Chelsea hit 7 as Palmer leads FA Cup rout
Chelsea hammer Port Vale 7-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals. Hato, Pedro, Tosin, Santos, Estevao and Garnacho score, with a Gabriel own goal via Palmer. Estevao stars as Palmer captains the side.
Trevoh Chalobah praises Thomas Tuchel for handing him his Chelsea debut and backing him early on. Despite injury, Chalobah remains key under Rosenior with goals and clean sheets this season.
Chelsea are linked with Strasbourg’s Valentin Barco, 21. Elsewhere: Inter eye Vicario, Liverpool track Marco Palestra, Man United monitor Tom Atcheson, Arsenal join race for Anthony Gordon.
Estevao, 18, records a goal and assist in the 7-0 win vs Port Vale, becoming the youngest to do so in an FA Cup tie for a Premier League side since Bukayo Saka in 2020. He also set up Santos’s header.
On his first game as captain, Cole Palmer jokes he nearly pulled a ‘Roy Keane’ as Port Vale were late to the tunnel. Chelsea then crush Vale 7-0, with Rosenior praising Palmer’s leadership.
Ex-Chelsea midfielder Oscar, 34, retires after a heart issue at São Paulo. The Brazilian won two Premier League titles and a Europa League with Chelsea before moving to China in 2017.
Rosenior stands by Enzo Fernández’s two-game internal ban after Madrid comments, says “things aren’t what people maybe think”. Enzo attended the 7-0 FA Cup win. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens suffers new hamstring blow.
Jorrel Hato scores inside 2 minutes as Chelsea beat Port Vale 7-0 to reach Wembley. The Dutchman calls playing there a ‘dream come true’ and strengthens his case over Marc Cucurella at left-back.
Rosenior confirms Jamie Bynoe-Gittens has a new hamstring injury after returning to training. No timeframe given, risking the 21-year-old missing the run-in, including Man City and Man United clashes.
