{"id":507842,"date":"2026-04-01T22:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507842\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:27:17","slug":"the-chelsea-player-who-can-now-become-a-club-hero-before-even-playing-at-stamford-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507842\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chelsea player who can now become a club hero before even playing at Stamford Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are being forced to watch the rest of the Champions League from home, however one player on their books has the chance to inflict a similar pain to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were unceremoniously dumped out of the competition by PSG 8-2 on aggregate, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/liam-rosenior-has-just-copied-dreadful-igor-tudor-decision-in-chelseas-champions-league-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">poor individual performance from Filip Jorgensen<\/a> in the first leg putting them on the back foot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> will now have to focus on qualifying via the Premier League. There is a unique scenario where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/the-unique-scenario-that-would-allow-chelsea-to-qualify-for-the-champions-league-by-finishing-sixth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">six English sides could reach the Champions League<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p> FINAL: Who do YOU think should be Chelsea manager next season? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TCC-Polls-9-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361344\" \/>       Geovany Quenda set to be fit for Champions League clash vs Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>London rivals Arsenal are one of the two English clubs still in the competition, and they will be taking on Sporting, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/geovany-quenda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Geovany Quenda<\/a> on their side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/geovany-quenda-is-at-chelsea-right-now-after-sporting-lisbon-grant-permission-heres-why\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The winger has spent the last few months at Stamford Bridge<\/a> as he underwent rehab for an injury, however he has now returned to Portugal and will be fit for this tie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2249629281-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"SL Benfica v Sporting CP - Primeira Liga\" \/>Photo by Torbjorn Tande\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans do not need to be reminded how well Arsenal are doing this season, and they still have a great chance at securing the treble despite their EFL Cup final defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Them being eliminated would be celebrated by Blues supporters, and Quenda has the capabilities to make himself very popular before he even arrives at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster has 13 goal contributions this season despite his injury woes, and the competition he has found the most joy in is the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>He has two goals and two assists in five appearances this season, and will certainly be bringing a boost to a Sporting side who are going into the tie as underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>They have already done the unthinkable in coming back from a three goal deficit to reach this stage, and if Quenda can have an impact against Arsenal he will become very popular even before he makes his Chelsea debut.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Chelsea are being forced to watch the rest of the Champions League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,117464,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-geovany-quenda","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}