Calum McFarlane is not a Chelsea fan, nor is he from a Chelsea family. He wants that to be very clear to everyone\u2026<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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 Calum McFarlane is supposed to be a \u201csafe pair of hands\u201d at Chelsea. Just get through to the end of the season without doing or saying anything crazy and he\u2019s done well.<\/p>\n But honestly, some of the stuff he comes up with is so unintentionally funny. There\u2019s dry humour, and then there\u2019s\u2026 being so humourless that you don\u2019t realise you\u2019re being funny.<\/p>\n The exchange around whether he was excited to be managing Chelsea in an FA Cup final was a perfect example.<\/p>\n McFarlane was asked if he was proud to be leading Chelsea out at Wembley, given his family are Chelsea fans. But he quickly corrected his interviewer \u2013 \u201cmy girlfriend\u2019s family are Chelsea fans, not my family.\u201d<\/p>\n He didn\u2019t expand, putting the onus back on the questioner to follow up\u2026 \u201cok\u2026 so what would it mean to them, then?\u201d<\/p>\n Another amusingly awkward moment from the coach, who went on to lighten up a bit and explain just how big a deal this was going to be for his girlfriend, her family and all Blues fans.<\/p>\n McFarlane was also asked about Cole Palmer\u2019s form, and tied himself into hilarious knots trying to not say anything at all controversial.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s sporting directors face a battle to hold on to one of their big transfer successes this summer, according to the latest rumours.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nMcFarlane gets into the weeds over his girlfriend\u2019s family<\/h2>\n
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