Chelsea

Fikayo Tomori was sent off early on for Milan as goals from Jorginho and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang eased Chelsea to a 2-0 victory in the Champions League.

The only concern for Potter was seeing James limp off with a knee problem. Chelsea will not want to be without him for long, but otherwise the mood is good. Their protests were furious and one fan even tried to put Jorginho off by shining a laser pen in the midfielder’s eyes before his penalty. With Ben Chilwell driving down the left, there was a dynamism to Chelsea. The game was dead. It was galling for Milan, who have slipped to third in the group. They pushed again, moving Milan around with a long passing sequence, Kovacic quickening the pace finding Mount. Inevitably it was James who prised Milan apart, curving a pass through to Mount. Perhaps it would have played out differently if Tomori, who must take his share of the blame for a panicky attempt to stop Mason Mount shooting when he was through on goal at 0-0, had been shown more leniency against his old team. Nonetheless there was outrage when Daniel Siebert pointed to the spot, judging that Tomori had deliberately denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity. The left-back failed to engage James and alarm spread when Mount darted through. Chelsea exploited the space behind Milan, who toiled without Simon Kjær and Davide Calabria in defence, and soon gave notice of their threat, Reece James and Mount linking up and Raheem Sterling causing problems before the pivotal moment arrived in the 18th minute.

Chelsea completed the double over AC Milan to top Champions League Group E with a 2-0 victory at San Siro on Tuesday, a match the hosts had to play the ...

It's nice for the penalty and nice for Jorginho to score. "Chelsea didn't need to play with a numerical superiority. I don't want to comment. It was a nice move to lead to it. "Credit to the players. "To come here and win is not easy," Chelsea coach Graham Potter told BT Sport.

Chelsea are closing in on the appointment of Joe Shields, after a really successful summer in terms of recruitment for Southampton this year. Signings like ...

Shields, who was previously at Manchester City, is another in a long line of proposed directors being hired by Todd Boehly. [Match Report: Chelsea Breeze To A 3-0 Victory Over Wolves](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/#:%7e:text=Match%20Report%3A%20Chelsea%20Breeze%20To%20A%203%2D0%20Victory%20Over%20Wolves) [Report: Chelsea Monitoring Alessandro Bastoni As Josko Gvardiol Alternative](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-chelsea-monitoring-alessandro-bastoni-as-josko-gvardiol-alternative) [Report: Tammy Abraham Speaks On Possibility Of Chelsea Return](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-tammy-abraham-speaks-on-possibility-of-chelsea-return) [Chelsea Release Manchester United Premier League Fixture Update](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/match-coverage/chelsea-release-manchester-united-premier-league-fixture-update) [Report: Gabriel Slonina Will Train With Chelsea This Week](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-gabriel-slonina-will-train-with-chelsea-this-week) [Report: Chelsea Negotiating With Mason Mount For New Contract](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-gabriel-slonina-will-train-with-chelsea-this-week) [Report: Chelsea Interested In Lorenzo Pellegrini And Yeremy Pino](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-chelsea-interested-in-lorenzo-pellegrini-and-yeremy-pino) [Report: Marco Van Basten Urges Hakim Ziyech To Leave Chelsea](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-marco-van-basten-urges-hakim-ziyech-to-leave-chelsea) [Report: Chelsea Target Cristiano Ronaldo Not Happy At Manchester United](https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-chelsea-target-cristiano-ronaldo-not-happy-at-manchester-united) Joe Shields will be the director of recruitment, and a deal is close according to reports. [Christopher Vivell](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christopher-vivell/profil/trainer/52231) is close to becoming the technical director, and [Michael Edwards](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/michael-edwards/profil/trainer/72294) could possibly become the sporting director. [ Fabrizio Romano,](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano) Chelsea are close to appointing Joe Shields, who is currently at Southampton, as their new director of recruitment. [Romeo Lavia,](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/romeo-lavia/profil/spieler/628451) who Chelsea wanted, and [ Gavin Bazunu](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gavin-bazunu/profil/spieler/585550) will strengthen the Saints for years to come, and Chelsea want him at the club to do the same for them.

Chelsea are closing in on an agreement with Southampton for Joe Shields, while Norwich's Stuart Webber is a candidate to be sporting director.

A lengthy injury would also have caused problems for England, who are certain to include the defender in their World Cup squad. The club have identified Norwich’s Stuart Webber as a candidate for that role. The club are poised to [appoint Christopher Vivell](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/07/chelsea-wesley-fofana-knee-injury-miss-about-a-month) as their technical director after the German was sacked by [RB Leipzig](https://www.theguardian.com/football/red-bull-leipzig) and also want a sporting director. He is the head of senior recruitment at St Mary’s and is highly regarded by Chelsea for his work there and at Manchester City. Lavia was recruited from City along with two other teenage talents, Juan Larios and Sam Edozie, and the 20-year-old goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.

Chelsea news: Graham Potter is quickly proving that Chelsea do not need to keep looking elsewhere for attacking inspiration.

[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/potter-key-changes-aubameyang-chelsea-25239571) forcefully shoving his peer Raheem Sterling to the side in order to bag his third goal in three games is the sort of attacking decisiveness Chelsea have lacked. He made some very threatening runs at the Bridge and in flashes on Tuesday, provided more evidence as to why he is so admired. [group of attacking players](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/graham-potter-chelsea-pep-guardiola-25215519) do have enough to make a coherent and threatening combination. We may only have five games to go off, and many caveats can be thrown out regarding the quality of the opposition, but this is early progress. It may sound obvious, but stats demonstrate Chelsea are not only creating more but a better quality of chance for their forwards to finish. Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Conor Gallagher and Jorginho make up the rest.

Chelsea took a big step towards the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday with a 2-0 win at AC Milan which took them top of Group E and left the Italians ...

It's been a quick turnaround for Chelsea, who were bottom of the group going into the first match with Milan at Stamford Bridge last week and now lead the way after their fourth win on the bounce in all competitions. It's never straight-forward to play against 10-men, especially here," Potter said. Chelsea took a big step towards the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday with a 2-0 win at AC Milan which took them top of Group E and left the Italians wondering what might have been.

Chelsea transfer news: Boehly set to continue recruitment drive with surprise bid to bring in man behind Foden and Sancho development.

The latest move, according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, is to appoint former Manchester City head of academy recruitment Joe Shields. Alongside him could yet be a group of new appointments in advisory roles or permanent technical and sporting director positions. His notable work is impressive and includes being in place at Manchester City to oversee the development of Jadon Sancho and Phil Foden, whilst at Saints he signed Romeo Lavia from City and had a £50m bid from Chelsea turned down after less than five league matches for the 18-year-old. Shields has reportedly been approached by the club to become to the new director of recruitment at Stamford Bridge, which corresponds closely to the head of international scouting position vacated by Scott McLachlan earlier this summer. Most recently Shields was head of senior recruitment at Southampton but could be snapped up by the new Chelsea co-owners in a continuation of the drive for change. [football.london understands former RB Leipzig director Vivell is likely to be the first in place.](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/breaking-chelsea-technical-director-vivell-25203831)

Chelsea are working on a deal to appoint Southampton's Joe Shields as their director of recruitment, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The 20-year-old defender joined from Bochum for around £9m in July. “But I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m in the best of hands with FC Red Bull Salzburg and that a change is out of the question for me.” [He wrote:](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1580231695042609153) “Chelsea are closing in on the agreement with Southampton to appoint Joe Shields as new Director of Recruitment. Shields is currently working as the head of senior recruitment for the Saints. Shields also brought Joe Aribo to the club from Rangers for a measly £6m and signed teenagers Sam Edozie and Juan Larios from Manchester City. Chelsea are working on a deal to appoint Southampton’s Joe Shields as their director of recruitment, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Chelsea made it four successive wins and moved to the top of their Champions League group with a 2-0 win over 10-man AC Milan at San Siro.

Fikayo Tomori was unlucky to be sent off and concede a penalty during Milan's Champions League defea...

Now we have faced Barcelona twice in two very good matches, which have put us in a very good position. "We have faced Real Madrid and Liverpool. We missed the last step."

Chelsea are on the verge of nabbing Joe Shields from Southampton to become their new director of recruitment.The Blues are reshaping their hierarchy a.

The Blues are also on the hunt for a new sporting director and Norwich’s Stuart Webber has been mentioned as a candidate. Chelsea are on the verge of nabbing Joe Shields from Southampton to become their new director of recruitment. Shields caught the eye at Chelsea following a number of impressive deals at St Mary’s.

Chelsea head coach Graham Potter said he had developed a good understanding with his players and that their team-first mentality was behind their winning ...

I don't want to comment. “I don't want to review the episode, it seems too obvious. “We had a bit of time away because of the international break but we just worked hard behind the scenes in emphasising the importance of the group, emphasising the importance of the team, how we act.