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Chelsea named a soft side against Hungarian outfit Vidi in their Europa League clash on Thursday. The Blues settled for a draw when Olivier Giroud leathered a powerful strike from a set piece into the back of the net, as Chelsea topped their group to cross into the competition’s knockout stages. Chelsea have had to rely on their back four this season. Maurizio Sarri’s choice of playing David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger in the centre has paid off really well. Chelsea’s skipper Caesar Azpilicueta has remained resolute in his berth and so also Marcos Alonso. While the former has not been pounded heavily with harsh criticisms from fans, the latter has been fed faint doses of it. Alonso may be great at the left back berth, there is no hank about that however, it hasn’t rubbed out the fact that he’s still feeble at the backline. The Spain international has garnered a lot of admiration from Chelsea fans, but fans want Sarri to give Emerson Palmieri a chance, following his brilliant ...

Chelsea will submit a £70 million bid to sign Real Madrid midfielder Isco who has fallen down the pecking order at Los Blancos since Santiago Solari replaced Julen Lopetegui as manager in October. The 26-year-old has started only one match under new boss and has made another five appearances as a substitute.The Spaniard was also booed by Madrid fans at Santiago Bernabeu last week as the Champions League holders were defeated 3-0 by CSKA Moscow. The Sun claims Chelsea are ready to offer a £70m transfer fee to Madrid and give the attacker a four-and-a-half-year deal worth £250,000 a week.The report also adds that the Blues are also looking to sweeten the deal even further by offering Isco a ‘hefty’ signing-on fee. Chelsea are looking to complete the switch in January, while the move is also endorsed by Maurizio Sarri, who wants to play the Spain international alongside Eden Hazard. The Sun claims that Arsenal are also interested but are not making an offer. Earlier this week...

According to the reports, Chelsea and Arsenal have been given a boost in their pursuit of Anthony Martial after his agent admitted he is ‘very pessimistic’ over Man United’s chances of finalising a new long-term deal for the French forward. The Red Devils have triggered Anthony Martial’s one-year option to keep him at the club until the summer of 2020. The current deal of the 23-year-old had been due to expire at the end of the season but Man United now have a further 12 months in which to sell or agree a new contract with the player. Martial’s agent, Philippe Lamboley, claimed in the summer that the former AS Monaco ace wanted to leave Old Trafford following months of failed contract negotiations. Both Arsenal and Chelsea have been monitoring Martial’s situation, but Man United’s hierarchy refused to sell in the summer despite the club already sacked Jose Mourinho after Liverpool defeat at Anfield 3-1. RMC Sport now claims that United decided to trigger M...