Gianfranco Zola has today emerged a front runner for the West Ham job after Alan Curbishley parted company with the club on Wednesday. The former Italian international is now considered one of the favourites to take the hot seat at Upton Park, after the likes of Stuart Pearce and Slaven Bilic ruled themselves out of the running last night. Click to continue reading...

Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri is thought to be one of the names on West Ham's shortlist to fill the vacant managers post at Upton Park. The 56-year-old Italian has vast managerial experience, having managed the likes of Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia and Atletico Madrid. But it is thought that Ranieri's four year spell at Stamford Bridge [. Click to continue reading...

Especially one who allegedly 'needs counselling' according to a certain footballing legend! It had appeared that Chelsea would sign Robinho earlier this week, especially after Peter Kenyon had made several trips to Madrid in an attempt to lure the Brazilian to Stamford Bridge in the manner of the pied piper. Click to continue reading...

Most Chelsea fans, including myself, has been quick to label Manchester City's newest darling, Robinho, greedy. Or heartless. Or a greedy, heartless mercenary.

After allowing the blow of losing out on the Brazilian to City no less to expunge from my memory, I'm now beginning to believe the real enemy in this whole ordeal is, of course, Real Madrid.

Click to continue reading...

Alan Curbishley is looking to entice this Chelsea full-back to Upton Park by offering the international star first-team football instead of bench-warming at Stamford Bridge! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Chelsea full-back Paulo Ferreira is understood to be in talks over a possible move to West Ham. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira is heading across London to West Ham United to complete the formalities of a move to the Hammers. The Portuguese international has struggled to nail down a first team place in the Chelsea first team since the arrival of fellow countryman Jose Bosingwa at Stamford Bridge this summer. Click to continue reading...

The Blues paid £8 million for this player two seasons ago, and although he's hardly been a revelation for Chelsea since arriving at Stamford Bridge, Arsene Wenger has clearly seen something special which led to the Frenchman enquiring about the striker's availability. The Independent report that Salomon Kalou could easily have . Click to continue reading...

A gift (from Frank Lampard) + dreadful second half + an opponent content to defend = a monotonous 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

Is there reason to worry? Of course not.

Three games into the season, and we're top of the league. We were unlucky to concede, a brilliant assist from Lampard costing us all three points.

Click to continue reading...

The transfer of Aliaksandr Hleb discussed earlier this summer eventually became inevitable. Arsenal, after all, have a reputation as a selling club and had just finished another season trophyless. The planned £20 million switch to Inter that had previously opened the door for Hleb's exit served to ease his path to Barcelona. Click to continue reading...

I wrote on here on Friday that Shaun Wright-Phillips was back where he belongs. Most people felt that his move back to Manchester City was a good move for all concerned. Not many would have predicted that he would score two goals in his first game, a 3-0 win at Sunderland. The look of joy on his face after both goals portrayed all of his feelings of happiness and relief. Click to continue reading...

The first game of the season we haven't started favourites for and for good reason. Lose this game and it's Tottenham's worse ever start to a Premier League campaign. Although we have somewhat overturned the hoodoo Chelsea had over us in recent times, we have never beaten them at the bridge in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Spurs have recently been just that in the side of Chelsea. Last year, those bums were able to not only pry the Carling Cup from our hands but also also deal a devastating blow to our Premier League title aspirations let's be real, Robbie Keane's out-of-nothing finish did that.

We'll have none of this .

Click to continue reading...

Shaun Wright-Phillips' days of running deliriously around Stamford Bridge have finally come to end. Hallelujah!

SWP completed a £9 million move to the club he left for Chelsea, Manchester City, this week. According to the Gurdian, his father, Ian Wright, said it was the first time his son had smiled in ages.

Click to continue reading...

According to Real Madrid, Robinho is going nowhere, and that includes Chelsea. Think it's safe to say that Real's failure to sign David Villa from Valencia has a lot to do with it. Real won't let Robinho go unless they have a suitable replacement. And so if Robinho fails to arrive at Stamford Bridge, then Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...

Sarà che è stato scongiurato l'incubo Manchester, sarà che contro il Chelsea la Roma scenderà per la prima volta allo Stamford Bridge, fatto sta, la banda Spalletti non sembra affatto dispiaciuta per il girone che l'urna di Champions gli ha riservato. Da Totti a Loria, da De Rossi a Tonetto, il coro è unanime: "Chelsea, che fascino". Click to continue reading...

Phil Scolari is still waiting for the call to tell him Robinho is on his way to Chelsea.Blues chief executive Peter Kenyon is confident the Brazilian ace will move to Stamford Bridge from Real Madrid before the transfer window closes.But Madrid are keen to keep hold of their man and Scolari admits he is powerless to do anything about it. Click to continue reading...

Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season? Last term, it was Jose Mourinho who unexpectedly left his post first, although it's pretty safe to assume that Phil Scolari will not be walking away from Stamford Bridge anytime soon. However, there are already one or ... Click to continue reading...

Chelsea expect to unveil Robinho by Friday.The Real Madrid ace is set for a £28.4million move to Stamford Bridge after weeks of negotiations.And chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed that the Brazilian should wrap up his switch in the next 48 hours.(the sun)

He said: "We're ever confident that it will be done. Click to continue reading...

As Chelsea sets to sign Robinho, rumors abide that the Blues are also after Euro '08 phenom David Villa.

I also hear Valencia rejected a $70 million bid from Real Madrid for the striker.

Man has history team in history been as ridiculous as Chelsea when it comes to rumors.

Can't they let a couple players go around without being linked the Stamford Bridge a couple times. Click to continue reading...

It's probably true to say that Jose Mourinho and Andriy Shevchenko aren't on each other's Christmas card lists. While the current Inter boss can claim all he likes that he didn't have a single problem with the striker when the pair were at Stamford Bridge, the signs indicated that there ... Click to continue reading...

Picture from the Independent via Getty Images.

2 games, 0 points. No goals scored and five goals allowed.

What those numbers don't tell you are the two opponents in question. At Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and then host to Manchester United.

When Portsmouth saw their early season schedule, they had to be a little concerned.

Click to continue reading...

In the years when the first Italian imports began to flock to England - with Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Di Matteo and Gianfranco Zola blazing a trail towards Stamford Bridge while Fabrizio Ravanelli, improbably, beat a path to the Riverside - their compatriots would dismiss the Premier League as a retirement home for ageing footballers or a get-rich-quick scheme for those who lacked ambition. Click to continue reading...

A little over two years after he joined Jose Mourinho's Chelsea for £30m, Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko has returned to Italy after Chelsea and AC Milan agreed terms. Sheva failed to live up to his reputation at Stamford Bridge and like Argentine Hernan Crespo, opted for a return back to the Serie A. Click to continue reading...

Going to see a football match at Old Trafford, Goodison Park, Stamford Bridge or any other ground in the Premier League is a far different experience than what happened 20 years ago. No more terracing. No violence between the opposing sets of fans, and no more cheap tickets that would allow a larger percentage of [. Click to continue reading...

As Deco's superbly executed free-kick flew into the top corner of the Wigan net on Sunday afternoon, a few more anxious thoughts would have crept into the minds of most Manchester United fans. Following Chelsea's comprehensive demolition of Portsmouth last weekend, it's clear to see that Scolari's side are out to put the ghosts of last season to rest, by any means necessary. Click to continue reading...