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Moises Caicedo has agreed to a lucrative new contract to extend his stay at Stamford Bridge as part of a series of renewals designed to reward Chelsea's top performers.

The timing is notable. Chelsea have endured an inconsistent campaign and face uncertainty over Champions League qualification.

Caicedo is regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world and he has established himself as one of the side's most reliable performers.

Securing him long-term at a time when Chelsea are desperate for squad stability could be a positive move, but the club's policy of handing out lengthy contracts has been criticised before.

Liam Rosenior remains under pressure, but a player of Caicedo's importance committing his future could suggest a belief in the club's direction - and in the head coach himself.

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Holly Bacon
BBC Sport journalist

Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 20:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Rosenior said Enzo Fernandez has been training with the group and training well. He added that it's "business as usual" in terms of selection for the game.

• He said Trevoh Chalobah is "very, very close" and has trained, albeit "not quite fully - it was modified training". He said they will make a decision on the defender. Reece James is "a little bit further away", according to the Blues boss.

• He is "hoping" Levi Colwill will be involved before the end of the season and said that he will play some minutes for the Under-21s on Friday.

• On the quest for Champions League football, Rosenior said: "We have to take advantage of this moment. We're running out of time. We need to show that initiative on Saturday evening. We need to play on the front foot and we need to make up those points, which is still definitely possible."

• The Chelsea boss said he wants the team to "push for the first goal" in games and take advantage of their opportunities. "In terms of chance creation we're actually still very good, we just haven't taken those moments. We need to be more clinical. We need to be more ruthless in both boxes and not give up chances from our own doing."

• On turning their form around, he added: "We've had a lot of really strong conversations as a group. We've had some very good training sessions. I think in this moment you find out about yourself, you find out about your group and you have to stay focused on the process which is here, the day in day out."

• Rosenior said United's interim head coach Michael Carrick is someone he "greatly admired" as a player and knows he is "an amazing coach". The Chelsea boss added that he's not surprised at the points return his United counterpart boss has achieved.

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Chelsea Supporters' Trust have written a letter to the ownership, board of directors and senior leadership, external on the "growing lack of confidence among the supporters in the leadership, structure, and strategy that underpin it".

The Trust cites how "supporters have seen no meaningful change" since the findings of the January 2026 survey which highlighted the "deep and sustained" concern of the direction in which the club is going.

They went on to say that these concerns "persist" regardless of league position and club achievements as "the vision remains unclear, its execution inconsistent, and its leadership insufficiently accountable".

In a lengthy letter, the Trust have asked the ownership, board directors and senior leadership to respond to the following four questions:

• Does the club accept that supporter confidence in its current leadership model and direction has fallen to an unacceptably low level?

• What specific changes will now be made to provide greater clarity and accountability in football leadership and decision-making?

• What will change in how supporters are engaged, so that engagement is timely, meaningful and capable of influencing decisions rather than simply explaining them after the fact?

• How does the club intend to demonstrate that its current strategy can deliver sustained sporting success, financial stability, and a recognisable Chelsea identity in a way that rebuilds supporter trust?

The Trust concluded that they "remain willing to engage constructively" with the club and look forward to their response.

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Chelsea's Jimmy-Jay Morgan, 20, is being tracked by Swansea, Sheffield United and Preston North End among a host of Championship sides after impressing on loan at Peterborough.

The attacker has spent the season at the League One club, scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances.

He has a year left on his Chelsea deal and a decision on his future is looming in the summer.

Morgan joined Chelsea's academy at the age of eight before moving to Southampton and then returning to Stamford Bridge in 2023.

The Poole-born England youth international has represented his country from Under-16 level through to Under-20.

Chelsea and Newcastle are among the clubs set to battle it out for German defender Karim Coulibaly, 18, after an impressive breakthrough season with Werder Bremen. (Bild - in German, external)

Como's Spanish defender Jacobo Ramon, 21, is attracting interest from a host of clubs including Chelsea and Arsenal. (Teamtalk, external)

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Nizaar Kinsella
Chelsea reporter

Some of you have been using our Ask Me Anything about Chelsea form to query whether Enzo Fernandez has been stripped of his vice-captaincy, after he was dropped from the squad by manager Liam Rosenior.

The Blues boss said the Argentina midfielder "crossed a line" when he told the media that he does not know if he will be at Stamford Bridge next season and subsequently faced an internal suspension.

Everything I have heard covering the Fernandez ban story was that Chelsea felt they were being strong in their punishment of a two-game ban, despite how important Fernandez is.

There is also a willingness to reintegrate a popular member of the squad, who is an aggressive leader that complements Reece James.

They did not want him to go unpunished as there is a consideration for controlling the long-term culture and that is regardless of how important he is or how much he cost.

My view is that stripping him of the armband would have made it harder to move on and bring him back.

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Frank Lampard's Coventry City are keen to take Chelsea's 18-year-old forward Jesse Derry to the club next season. (Talksport, external)

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Two Premier League heavyweights are set to face each other this weekend at Etihad Stadium, as Manchester City host Arsenal.

Both teams go into the fixture with different targets. For Mikel Arteta's side, it is about extending their lead at the top of the table. For Pep Guardiola's side, it is about closing the gap and keeping themselves in the title race.

It is a fixture being labelled a title decider by some, so we want to know who you want to win this Sunday's match.

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Will Faulks
Fan writer

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You won't see many 7-0 victories celebrated as half-heartedly as Chelsea's over Port Vale 10 days ago.

Despite such a heavy win, and the morale-boosting bonus of having seven different goalscorers, supporters had seen more than enough in the preceding defeats by Newcastle, Everton and PSG (twice) to know that things were going seriously wrong. It would have taken more than a big win against a League One team to change their mind.

What really mattered was the game against Manchester City on Sunday and that match proved the fears of those supporters correct. The Blues were right back to the worst of their recent Premier League defeats: weak in defence, blunt in attack and lacking any conviction from the moment they conceded.

Liam Rosenior has only been in charge since January, a fact he likes to repeat as a means of excusing the huge problems with the team he manages. Given his limited time in charge, it's astonishing how often we've already heard him repeat the same lines to explain defeats.

His team are "immature", lacking in resilience both physically and mentally. They miss too many chances and make too many errors defensively. They have no discipline both tactically and professionally, with dissent on the pitch now joined by dissent off it as an issue. These were all problems before Rosenior arrived, but they've all worsened since he took over.

If it didn't already, his reign has a familiar, Graham Potter-shaped shadow hanging over it. A manager without the credentials either as a player or a coach to convince top players to buy into his system needs results to act as his CV. Once he stops getting those results, and the players stop believing in him, he enters a vicious circle.

He can't win games without players buying in. They won't buy in because they aren't winning games. This paradox only ends one way.

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