Following their 2-1 loss at home to Arsenal, Chelsea manager Felipe Scolari wasn’t short of words early Monday. Scolari was joined by Peter Kenyon in talking to the press today as Chelsea revealed their January plans.
Peter Kenyon - Chelsea’s chief executive - revealed that Chelsea do not plan on spending money in January. The London club have toned the spending down after the big money disappointment of Andriy Shevchenko, and Roman Abramovich’s side are now succumbing to the world-wide credit crunch. Instead of spending big in January for new players, …

Luis Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea side are the only English team still waiting for a guaranteed place in the next round of the Champion’s League. As Liverpool beat Marseille 1-nil on Wednesday night, Chelsea struggled against French side Bordeaux, and ended the match with 10 men.
The draw means that Chelsea will need to pick up points in their sixth group stage match, an inconvenience that none of the other big four sides need to worry about. Chelsea fans, however, will take one positive out of this match: Nicolas Anelka is on …

Following Hull City’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea the other night, Brazilian star Geovanni has managed to walk away from the game with a big confidence boost, having impressed fellow countryman Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Scolari was full of praise for the new fans favorite at the KC Stadium, and admired what the 28 year old has contributed to his side’s amazing start to life in the Premier League. With 4 goals already to his name, rumors have circulated regarding a possible recall into the prestigious national side for Geovanni, …

As Liverpool travel to London to square off against top of the table Chelsea, manager Rafa Benitez is sweating over the fitness of three of his key players. Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, and Xabi Alonso all picked up injuries against Atletico Madrid midweek, and the trio will be assessed before Sunday’s match against Chelsea.
The loss of Robbie Keane would be a particularly big blow to the side as star striker Fernando Torres has already been ruled out by injury. Dirk Kuyt has been the replacement striker in the squad as …

In the buildup to Sunday’s clash between Chelsea and Liverpool, Frank Lampard has begun the mindgames. At a press conference this morning, the English midfielder declared that - under Rafa Benitez - Liverpool are Chelsea’s closest title rivals.

This statement is one that we’ve seen time and time again from both players and managers leading up to a match. Lampard is surely hoping that Liverpool let this statement go to this head. It is, after all, a story that we’ve seen affect Liverpool every season since the inception of the Premier …

With eight weeks gone in the 2008/09 Premier League season, it appears that the table is starting to show its true shape. The Big Four - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool - are all hitting their strides as they start stringing together consecutive wins.
At United the trio of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Dimitar Berbatov are firing on all cylinders as United’s goal tally accumulates. At Chelsea, injuries are being covered up by the good form of players like Salomon Kalou who has done brilliantly coming off the bench …

With one month of Premiership action out of the way, Premiership Talk reviews all twenty teams and grades them based on their early season performances.
Arsenal
The title hopefuls from London have had an indifferent start to the season. An opening day narrow victory against West Bromwich Albion didn’t convince too many fans, and that performance was followed up with an extremely disappointing 1-0 defeat at the hands of Fulham. Arsenal clearly aren’t firing on all cylinders yet, but Samir Nasri already looks like he’ll be a good signing for the club. …

September 1st, 2008 could be a day that remains in Manchester City fans’ memories for generations to come. With Chelsea extremely confident about signing Brazilian superstar Robinho, City’s new owners flexed their financial muscle today with an immense transfer coup. Chelsea were so confident of signing the “next Pele” that they were even selling Robinho replica jerseys on their official site.
So why is Robinho’s decision such a landmark move in the world of football? For one thing, it puts an end to Chelsea’s reign of dominance in the transfer market. …

This afternoon’s Champions League draw in Monaco went a long way towards exciting fans for the upcoming season of European football. The four English clubs in particular have a lot to be excited about as there are some very enticing ties on the books.
Group A
In Group A, Chelsea will square off against Roma, Bordeaux, and Romanian side CFR Cluj. With Chelsea and Roma heavy favorites, Bordeaux will certainly make it a fight. With their prestigious youth academy, Bordeaux has a tendency of unearthing some teenage gems, and the club will …

National reports are today suggesting Mark Hughes has offered a life-line to out of favor England midfielder Shaun Wright Phillips, as the manager looks to make more additions.
Shaun Wright Phillips has always been held in high regard by the Manchester faithful, following a string of wonderful performances having graduated from the Manchester City academy. This form SWP was showing led to flattering interest from illustrious clubs worldwide, and eventually he signed a deal taking him to Stamford Bridge for £21,000,000 pounds. Despite this considerable sum, Wright-Phillips was left in the …