The Andre Villas-Boas era at Chelsea is over after he sacked today. Chelsea also announced assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo would take charge of the team until the end of the season.

Chelsea said in a statement on their official website, www.chelseafc.com:

"Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today.

After my piece in defence of Aaron Ramsey on Sunday, it seemed only fitting that whoscored.com would publish this piece today, which looks at the Premier League's most creative players since 2007.
It divides the number of minutes played by the chances that a player created from open play, producing a mixture of expected and surprising results.

Money spent on players in: 2010/11 = 99,000,000, 2011/12 = 82,000,000.

Money wasted on being impatient with managers: 8 managers since 2000 (not including Roberto Di Matteo ) = TOO MUCH!!

Total : Roman Abramovich is either very rich or very stupid.

The recent sacking of Andre Villas-Boas has added to a long line on managers in Chelsea's history.

Fresh from scoring his 100th Premier League goal for Chelsea against Stoke at the weekend, there is yet more speculation about Didier in the press. Why is it when players leave the club, they just can't help themselves but to start rumours and speculation when if they say these people are "friends" they should just let them concentrate on the rest of the season!

Fresh from scoring his 100th Premier League goal for Chelsea against Stoke at the weekend, there is yet more speculation about Didier in the press. Why is it when players leave the club, they just can't help themselves but to start rumours and speculation when if they say these people are "friends" they should just let them concentrate on the rest of the season!

OK people, time to get back to the reality of the Premier League and the situation we find ourselves in, chasing for fourth place.
This Sunday, Chelsea take on QPR at Stamford Bridge and will be looking for a massive three points to keep the pressure on Tottenham and Newcastle above us with Newcastle coming to the Bridge next Wednesday.

It's headlines like this we wake up to this morning with The Sun claiming from their so called "Chelsea source" that there is player unrest and AVB has lost the dressing room.
The basis of this information has come about because apparently Nico Anelka was banned from the club's Xmas do by AVB so the players organised a separate one and didn't tell AVB for Anelka.

Nico Anelka, speaking ahead of his "new adventure" in China has taken the time out to release a statement thanking the Chelsea fans for their support in "four wonderful years" at the club. The statement in full says:

"I want to thank you all for the support you have always provided.

Morning all,

the dust has settled somewhat following Sunday's drama, and if anything illustrates how quiet things have gone from the club's point of view, it's that one of the main stories on the official website is the news that Luis Boa Morte is joining South African side Orlando Pirates of the Caribbean.

Ducky's Note: Rathna Prashanth looks at a novel way to solve Torres' striking problem. By getting rid of Drogba!

Legend, proven goal scorer, leader on the pitch- these are some of the terms that describe the powerful Ivorian Drogba, aka the Top Dog of the Bridge. At 150 goals and still counting, not only has he been an amazing goalscorer for Chelsea, he has also been a tremendous athlete.

When Wenger first came to England, the other title contenders had more or less sewn up the scouting network on the British Isles, the next George Best or Denis Law was going to be snapped up by United or Liverpool.

He had his connections in France and other parts of the continent... he stole a massive march on Fergie and Co by signing the likes of Anelka and Fabregras whilst the rest were scouting on a cold evening at Turf Moor.

Well after signing Gary Cahill, it hasn't taken Chelsea long to get their business done before the game tonight as the Belgian side have announced that we have signed Belgian International Kevin De Bruyne on a five and a half year deal for a reported £7m. DeBruyne will remain with Genk on loan until the end of the season.

To anyone who follows the beautiful game, Anelka's move to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua did not make sense. What is even more interesting is Anelka's recent revelation that he snubbed PSG and a chance to re-unite with former coach Carlo Ancelotti for a little known Chinnese team.

I wondered being honest, how long it would take until we heard from either Nico Anelka or Alex after their departures from Chelsea back in last month's transfer window and it hasn't taken long.
The Sun over here in the UK leads with an interview Anelka has given about the end of his Chelsea career and claims he was left to rot with the reserves.

I wondered being honest, how long it would take until we heard from either Nico Anelka or Alex after their departures from Chelsea back in last month's transfer window and it hasn't taken long.
The Sun over here in the UK leads with an interview Anelka has given about the end of his Chelsea career and claims he was left to rot with the reserves.

Nicolas Anelka has been outspoken since he left Chelsea hasn't he. We hardly heard a peep out of him during his time here but since he left he has taken the opportunity to "comment" on how he left the club and now his attention has turned to "his pal" Didier Drogba.
Anelka speaking after being introduced to the Chinese media and press has apparently let slip the fact that it looks more or less certain that this will be Didier Drogba's final swansong at Chelsea this season.

Rafael Benitez's agent has reiterated his desire to return to work in England but stressed there had been no contact from Chelsea.

There have been several reports today that Chelsea had approached Benitez with a view to him replacing Andre Villas-Boas at Stamford Bridge. But Manuel Garcia Quilon told journalists that Chelsea had not been in touch.

The Andre Villas-Boas era at Chelsea is over after he sacked today. Chelsea also announced assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo would take charge of the team until the end of the season.

Chelsea said in a statement on their official website, www.chelseafc.com:

"Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today.

In our first reading worksheet of the season we preview the start of the 2012 Chinese football season.

By Andrew Crawford, writing from Shanghai

With the Chinese Super League (CSL) now in full swing, Shanghai Shenhua, having spent an offseason gleefully cranking up expectations, are now being forced to finally back up their big talk - and so far it is not going well.

By Andrew Crawford, writing from Shanghai

Events in Shanghai have taken a dramatic turn in the last week and suddenly a season of promise is teetering on the edge of complete chaos following a dressing room mutiny that ousted Joan Tigana from the Shenhua bench and put in its place, the team's star player, Nicolas Anelka.

The arrival of Weder Bremen's Marko Marin at Stamford Bridge could spell doom on the careers of some of the club's seasoned players. Florent Malouda who has had one of his worst season's as a Chelsea players is now unsure of his stay at West London.

With 2 goals and 37 appearances for the Blues this season, it is easy to see why the 31 year old is a worried man.