Author: News Desk

Boehly’s Chelsea show the distorting effect of money without sense or love The Guardian says Well, there goes the season. Perhaps summer budget too. Who knows maybe the entire Chelsea 3.0 Blue Sky Project Stage One? With 28 minutes to go in a Champions League second leg Chelsea always seemed to be losing, even when they were threatening vaguely to win it, the home bench took a deep breath, cleared its throat, and coughed up £260m of randomly assembled attacking talent. Admittedly Chelsea were 3-0 down in the tie by the time Raheem Sterling, João Félix and Mykhaylo Mudryk came…

Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do ‘disjointed, broken’ Blues go from here? BBC Sport says If Todd Boehly thought visiting Chelsea’s dressing room to deliver some home truths would inspire a Champions League miracle against Real Madrid he was, as he has been so often since arriving at Stamford Bridge, very much mistaken. Co-owner Boehly decided it was time for the personal touch after Saturday’s home loss to Brighton, although reportedly telling Chelsea’s players their season had been “embarrassing” was not quite the morale-booster he maybe hoped for. It also does not help that one of the main causes of…

Chelsea: Thiago Silva delivers cutting verdict on new owners and calls for change of strategy ES says Thiago Silva has criticised Chelsea’s owners after their Champions League exit and suggested poor transfer strategy has hamstrung the club and led to dressing room disharmony. Two goals from Rodrygo at Stamford Bridge secured a 4-0 aggregate victory for Real Madrid on Tuesday night, and Todd Boehly and Clearlake have come under fire. They have spent more than £600million in the transfer market in less than a year in charge, sacked two managers and made sweeping changes behind scenes. But Chelsea are languishing…

Frank Lampard’s ludicrous decision causes Chelsea’s Champions League demise The Independent says The hard-running figure on the right of the front three scored once. Then he scored again, powering his team into the Champions League semi-finals. It was almost Frank Lampard’s gameplan paying off perfectly. Except that the goalscorer was Rodrygo, the logical choice by Carlo Ancelotti, who is proof that four Champions Leagues can be won with the aid of a willingness to do the obvious. The man on the right of Lampard’s front three, however, was N’Golo Kante. That N’Golo Kante. The one often deemed the world’s best…

Food prices rise at fastest rate for 45 years The cost of living rose more than expected last month due to the rising prices of bread, cereal, and chocolate. Inflation, which measures the rate of price rises, fell to 10.1% in the year to March from 10.4% in February, but it was widely expected to fall below 10%. Grant Fitzner, chief economist for the ONS, said that globally, food prices were falling but that had not yet led to price cuts. “There’s been some strong upward movement in food prices and you would expect to see that reflected in supermarkets…

Kim won’t be in the dark for much longer – and Caleb had better beware…

Emergency services were called to central London this morning

Sacked CBI boss Tony Danker says reputation ‘destroyed’ Tony Danker, the former boss of business group giant, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has claimed his “reputation has been totally destroyed” after being dismissed over complaints about his behaviour. In his first interview since being fired on 11 April, Danker acknowledged he had made some staff feel “very uncomfortable” and apologised for that. However, he told BBC’s Today programme that his name had been wrongly associated with separate claims, including rape, that allegedly occurred at the CBI before he joined. The CBI’s president said Danker was dismissed on strong legal…

We’re still not over Logan’s death, tbh.

SNP will be in trouble without action, says Kate Forbes Former Scottish National Party (SNP) leadership candidate Kate Forbes has warned that the party “will be in trouble” unless decisive action is taken to address internal affairs. Forbes stated that people were watching the SNP “with astonishment” and that party finance claims were “mind-blowing”.  She urged the leadership to take action to resolve transparency and governance issues before the next general election in 2024. Forbes – who came second in the leadership contest behind Humza Yousaf – was speaking to the Radio 4 programme – Leading Scotland Where? which airs…