Petr Cech News

Not only do the Blues have Petr Cech in their ranks, widely considered one of world football's elite shot-stoppers, but they also possess the next big thing in Thibaut Courtois.

The mood around Anfield may be bleak at present with prize asset Luis Suarez openly expressing his desire to join Spanish giants Real Madrid this summer in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais .

It's taken seven long years to boot...like some damn pentium II semi-mechanical computer, and it's time another player was given a chance to also make an impression.

The 26-year-old had an injury-plagued 2012/13 campaign and made only 19 Premier League starts.

When Chelsea snapped up Croatian youth international Matej Delac in the summer of 2009 they were quite simply signing a player widely believed to be the best teenage goalkeeper in the world.

Jose Mourinho is back at Chelsea and the 'Happy One' has acted quick in the transfer market by securing the return of several young talents from their respective loan deals.

In Chelsea Top Trumps, the cult of Mourinho outranks even that of JT and Super Frank - it's that standing which will prove his biggest asset in his second spell.

New Blues manager Jose Mourinho will no doubt be backed financially this summer as Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, continues to supply an everlasting transfer fund at Stamford Bridge.

A round-up of the day's transfer gossip from Spain as Raphael Varane turns down a sensational Spanish switch.

Since his StamfordBridge comeback was rubber-stamped last week, there has been a barrage of media speculation on the future of John Terry, Fernando Torres, David Luiz and Juan Mata among others.

ONE of the oldest adages in football is that you should never go back. As Kevin Keegan can attest from his disastrous second managerial spell at Newcastle United, things aren't always as you would imagine them second time around.

Amid the Premier League's manager-merry-go-round this summer, Sky Bet offers a range of specials on how each will perform in their new job.

I think there was a lot of diplomacy in Jose Mourinho's returning press conference at Chelsea.

With all the rumours about Cavani, Schurrle, Hulk, etc, there hasn't been much talk about what Chelsea are going to do with the current goalkeeping situation.

The Chelsea youth team keeper believes he can take a full-time first-time spot at Stamford Bridge having learned a lot from the first-choice during in Europa League and FA Cup EXCLUSIVE By Edmund Okai Gyimah Chelsea youth team goalkeeper Jamal Blackman says he is ready to deputise for Petr Cech following the release of Henrique Hilario and Ross ... (more)

JOSE MOURINHO will set foot back in Stamford Bridge tomorrow with a list of high-profile transfer targets and a blueprint for taking Chelsea back to the top of the English game.

The Belgium international told a national team press conference that he will return to Madrid for a third successive year while he waits to become the Blues' number one Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has revealed he will almost certainly join Atletico Madrid on loan for a third successive season.

Since Abramovich took over, we have developed a reputation as a buying club, a club who pays over the odds for players, whether rightly or wrongly it doesn't matter.

Italy's Mario Balotelli, right, receives the red card from referee Svein Oddvar Moen during Friday's World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match against the Czech Republic.

Had they been able to pick their own partners Mourinho would have chosen Manchester United and Roman Abramovich would have walked down the football aisle with Pep Guardiola.