are facing similar situations as the national team affords him the opportunity of being match-fit,” he said.

    Samuel Chukwuemeka, A Soccer historian, recalled that the national team afforded several Nigerian stars not playing regularly at their clubs, the avenues of being relevant.

    “The world acclaimed ‘USA 94’ team for instance, had several players that had no clubs or were not regulars at their clubs during the world cup qualifiers and competition proper.

    “Late Uche Okafor and Stephen Keshi fell out with their clubs management while Peter Rufai, late Wilfred Agbonavbare among others were not regulars,” he said.

    Mrs Chidinmma Akanno, Youth Activist and football enthusiast however urged Nigerians to continue praying for Moses to reclaim his first team place at Chelsea.

    “I am optimistic that by the time Moses starts playing regularly for Chelsea, he would be motivated to reconsider his stand of retirement from the team,” he said.

  • Chelsea treating me like a criminal, says Costa

    Chelsea treating me like a criminal, says Costa

    Diego Costa has accused Chelsea FC of treating him like a “criminal”, in a forthright newspaper interview which will deepen the breach with the Premier League club.

    The striker is seeking a move back to Spain in the transfer window.

    He has not played for Chelsea since the FA Cup final in May, following which he claims manager Antonio Conte sent him a text, telling him he was not in his plans for the new season.

    Costa was interviewed at home in Brazil on the same day Chelsea lost their opening Premier League game to Burnley and said he was refusing the club’s demand to return to play with the reserves.

    “They want me to be there training with the reserves. I wouldn’t be allowed access to the first-team dressing room and I would have no contact at all with the guys,” he told the Daily Mail.

    “I’m not a criminal! I don’t think it is fair after all I have done to be treated like that.”

    The Brazilian-born Spain international, who joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in 2014, said if the club did not allow him to move before the transfer window he was prepared to see out his contract unpaid in Brazil.

    “I am open to being a year in Brazil without playing, even if Chelsea fine me for a year and don’t pay me.

    “I’ll come back stronger. If I was in the wrong, I’d go back now and do as they say.

    “I want the deal with Atletico resolved this month. My idea would be to go to Madrid, train there, get in the best physical shape and be ready to fire ahead of the World Cup.”

    The situation is complicated by the fact that Atletico are currently banned from signing players in this window although a loan deal would be possible.

    Costa’s relationship with Conte appears to have broken down although the Brazilian accepts the Italian “is a good coach”.

    Last week Conte said there was “no news” on the Costa situation but earlier this summer said the “situation is closed.”

  • Terry to leave Chelsea at end of season

    Terry to leave Chelsea at end of season

    Chelsea FC captain John Terry will leave the club at the end of the season after more than two decades there.

    He is their most decorated individual, with four Premier League titles, one Champions League, five FA Cups, a Europa League and three League Cups.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he has made 713 Chelsea appearances since his 1998 debut — 578 as captain.

    “I feel I still have plenty to offer on the pitch but understand that opportunities here at Chelsea will be limited for me,” the 36-year-old Terry said.

    Centre-back Terry, who has scored 66 goals for the club he joined as a 14-year-old, has made just four Premier League starts this season.

    He is the club’s third highest all-time appearance maker, behind Ron Harris and Peter Bonetti, and holds the club record for appearances as captain.

    Terry, who made his debut for Chelsea as a 17-year-old in a 1998 League Cup match, has gone on to score 40 Premier League goals over 19 years.

    He has played almost all of his career at Chelsea, other than six loan appearances for Nottingham Forest in 2000.

    “I will, of course, always be a Blue and am desperate to end my final season as a Chelsea player with more silverware,” said Terry, whose team have a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.

    “I’ve always been conscious that I depart at the right time, in the right way, and I feel that the end of this season is the right time for the club and I.”

    Terry, the club and Premier League’s top-scoring defender, is one of just five defenders to have won the PFA Player of the Year award.

    He retired from international football in 2012 after winning 78 England caps and signed a one-year contract extension with the Blues in May 2016.

    “I’m eager to carry on playing and so will be looking to continue with a new challenge,” Terry added.

    “Words cannot describe the love I have for our football club and our amazing Chelsea fans. You mean the world to me and I will never forget the incredible journey we’ve been on.”

    Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia said: “He will always be held in the highest regard by everybody at Stamford Bridge and we look forward to welcoming him back in the future.”

     

  • EPL, La liga fans to get authentic jerseys in Lagos – adidas

    EPL, La liga fans to get authentic jerseys in Lagos – adidas

    • 2016/2017 adidas Original EPL, La Liga Jerseys in Stores for Nigerian Fans

    Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer, adidas has disclosed its intentions to present a unique experience for its Lagos based fans by hosting its inaugural Fan day.

    According to the German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports shoes, clothing and accessories in a statement, it will be an opportunity for football fans of the world’s leading clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea FC and Real Madrid to purchase authentic home and away jerseys for the 2016/2017 season.

    The statement reads: “Following the launch of the new kit in July 2016, there has been widespread anticipation on the arrival of the authentic products to Nigeria, where these international football giants enjoy massive support from fans in their millions.

    “Focusing on the need to ensure that Nigerian supporters of these clubs, and fans of the brand enjoy the latest season’s kit, adidas recently shipped in its latest stock to meet the growing demand for the product in Nigeria.

    “In addition to the football jerseys, some of the latest adidas products available in Nigeria include PureBOOST X running shoes for women, UltraBOOST in new color ways for women, Superstar Originals footwear and adidas Stan Smith footwear, to name a few.”

    The German company further noted that the limited 2016/17 season football jerseys are available in various sizes only at adidas franchise stores at Lekki 12E Admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1, and Ikeja City Mall in Lagos.

    Commenting on this development, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mopheth Sports and adidas retail partner in Nigeria, Kunle Oyegade said: “Fan day is a great opportunity for Nigerian superfans of the game to secure their authentic football jerseys, at the beginning of the season. We are excited to offer the fan what they want, be it football or the latest style product.”

    “Fans of Manchester United, Chelsea FC and Real Madrid will get exclusive invites for a one-time opportunity to shop limited home and away kits of their favorite at designated adidas stores from Saturday, September 3, 2016. Fans will also go home with special gifts on purchase made. To get invite, interested fans are to Register Here

     

     

  • Footballing world mourns Keshi

    Footballing world mourns Keshi

    Football lovers, fans and umpires around the world on Wednesday mourn the shocking death of former Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, popularly known as the Big Boss.

    Following the announcement of Keshi’s death, the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) said: “His influence on the pitch cannot be underestimated. He enjoyed a successful club career in his home continent before exporting his talents to Europe, starring in cup and league-winning Anderlecht sides and endearing himself to Strasbourg fans in France with a stunning long range goal against Rennes that helped promote Le Racing to Ligue 1.

    Throughout his stellar playing and managerial career, ‘Big Boss’ certainly allowed fans, team-mates and his own players themselves to dream. Tributes from around the footballing world have poured in for Keshi, after his tragic and sudden passing at the age of 54.

    Chelsea Football Club of England acknowledged the coaching impact of late Keshi in making great players like Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel, both football players at Chelsea FC. The English club took to its social media platform to say: “All at CFC are saddened to hear of former Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi’s death. He worked with Mikel & Victor Moses

    Similarly, Fatima Samoura, first female FIFA’s Secretary General appointed on 13 May 2016, expressed her great shock at the news when she posted on her social media handle saying:

    Brown Ideye, Nigeria’s central striker who plays his football with Greek club Olympiacos FC was not left out as he laments the tragic departure of  Big Boss from planet earth. Ideye in his social media post said: “This is one of the saddest days of my life?. I will never forget the happy days, you coached me. RIP Big boss?? pic.twitter.com/mqNhFhFzK3

    Other football bodies and individuals around the world as follow:

     

    FIFA further said in its article that it is Keshi’s international career that will perhaps evoke the strongest memories though. As well as playing his part in that memorable AFCON title in 1994, he helped guide the Super Eagles to their first FIFA World Cup™, playing five games on the road to the USA before featuring just once at the finals (as captain) due to injury.

    “With many African countries looking for coaching experience from outside the continent to lead their countries at major tournaments, Keshi was a beacon of hope for coaches from the mother continent. Not only was he the first Nigerian to lead his country to the AFCON title, he was the first African coach to lead a team to the Round of 16 at a World Cup, achieving that feat at Brazil 2014,” the world football governing body noted.

    The social media is agog with messages of condolence after news of Keshi’s death stunned the global footballing community.

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