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Daily Mail
15 hours ago
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Cole Palmer sports limited-edition Richard Mille watch worth a staggering £220K as England star jets off with Chelsea to begin the Blues' Club World Cup campaign
Cole Palmer was seen wearing a watch worth an eye-watering £220,000 as the Chelsea star boarded a flight bound for the Club World Cup. Palmer, 23, wore the watch as he gazed out of a plane window in a photo uploaded to the Blues' social media accounts before they took off for the United States. He was sporting a Richard Mille RM 07-04 that is claimed to have been inspired as a nod to Italy's impressive collection of luxury car brands. A green, black, white, and red colour scheme also pays homage to the tricolour of the Italian flag and is made from lightweight titanium. That has seen the watch become a popular piece with professional footballers - with Palmer being the latest to exhibit it. Palmer has been able to shell out for the rare watch thanks to the salary he commands at Stamford Bridge, which sits at a reported £130,000, per Capology. Enzo Maresca's side will face Los Angeles FC in their first match of the tournament on Monday evening, before taking on Brazilian side Flamengo three days later. Their final group sees them play ES Tunis, after which they will hope to have advanced to the knockout stages and the final - which takes place on July 13. Maresca has thrown up some surprises with his squad selection, which has seen highly-rated youngster Kendry Paez fly to the US despite being omitted. The expectation remains that Paez, the 18-year-old Ecuadorian, will leave on loan this summer. He was signed on a pre-agreement at the age of 16 for £17million, and Chelsea's sister club Strasbourg is his likeliest destination. While it is understood Paez's preference would be to be around Chelsea's first team over the next season, the club are considering what is best for his progress. Andrey Santos has been used as an example over how a temporary stay at Strasbourg can benefit beneficial, with the 21-year-old Brazilian among those in their Club World Cup squad in the United States. Chelsea flew to Philadelphia on Friday to begin their prep for FIFA's expanded club competition. New man Liam Delap is expected to .
Daily Mail
a day ago
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- Daily Mail
Revealed: Why Chelsea wonderkid has travelled to the United States for the Club World Cup - despite NOT being named in Enzo Maresca's squad
Kendry Paez has flown to the United States to train with Chelsea despite not being named in their Club World Cup squad, in a bid to impress Enzo Maresca. The expectation remains that Paez, the 18-year-old Ecuadorian described as a wonderkid, will leave on loan this summer. He was signed on a pre-agreement at the age of 16 for £17million, and Chelsea's sister club Strasbourg is his likeliest destination. While it is understood Paez's preference would be to be around Chelsea's first team over the next season, the club are considering what is best for his progress. Andrey Santos has been used as an example over how a temporary stay at Strasbourg can benefit beneficial, with the 21-year-old Brazilian among those in their Club World Cup squad in the United States. Chelsea flew to Philadelphia on Friday to begin their prep for FIFA's expanded club competition. Their first game will be against Los Angeles FC in Atlanta on Monday when Liam Delap is expected to make his debut after signing from Ipswich for £30million.
New York Times
6 days ago
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- New York Times
Chelsea omit Djordje Petrovic from Club World Cup squad, Kendry Paez to join Strasbourg on loan
Djordje Petrovic has been left out of Chelsea's Club World Cup squad, while Kendry Paez is also omitted ahead of being loaned out to BlueCo-owned Strasbourg. Paez, whose transfer was agreed with Independiente Del Valle when he was 16 in 2023, is now eligible to complete his switch to Stamford Bridge. However, the teenager is not involved because he will join Strasbourg on loan. Advertisement Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and Chelsea are owned by multi-club ownership group BlueCo. Petrovic is not going to the tournament in the U.S. despite Chelsea ending their interest in signing AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan before the first transfer window of the summer closed at 7pm tonight. The Serbia international impressed on loan at Strasbourg in 2024-25 but Chelsea have decided to take goalkeepers Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and new signing Mike Penders, who joined from Genk a year ago but spent last season at the Belgian club. Chelsea will continue to assess their goalkeeping options, with Petrovic to report back for pre-season in July. However, sources have told The Athletic that he has interest from multiple European clubs and he or Sanchez could be sold because Chelsea will not go into the campaign with four goalkeepers in their squad. Andrey Santos, who was also on loan at Strasbourg last season, has been included in Enzo Maresca's squad but other loanees Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling, Axel Disasi and Ben Chilwell will not be involved. As The Athletic reported earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea did not want to take too many players and have a 'bomb squad' of individuals whose futures lie elsewhere. They want the majority of the players who finished the Premier League campaign and won the Conference League in May to be competing as they see the Club World Cup as part of the same season. Chelsea's new signings Liam Delap, Dario Essugo and Mamadou Sarr are going to be on the plane. (Top image of Djordje Petrovic:)
