Sources: Xabi Alonso talks continue - is there a chance? Chelsea fans being treated like c**p by the owners, Papering over cracks does more damage than good, Chelsea facing humbling reality.....
The Chelsea FC Newsletter: Friday 8th May 2026!
Morning all,
Welcome to another weekend!
Chelsea are in action against Liverpool this Saturday in the 12.30pm kick off. I’ve not even got much interest in watching it in all honesty.
I did have a tiny bit of hope in my latest exclusive article on the new manager search though. You can check the latest on Xabi Alonso talks here.
I speak a lot about papering over cracks at this club in the last few years. Sometimes, it does more damage than good. Some fine examples in this here and also, looking back on how we somehow sent Luis Enrique on his way after interviewing him for the manager role. Insanity.
Chelsea fans are being treated like crap by the owners. The disconnect is getting deeper, the anger is getting louder. And it’s all their doing. Words here.
Chelsea now face a humbling reality, and there must be consequences. This is the latest fan view article by The Score here.
Round up all your latest Blues news in general from across the last 24 hours in the same place here.
Have a good weekend all. I’ll be back on the site on Sunday. Any news I get before then will be delivered on the Substack App chat section, and I’ll also have the Live Discussion thread going on there for the Liverpool game tomorrow.
Peace, Si.
So I was just reading a interview with Kieran Maguire finance expert, who reiterates that Blue Co are not interested in ordinary fans, they see Chelsea as part of a move towards the entertainment industry and specifically the top end of the market. They want premium customers who will pay for hospitality and those fans who will not necessarily pay for hospitality but in the right stadium with modern facilities, like Everton’s new ground, akin with spurs and Arsenal fairly new grounds are doing. If you have attend a NFL game in the USA it is run on these grounds, family’s going to the matches, more food and retail franchises, this I assume is there aim. Which has been delayed because of the disagreement between the two front of house heads, remain at Stamford Bridge or build a new stadium.
Having said all that, if we carry on next season then the Championship and below beckons, at that point they are more likely to sell and we get our Club back a real Catch 22 for fans, so the moral I guess be careful what you wish for! Or the end outweighs the cost!