Jacob Steinberg

Chelsea’s youth drive will continue with the signing of Ecuadorean defender Deinner Ordonez from Independente del Valle, Moises Caicedo’s old club. 16yo defender agrees long term deal and joins in 2028 #cfc

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Premier League’s search for young talent has left the market overheated and failing Brexit and PSR are contributing to a spike in the fees and wages offered by big clubs for teenagers, but is this stockpiling really raising standards?

The market for homegrown academy players in the Premier League has gone wild. Huge fees, clubs struggling to keep players. Why? Brexit and PSR are major factors

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Next Generation 2025: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs We pick the best youngsters at each club born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, an age band known as first-year scholars

Next Generation: back for 2025 with 20 of the best Premier League talents

West Ham are exploring a loan deal for Braga defender Bright Arrey-Mbi. Possibility of an option to buy for Germany Under-21 international #whufc

They want two strikers remember. Wilson went

Nicolas Jackson is a possibility for Newcastle as a replacement for Isak. Striker’s move to Bayern is off but a permanent exit from Chelsea still not out of the question before the deadline #cfc #nufc

Chelsea’s Jadon Sancho loan was not disastrous but they need an upgrade | Jacob Steinberg Winger flickered during his time at Stamford Bridge but failed to provide the consistency and Maresca is thinking bigger

Chelsea were right to loan Jadon Sancho and right to send him back to United. A solid but unspectacular season - decent enough value for £5m, but Chelsea need someone more suited to the intensity of the Premier League.

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Liam Delap’s £30m move to Chelsea has been finalised and should be announced soon. Top signing.

Chelsea set to sign Liam Delap after activating striker’s £30m release clause The Ipswich striker Liam Delap favours a move to Chelsea, who are plotting further additions to Enzo Maresca’s young squad

Chelsea activate Liam Delap’s £30m release clause. Also interest in Nico Williams, uncertainty over whether Jadon Sancho joins on permanent deal. Chelsea keen to keep building under Enzo Maresca

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Pellegrini and Betis familiar pawns in Maresca’s search for winning move Chelsea can become the first English team to win all four European trophies – and much of their manager’s strategy is rooted in chess

Maresca, Pellegrini and chess

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Chelsea eye pre-agreement deal for Emegha with partner club Strasbourg Chelsea are watching Emanuel Emegha’s development at Strasbourg and have held talks with their partner club over a pre-agreement for the striker

Chelsea considering pre-agreement for Strasbourg striker Emanuel Emegha to join in 2026

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Lego fan Levi Colwill becomes key building block for Maresca’s Chelsea project Passion for Lego helps improving defender take his mind off elite football before Wednesday’s Conference League final

Levi Colwill, LEGO obsessive

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Maresca leads Chelsea’s new band of brothers to Champions League return | Jacob Steinberg Head coach puts pragmatism over his principles in win at Nottingham Forest that will delight once-warring owners

Piece from yesterday on Chelsea’s win: grit, togetherness, a sense that this thing might actually work

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Chelsea’s growing pains face Forest fire test in crunch finale A Champions League spot and the cash injection that comes with it are on the line and Enzo Maresca’s side must win to silence immaturity accusations

Have Chelsea learnt their lesson from the Newcastle game? Will they keep their cool at Forest today?

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It’s also ridiculously frustrating to watch

Unlikely but it’s not a stretch to say someone was going to get injured at some point

Ever watch those passages of play when there’s a clear offside and think that you’re basically witnessing football that doesn’t exist? Chances that mean nothing and take up unnecessary time?

Awoniyi’s injury should lead to a rethink over flawed offside protocol | Jacob Steinberg Assistant referees need more scope to use their common sense as opposed to simply relying on VAR

Taiwo Awoniyi’s horrific injury is definitive proof that the current offside protocol is flawed and unsafe. Officialdom afraid to make mistakes but there isn’t a bigger one than a player getting needlessly hurt

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No problem

Hi, that line has been amended to add important context. It’s a wider story that doesn’t only take in football. But in case of players we are talking about people who say they wanted to invest their money (like anyone), weren’t sure what to do and sought advice.

Former footballers claim ‘financial grooming’ took them to ‘hell and back’ Politicians and former footballers have protested at the ‘financial grooming’ of Premier League stars who claim they were misled over investment schemes

Former footballers hit out at “financial grooming” that is claimed to have left many with huge tax liabilities. Ex pros including Danny Murphy, Brian Deane and Andy Cole present at launch of APPG Investment Fraud Committee this week

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Former footballers claim ‘financial grooming’ took them to ‘hell and back’ Politicians and former footballers have protested at the ‘financial grooming’ of Premier League stars who claim they were misled over investment schemes

Former footballers hit out at “financial grooming” that is claimed to have left many with huge tax liabilities. Ex pros including Danny Murphy, Brian Deane and Andy Cole present at launch of APPG Investment Fraud Committee this week

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Use your elite analysis to work it out

The question was who would you hire not who do you think will be hired. Do try harder x

Because their work isn’t similar?

That’s not happening 😅

The weird thing is every so often they seem to do ok that way. Brentford away.

Iraola

Do you reckon that squad will be able to cope physically with his football in the CL?