Your Chelsea morning digest on Monday, March 21.
Romelu Lukaku shares two-word message
Romelu Lukaku has shared a two-word message after Chelsea booked their place at Wembley for the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday evening.
Lukaku opened the scoring against Middlesbrough, tapping home from a Mason Mount cross, before Hakim Ziyech made it 2-0 before half-time. Having recently been beaten by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, the Blues will be eyeing redemption at the home of English football.
On Sunday morning he took to Instagram to share a short but sweet message with the fans. Writing alongside a photograph of himself celebrating, Lukaku said: "Wembley bound."
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Conor Gallagher eyed by Serie A duo
Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher has attracted plenty of attention this season during his loan spell with Crystal Palace and it has not gone under the radar in Europe either.
According to The Sun, both Inter Milan and Juventus had scouts in attendance to watch Gallagher as Palace held Manchester City to a draw at Selhurst Park. With current uncertainty at Chelsea, other clubs may be emboldened to tempt some of their stars away.
Gallagher has scored eight goals in the Premier League this season and Thomas Tuchel is reportedly eager to make him part of his first-team squad next season. But with the likes of Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori finding great success in Serie A, could the 22-year-old be tempted to follow his fellow Cobham graduates?
Abramovich to have final say on takeover
The deadline for interested parties to submit their bids to take over as Chelsea owner passed on Friday night and with at least 10 bids reportedly put in, they shall now be whittled down to a handful.
One of those who submitted a bid was British billionaire Nick Candy who is leading a consortium in a bid to replace Roman Abramovich. While the government are now involved with the takeover following the sanctions against Abramovich, Candy revealed that the Russian will still have the final say on who he sells to.
"Although it’s a sanctioned club, Roman gets the decision on where it goes," he said in an interview with The Sun. "People might not like that, but it’s his club still - it’s sanctioned - but it’s his club."
