Life at Chelsea often resembles a soap opera and this week has been appointment viewing at a club where the decision-making of its past and present ownership has come under huge scrutiny.

The Blues have not had a great week and are up against in the Champions League.

Pundits claim the Blues holding their pre-match get-together in the centre of the pitch shows disrespect to opponents.

Things are going well at Chelsea at the moment, and there’s a sense that the club want to capitalise and fix the roof while the sun is shining. There has been a huge amount of money wasted, but one move that has worked out is the one for Marc Cucurella.

FootballTransfers runs through the latest Chelsea transfer news, rumours and gossip, including updates on Vitor Roque and Aleksandar Pavlovic.

The Union of European Football Associations says it has instigated disciplinary proceedings against Pedro Neto for unsporting behaviour.

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United. Emma Sanders BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Ashton Gate. Lauren James is in blistering form at the moment and just days after signing

Chelsea will be bidding to extend an 11-year and 24-game streak when they face Wrexham in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday evening.

The Russian oligarch spent nearly two decades building the London soccer club into a sporting superpower. That success was built partly on regulation breaches, an investigation found.