Substitute Kai Havertz scored a late winner as Chelsea rallied from a goal down to defeat West Ham, who had a 90th-minute Maxwel Cornet equalizer ruled out.
The Hammers frustrated Chelsea in a first half that saw plenty of home possession but no shots on goal for either side, and Michail Antonio scored from a rare attack after 62 minutes, looking to have executed their gameplan perfectly.
After Blues goalkeeper Edouard Mendy failed to deal with a corner, the forward bundled in from close range, but the visitors’ lead was erased 14 minutes later.
Chelsea has confirmed the signing of Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana on a seven-year contract.
The Blues have been heavily linked with the Frenchman for several weeks, despite the fact that his contract at the King Power Stadium does not expire until 2027. However, with Thomas Tuchel desperate to strengthen his defense, Chelsea’s co-owner and interim sporting director Todd Boehly is willing to support his head coach in the transfer market.
Although Leicester rejected several bids in the region of £60m and £70m for Fofana, it was widely assumed that the 21-year-old had his heart set on a move to Stamford Bridge. At a time when Fofana has been omitted from Brendan Rodgers’ first-team squad, reports emerged over the weekend that the parties involved had reached an agreement on a fee. With personal terms already agreed upon, a medical took place at the start of the week, allowing Chelsea to confirm the transfer on Wednesday afternoon. While no fee has been disclosed, The Telegraph’s John Percy reports that Leicester will receive £70 million plus add-ons.
Fofana told the club’s official website, “The last two days have been really big days for me, and I’m very happy.” I trained with the team this morning, which is a dream come true for me. I’m ecstatic to begin playing games for the fans and the club. “I’m here to win trophies, including the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, and Carabao Cup. I came here to win, and the club is built to win trophies, so I’m here to keep that going.”
The Senegalese goalkeeper took a swipe at Ballon d’or organizers for not including his name on the Ballon d’or shortlist and he thinks he was ignored because he doesn’t represent an European team internationally like France.
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Edouard Mendy’s team mates Cesar Azpilicueta, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount, and Romelu Lukaku all made the 30 man shortlist with his name missing after he had a very god first campaign with Chelsea wining the Champions league and keeping a record 9 clean sheets.
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Speaking to Canal+ (via Wiw Sport), Mendy said: “It’s something that motivates me and pushes me to work. Honestly, I am wondering. If I had played for France and had taken part in the [European Championships], would we have this debate and this reflection? “Do I think it’s an injustice? No, I wouldn’t use that word. It’s something that motivates me to go forward, to work and be performant at club level and with my country, and as I said after the game with the national team, it’s the journalists’ freedom of vote and expression, and they vote honourably and conscientiously.”
The former Super Eagles captain shared a sweet message to his long term partner Olga Diyachenko who celebrated her birthday November 10.
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Mikel wrote ;“Happy birthday my love. I love you so much that words can’t describe. Me and peanuts love you to the moon and back. Happy birthday my love.”
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Mikel and Olga have been dating since 2012 during his Chelsea playing career days and they both have two beautiful twins together.
