“It’s your time” – Pending new Chelsea signing has a big fan in former Blues winger | OneFootball

One pending new Chelsea signing has a big fan in one former Blues winger who has offered support and compliments.

Chelsea beat Benfica in the first set of knockout rounds in the Club World Cup last night, but it was far from easy and also, very far from drama!

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Enzo Maresca labelled it a joke that the game got suspended for two hours due to sever weather conditions and slammed the tournament location as a result, and he really does have a point here.

And then came a flurry of late goal with Benfica equalising deep into stoppage time through a penalty to send it into extra time. Chelsea then bagged a bunch of goals to go on and win the game before it got to penalties!

Chelsea making some moves

Finally, it looks like Chelsea are making some transfer moves in the summer transfer window and are getting some bits done.

Finally, the Jamie Gittens transfer saga is close to actually being over, with transfer expert Fabrizio Romano calling the here we go done deal on it.

Nothing has been announced yet of course, but it sounds like it soon will be.

Gittens has a fan in Sancho

Jadon Sancho celebrates a goal. (Photo by Harry Murphy/Getty Images)

Former Chelsea winger Jadon Sancho is a big fan and a good friend of Jamie Gittens.

“He [Sancho] wrote to me to say, ‘Keep it up,'” Gittens told the Dortmund website in December. “‘It’s your time to show everyone what you can do.’ He is a top player and also a top friend.”

Sancho also complimented Gittens in public last season after the youngster scored twice in a Champions League win over Club Brugge. The United winger commented on one of Gittens’ Instagram posts by calling him a “balla [baller]” as a show of support for his work.

“I’ve learned a lot from Jadon,” he told German outlet WAZ in July 2024. “For example, that I have to play with one or two touches more often, that I have to offer deeper runs more often. And when he plays, he enjoys himself; I’ve learned that too. Jadon is a friend.”