These trends began under Mauricio Pochettino — whose departure at the end of the 2023-24 season briefly threatened Chelsea’s fragile progress — and have continued or accelerated under successor Enzo Maresca, putting the club on a Champions League qualification trajectory.

Cole Palmer has set a new mark for most Premier League goals in a calendar year for Chelsea after giving his team the lead against Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

When a player is in the kind of form that Omar Marmoush is in, you’re going to see every top side linked to him at some point, whether or not it makes sense as a deal.The Frankfurt star is this