Good morning Chelsea footy followers

The Blues bounced again from their defeat at Leeds with a courageous 2-1 win over Leicester.

Conor Gallagher was despatched off after half an hour, leaving the Blues with an uphill battle.

However Raheem Sterling struck twice within the second half to place Chelsea in management.

And regardless of a Harvey Barnes objective threatening a Leicester comeback, the Blues caught it out for the win.

In the meantime, Chelsea are on the verge of signing Russian starlet Arsen Zakharyan for a cut-price charge.

The Blues are considered one of a number of golf equipment keen on touchdown the versatile Dynamo Moscow midfielder.

And the 19-year-old’s agent has revealed the West Londoners are on the point of buying the Russian’s companies.

Pavel Andreev advised RB Sport: “It’s true. The settlement is shut”.

Lastly, SunSport can solely reveal Chelsea need to shift Ross Barkley earlier than the switch window shuts — and will even free the ex-England midfielder from his deal.

The 28-year-old’s destiny is sarcastically going to be sealed by the anticipated arrival of winger Anthony Gordon from Barkley’s previous membership Everton.

The previous Goodison Park  starlet is now effectively down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge however nonetheless has a 12 months left on a contract value round £200,000-a-week.

It will take an enormous pay-off to let Barkley go however new Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly could make a proposal to dump him.