Swansea could break their transfer fee record after signing ex-England youth star Scott Sinclair from Premier League champions Chelsea on a three-year deal.
The initial fee for Sinclair is £500,000 and could rise to £1m.
Swans boss Brendan Rodgers was Chelsea youth and reserve manager as Sinclair rose through the ranks.
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Swans sign Chelsea’s Scott Sinclair
COMMUNITY SHIELD:Chelsea 1-3 Man Utd
Manchester United inflicted their first defeat on Chelsea since the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as Blues boss to win the Community Shield and lay down a marker for the new season.
Ancelotti’s team ended the last campaign as Premier League and FA Cup champions - inflicting home and away league defeats on United in the process, [...]
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 2 CHELSEA 1
Chelsea suffered a second successive friendly defeat on Sunday, after a late penalty gave our German hosts a narrow victory.
On the balance of play it was perhaps a fair result, though it should be noted that Eintracht Frankfurt are a week ahead of the Blues in their preparations, with the Bundesliga kicking off next weekend.
It [...]
F.A. Cup 1-0 …. Double winners
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti created history as Didier Drogba’s second-half winner sank Portsmouth and sealed the London club’s first Premier League and FA Cup double.
Drogba’s precise free-kick just before the hour mark was the decisive moment of an incident-packed FA Cup final in which Chelsea hit the woodwork five times in the first half and [...]
Chelsea 0 - 1 Inter Milan (agg 1 - 3)
Jose Mourinho made a winning return to Stamford Bridge as Inter Milan knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League.
The Italians outplayed the home side and were rewarded when Samuel Eto’o latched onto a chipped pass from the superb Wesley Sneijder and fired home.
Nicolas Anelka missed Chelsea’s best chance with a scuffed close-range shot.
But the Italians [...]
