{"id":11467,"date":"2026-05-21T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:09:58","slug":"what-happened-andrey-santos-wifes-message-to-blues-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11467","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What happened?&#8221; &#8211; Andrey Santos&#8217; wife&#8217;s message to Blues star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Andrey Santos was delighted with his first Premier League goal for Chelsea, and we can\u2019t wait to see how he develops.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Andrey Santos has had a solid first season at Chelsea, one which has largely been overshadowed by lots of drama around managers and some dreadful results since the Spring.<\/p>\n<p>But last night he got his first Premier League goal \u2013 and it was against Tottenham, to boot. After the game he spoke to the Chelsea official website about his feelings on a great moment for him and the team.<\/p>\n<h2>Santos on first goal and wife message<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s special for me because it was my first goal in the Premier League and it came in my first game against Spurs. I\u2019m so happy because we won this game, and now we have to move on to the last game,\u201d Santos said with a grin on his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy with this performance. I even looked at my phone after the game, and my wife had sent me a message saying, \u2018Wow, what\u2019s happened with you today?\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t know, but I\u2019m so happy, and I want that to happen more times!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to see how he gets on under Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Liam Delap is a player Chelsea are likely to try and sell this summer according to multiple reports online this week.<\/p>\n<p>Umir Irfan\u2019s really good piece for the BBC looked at how new manager Xabi Alonso might want to use striker Joao Pedro next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast! 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