Marina Granovskaia

Premier League: Chelsea hand 20-year-old defender Reece James long-term contract after string of promising performances

James is one of several young homegrown players to have thrived in Frank Lampard’s first season in charge at Stamford Bridge, benefiting from the transfer ban which prevented the club from buying new players in the close season

Premier League: Promising Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek signs five-year contract extension

Loftus-Cheek missed out on the Blues' Europa League final victory over Arsenal after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon during a friendly in the United States

Premier League: Frank Lampard's appointment as Chelsea head coach prompts sense of cautious optimism in face of adversity

Whether intentionally or not, Frank Lampard possesses all the tools required to navigate Chelsea out of the quagmire they currently find themselves waist-deep in, and that is most obvious when you compare him to his predecessor

Premier League: Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech returns to club as Technical and Performance Advisor

Petr Cech will return to Chelsea in an advisory role after retiring from his duties as a goalkeeper last month, aged 37.

Premier League: Maurizio Sarri ends turbulent one-year spell at Chelsea to take up vacant managerial position at Juventus

Maurizio Sarri has been announced as the new manager of Juventus after the Italian club reached a deal with Chelsea to release the Italian from his contract.

Europa League: Maurizio Sarri believes he can avoid being sacked if Chelsea mount sustained winning run

Maurizio Sarri insists he expects to avoid being sacked as Chelsea manager if his troubled side can put together a sustained winning run.

Premier League: Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri says his focus is on Arsenal match as Gonzalo Higuain's transfer deal drags on

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri said his focus was already on the game against Arsenal and not moves in the transfer market.

Premier League: Chelsea sign American international Christian Pulisic from Dortmund for reported fee of $74m

Christian Pulisic, who had also been linked with Premier League leaders Liverpool, has been at Dortmund since he was 15 and aged just 17 made both his Bundesliga debut and international debut

Premier League: Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta signs new four-year contract with Chelsea Football Club

Cesar Azpilicueta's previous deal was due to expire in 2020 after he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract extension in 2016, after which he went on to win another Premier League title and an FA Cup.

Premier League: French midfielder N'Golo Kante signs new five-year contract with Chelsea Football Club

N'Golo Kante, whose new deal will keep him at Chelsea until 2023, signed a five-year contract when he joined the club in 2016 for a fee reported to be around £30 million