The German midfielder said he chose to sign for Chelsea instead of Manchester United because the English champions are a better team.
Real Madrid's Brazilian striker said he has no plans to join the English club.
The London club has recently been dubbed as the most hated team in England.
The Manchester United manager said on Monday his side possessed the character to retain their premier league title.
Vladimir Potanin, an oil and mining magnate, was considering investing up to 120 million pounds on a new stadium for Arsenal.
Chelsea are poised to sign striker Hernan Crespo and take their spending to close on 100 million pounds.
The Italian has always been a fans' favourite and was voted the greatest player in Chelsea's history in a poll last season.
Chelsea, who won the League Cup in February, have 88 points and cannot be caught by 2004 champions Arsenal.
The former Chelsea chairman bought debt-ridden second division Leeds United for 10 million pounds.
The 23-year-old Portugal midfielder is Chelsea's fourth recruit under new manager Jose Mourinho.
The 30-year-old is currently playing for the Italian club Inter Milan.
Speaking after Chelsea secured second place in the premier league and a slot in the Champions League, the Italian said "everything is open".
The Charlton Athletic midfielder joined Chelsea in a 10-million-pound deal.
After Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard returned to the Premier League club as caretaker manager.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was sacked to "protect the interests of the club" and owner Roman Abramovich had to act because of a "palpable discord between manager and players", technical director Michael Emenalo said.
England forward Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea on a five-year contract from Manchester City, the two English Premier League clubs announced on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Swiss business tycoon Hansjoerg Wyss said he was one of three people who had been approached by Abramovich to buy the club.
Lampard must re-energise the team to even hold onto Chelsea's tag as best of the rest behind Premier League champions Manchester City and runners-up Liverpool.
Fans are openly speculating that owner Roman Abramovich, a man who places notoriously high demands on his managers, could call time on Jose Mourinho's second spell at Stamford Bridge if Liverpool can inflict another defeat on the champions.
Manchester City have topped the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time as the world's highest revenue-generating club in a 2020-21 season affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chelsea long-serving captain John Terry has signed a new one-year contract, making a U-turn after saying in January he would be leaving at the end of the season. The club's website said Terry, 35, had agreed a new deal that would take him into a 22nd season at Stamford Bridge which he joined as a schoolboy. "I am delighted to sign a new contract with the club. Everyone knows I'm Chelsea through and through," Terry said. "I am looking forward to next season under the new manager and hopefully we can make it a successful one."
Chelsea confirmed on its website that they had parted company with the German coach
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First-half goals by Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech knocked the stuffing out of second-tier Middlesbrough, who had eliminated Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in previous rounds.
Havertz's late penalty seals world club crown for The Blues
"Chelsea Football Club and Antonio Conte have parted company," the London outfit said on their website.
English Premier League leaders Chelsea have announced a profit of 18.4 million pounds ($28.89 million) for the year ending June 30 2014, the largest since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich took over the club 11 years ago.
Chelsea named former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri as the new head coach on a three-year term on Saturday, a day after parting ways with another Italian manager Antonio Conte.
Thousands of Chelsea fans turning out in west London to celebrate winning the Premier League title on Monday were told to prepare for more success next season by manager Jose Mourinho.
Struggling Premier League champions Chelsea have held talks with Montreal Impact over former Blues striker Didier Drogba, the Major League Soccer team has said.
Ivorian Drogba, who had been playing in the United States for Phoenix Rising, had two spells at Chelsea, scoring 164 goals in 381 games having spearheaded the west London club's revival under owner Roman Abramovich.
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