Paul Green's exit is a major fork in the road for Chelsea, who are now run by sporting directors without women's football expertise. Seismic loss for #ChelseaFCW. In years to come, we'll look back at this a bit like David Gill's departure from Manchester United men, for example.
Excl. Understand Catarina Macario has turned down an offer of a contract extension at Chelsea. She's attracting interest from around the world, incl. Europe. Her future at Chelsea is now in major doubt - she's not named in their squad list for the #UWCL knockouts. #ChelseaFCW
Bompastor's new deal is a huge show of faith but Chelsea are still in unchartered territory. This has been the first tricky spell of her very successful coaching career. So how will her team respond? I've written about Chelsea's current issues. #ChelseaFCW
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/07/sonia-bompastor-chelsea-tottenham-womens-super-league
Bompastor faces unfamiliar scenario as Chelsea aim to dispel crisis talk

Manager caught in the first sticky patch of her career, but has agreed a new contract despite falling out of WSL title race

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Exclusive: Sonia Bompastor has agreed a contract extension as Chelsea’s head coach. #ChelseaFCW https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/06/sonia-bompastor-new-chelsea-contract-extension-wsl
Sonia Bompastor agrees Chelsea contract extension with club off WSL title pace

Sonia Bompastor has agreed a contract extension as Chelsea’s head coach in a strong signal of the club’s trust

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Understand Aston Villa are set to sign the France midfielder Oriane Jean-François from Chelsea for £450,000, as first reported by @[email protected], in what will be a club-record fee for a sale by the London club. #AVWFC #ChelseaFCW
Sonia Bompastor, asked how Aggie Beever-Jones is, says: "It's on her ankle, so we'll assess her. It's too soon for me to have more news. Hopefully it won't be too bad, but it doesn't look great at the moment." #ChelseaFCW
Sonia Bompastor says Catarina Macario and Becky Spencer are both feeling "a lot better now" after illness and should both be available for Chelsea's trip to Liverpool on Sunday. #SubwayWLC #ChelseaFCW
I arrived at Leigh tonight pessimistically thinking this game might be 0-0 because neither team concedes many goals and then, just six minutes in, it genuinely could (and probably should) be 2-2 already. It's been an end-to-end start. #MUwomen #ChelseaFCW

Chelsea's opponents for the Women's Champions League group stage:

Barcelona (h)
Wolfsburg (a)
Roma (h)
St Polten (a)
Paris FC (h)
Twente (a)

#UWCL #ChelseaFCW

The soccer gods giveth, and the soccer gods taketh away: Last month, #LAFC gets Premier League’s Son Heung-min, this month, #ACFC loses hometown hero, Alyssa Thompson to Premier League’s #ChelseaFCW. #idontwanttogotochelsea https://apnews.com/article/alyssa-thompson-transfer-chelsea-17ffa2dfdb73c4bad837e5a1cfe93dc3
Alyssa Thompson joins Chelsea in latest big money move in women's soccer

Chelsea completed the signing of Alyssa Thompson from Angel City in the latest big money move in women’s soccer. The U.S. international signed for a reported fee of around 1 million pounds ($1.35 million) on a five-year contract. Thompson was the first pick in the 2023 NWSL draft, becoming the league’s first high schooler to be be drafted. This season she scored six goals in 16 appearances for Angel City.

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