Hello and welcome to football.london’s live Chelsea blog on Tuesday.
It’s been a mixed start to the week for all Blues fans. The FA Cup heartbreak has been slightly forgotten already with what Arsenal have managed to do.
Mikel Arteta’s side gifted the west Londoners a top four position officially after his youthful Gunners. side went down 2-0 losers in the North East against a resurgent Newcastle side who gave Chelsea and Spurs something to celebrate.
This all means now that the Leicester home fixture is a free hit type of game for Thomas Tuchel who can now field a weakened side if he wants with he Foxes and a relegated Watford side the visitors to Stamford Bridge this week as 2021/22 comes to a close.
Most attention will be off the pitch with the takeover continuing to drag on. Alongside this, Jules Kounde, Robert Lewandowski amongst others are the talk of the current transfer agenda as Todd Boehly plans to back Tuchel with some serious funds.
football.london will have you covered on all angles as we bring you all the Chelsea news and transfer updates throughout the day.