Sources: Maresca's priority is a winger (latest on Lopez, Simons, and Garnacho), EXCL: Palmer's scan results in, Transfer window can be hit or can be miss still, Racking my brains over Graham Potter..

The Chelsea FC Newsletter: Thursday 28th August 2025!

Morning all,

Hope you’re having a good week so far as we step into Thursday.

I’m a bit concerned how our transfer window is going to end, I cannot hide from that view. It could end up as a hit, or it could still end up as a miss with plenty going on but with time drastically running out. I speak about many situations in here and question what is going on.

I had my latest sourced info out on Enzo Maresca prioritising a new winger, Alejandro Garnacho, Xavi Simons, and Fermin Lopez in here. This was written first thing yesterday morning so bare that in mind please and how things might have changed since this.

To get the very latest though on every transfer situation, you can check in on the live blog from yesterday here. This covers all your latest general Blues news as well from across the last 24 hours. Since I logged off here, situations for Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku changed and advanced - I’ll update on those soon via sources.

I put this out on the app at the time because I just needed to get it out there, but Cole Palmer’s scan results on his groin came back yesterday and it’s positive news. You can get the full diagnosis in here.

Finally for today, I wanted to get away from the transfer nonsense for one article. So I decided to speak on Graham Potter and wonder how on earth he was ever Chelsea boss! He literally said they would need luck to beat us last week and I could not believe what I was reading. Words on all of that here.

Thanks for stopping by and see you on the next live blog on the home page from around 8.45am today!

Peace, Si.