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The Chelsea Newsletter: Friday 14th July 2023!
Morning all,
Yesterday saw Macca host his final Podcast for the publication here. You will be well aware by now, Macca had to duck out from his commitments as a regular Podcast host here, but he will still be returning as a regular guest. More on plans to replace him coming up next week - we will have our first test Pod next week with a potential new host candidate! So we have that to look forward to. But in the meantime, check out Macca’s final Pod as host here if you haven’t already. It was fun, but a little bit sad at the same time. End of an era.
Next up, a very interesting story bubbling back up regarding Ivan Toney and Chelsea interest. I sent this out yesterday, but in case you missed it, I highly recommend checking this one here out.
Frank Lampard did a fantastic interview on a Podcast yesterday, but it was a very long one. You can watch it in full in this article here, but for those who perhaps don’t have the time, I have also cited some of the key quotes in this one and put a few thoughts of my own in. It’s very interesting, Lampard says he knew many of the players had checked out and basically given up last season, as if that wasn’t already so clear to see.
The goalkeeper situation has been quiet all this week, but I do have some sourced updates as well as more noise on Mike Maignan to Chelsea, and even Kepa Arrizabalaga potentially leaving in this one here.
There was some very interesting results and ideas in our latest transfer polls this week. I’ve rounded up all the results together here once again in order to get our opinions heard!
Finally, check out the live blog from yesterday here, which covers all the Chelsea news, quotes, transfer news, and anything else that has happened across the last 24 hours.
Join us today for the latest live blog that Luke will once again be kindly running for us. Do drop in and keep him company in the comments! Anything I get today will be sent to Luke for the blog. After that, I’ll jump on the Substack App in the chat section if I have any significant news to deliver!
Have a good weekend!
Peace, Si.