Sources: Why Chelsea have gone down this left back route, Sources: Chelsea went to West Ham early this summer - 3 players mentioned, The Xabi Alonso era begins, Confidence levels in fan community.....

The Chelsea FC Newsletter: Thursday 2nd July 2026!

Morning all,

Hope you’re having a good week so far as we move into July!

You can round up all of your latest Chelsea news in general from across the last 24 hours in the same place here. This covers all you need to know.

Xabi Alonso officially started as Chelsea manager yesterday, even though he’s been doing the role for some time now anyway. But it’s the start of a new era, and I have words on that here.

A couple of sourced articles next up now. One here on what has happened with the new left back pursuit, how Xabi Alonso has had an influence on it, and why Chelsea are ending up signing Pep Chavarria instead of some of the other names they enquired for.

The next sourced article is on Chelsea going to West Ham for a few of their players at the start of the summer. They asked about Mateus Fernandes but immediately ended that interest due to the fee. Inside news on other names at West Ham here.

I asked about the confidence levels amongst the fan base in this community and it seems there is actually a bit of faith…. Fair play to those of you! See the results here in full.

See you all on the next Live Blog from around 8.45am today on the home page.

Peace, Si.