Chelsea welcomed a new coach in Rafael Benitez and closed the door on a potentially explosive controversy in English football on yet another turbulent day for the European champions. With priceless ...

Ask most Chelsea fans what they thought of Sunday’s loss to Liverpool, and you’d get some pretty positive responses given the final score. Compared to some games last year, it was a performance with ...

With just a few days to prepare, Rafa Benitez led Chelsea to a dismal 0-0 draw against Man City in his first match with the club. Chelsea fans made their feelings for the new manager known from the ...

The ex-Blues boss is disliked by fans at Stamford Bridge and he will get an usually frosty welcome back with the Magpies Rafael Benitez returns to Stamford Bridge on Saturday just over five years ...

As a lifelong Chelsea fan, I don't particularly like Rafael Benitez. I don't rate him as a manager, I didn't want him and don't want him at the club and I feel he's largely been culpable for many ...

Rafa Benitez has vowed to win over Chelsea fans after the news of his appointment was met with a hostile reaction from the Stamford Bridge faithful. The former Liverpool manager has been installed as ...

Rafa Benitez has told Roman Abramovich his Chelsea squad is not fit enough, fresh enough or big enough. Benitez made his point at a board meeting on Thursday when he was asked to offer feedback on his ...

MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 27: Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez (l) and Boro manager Tony Mowbray react during the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Middlesbrough and Chelsea at Riverside Stadium on ...

Following his third straight match in charge without a win, the calls for Rafa Benitez to be fired as Chelsea manager were coming in thick and fast. "Rafa's Revolution in Tatters," read the Daily Mail ...

LONDON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Rafael Benitez was still scribbling notes towards the end of Chelsea's 8-0 rout of Aston Villa on Sunday and after the game, the Spaniard said there was plenty of room for ...

A bizarre Italian report has claimed that Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez will be re-joining Chelsea, should current manager Maurizio Sarri depart, as expected, for Juventus. The Spaniard has ...