I HATE Chelsea

Chelsea captain John Terry has stated that he wants to remain at the club, but is aware that the club only take the decision to retain him in the end of the season. The contract of the 33-year-old comes to an end in the summer and there has been no talk of a new deal.

Although Chelsea has become the top positioned team in the Premier League points table, but, their manager Jose Mourinho reckons that his players are still not playing as well as they should.

The Blues got better of Hull City in an away game earlier today to go past Arsenal in terms of points. At the moment, their points’ tally reads 46 which is one more than what Arsenal has got, but, the thing which needs to be noted here is that the Gunners have played one game less than Chelsea and that means they can get back to the top position very soon.

Chelsea are keeping a close eye on Wolfsburg’s Swiss player Ricardo Rodriguez as a probable replacement for England player Ashley Cole, whose contract with the London club comes to an end at the season end and Chelsea has not signed a new deal with him yet.

Ashley Cole, who is awaited to start for England in the match against Germany, has been left off of the London’s club’s starting XI in the past 2 games, with right back Cesar Azpilicueta replacing him.

There have been a lot of criticism of Chelsea manager José Mourinho in the last few days. He has been unable to get the Chelsea team to even a single victory in the last four matches.

There has also been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future of several key players like Juan Mata. Despite being the club’s player of the year for the past two seasons, Mata has been unable to get into the first team under Mourinho. In his absence, Chelsea have been unable to create many chances. Mata has been one of the best goal creators in Europe over the last two seasons.

Chelsea manager José Mourinho has said that pressure is entirely on Manchester City in the coming season because they have spent a lot of money.

The Premier league runners up of last season have already spent close to £ 100 million in this transfer window by bringing in four players. Even though they are expected to be a replacement for the likes of Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli who departed the club recently, it will undoubtedly strengthen the squad. City already had one of the best squads in the Premier league last season.

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has praised the manager Rafa Benitez by saying that he has done an extremely good job. Benitez managed to guide Chelsea to their first ever Europa league triumph, as the London club beat Benfica 2-1 in the final of the competition.

Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic were the centre back partnership in the match due to the absence of captain John Terry. Benitez was given the objective of finishing in the top four and possibly winning a title when he took over from Roberto di Matteo at the end of November.

The Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has hit back at the claims from the Chelsea fans that he doesn’t know what he is doing by saying that the changes he made at half-time clearly showed that is not the case.

Chelsea were losing 1-0 in the match against Brentford in the fourth round of the FA Cup. This led to the angry chants from the Chelsea fans towards the interim manager Benitez. In response to the poor performance from the team in the first half, Benitez made the change by bringing in the Spaniard Juan Mata in place of the German Marko Marin.

Chelsea will certainly not be underestimating their opponents in the semi-final of the League cup according to the Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez. The European champions will be coming up against the Welsh club in the first leg of the semi-final.

Chelsea have the experience of playing in numerous semifinals and finals over the last decade, while it is not the same with Swansea. Despite this, Chelsea will be paying complete respect to the opposition and the manager Laudrup. Benitez has praised the way Laudrup has seamlessly adapt to the club after the impressive reign of Brendan Rodgers.

The new Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez was left to still search for his first win as the Chelsea manager, as Chelsea were defeated 3-1 by West Ham at Upton Park during the weekend.

After managing to score three goals already this term, Fernando Torres finally seems to be turning into the player that the Blues shelled £50m for in 2011. Following this start, the former Liverpool striker claims that he feels more responsibility this term and wants to fill the gap left by the popular Didier Drogba.

The agent of the Brazilian defender Maicon has revealed to Chelsea Football News that his client did not choose the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea and decided to join Manchester city due to the presence of the manager Roberto Mancini.

Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo has said that the star midfielder Eden Hazard can become the next Gianfranco Zola. The Italian is regarded as one of the greatest players to have played for the club. However, Roberto di Matteo believes that the club might have found the next Gianfranco Zola in the form of the 21-year-old Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard. The former Lille playmaker began life in English football with a 2-0 win over Wigan during the weekend. The midfielder was at his best in the match, as he set up both the goals for Chelsea in the match.