The Belgium international has also revealed that he is ready to feature when the Blues take on Arsenal at Emirates Stadium this weekend Romelu Lukaku has confirmed that he will be Chelsea's new No.9 following Tammy Abraham's move to Roma. Lukaku was initially given the No.18 jersey upon his return to Stamford Bridge from Inter last week, but has now inherited Abraham's number following the E...Full Story »

The Gunners are hopeful of finalising a permanent deal for the Norwegian, who impressed on loan at Emirates Stadium last term Arsenal are close to sealing a move for Martin Odegaard move after stepping up talks with Real Madrid, Goal can confirm. Odegaard spent six months on loan at Emirates Stadium in 2020-21, and endeared himself to Arsenal fans with his infectious energy in the middle of ...Full Story »

Juve €7m away from Pjanic dealJuventus are €7 million (£6m/$8m) away from meeting Barcelona's valuation of Miralem Pjanic, claims Mundo Deportivo. However, they would need to sell Aaron Ramsey in order to free up enough money to pay Pjanic's wages. Fiorentina reconsider plan for West Ham-linked MilenkovicAfter a summer spent shopping defender Nikola Milenkovic around Europe,...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray praised his Blackburn side for battling their way to a 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest with a stretched squad – and expressed sympathy for his opposite number Chris Hughton.Blackburn saw 12 players leave over the summer, while making only one new addition. Forest had 14 players depart, with Hughton’s squad just bolstered by three signings.Daniel Ayala’s opener was can...Full Story »

Bournemouth boss Scott Parker backed his young guns to keep the Cherries firing despite striker Arnaut Danjuma’s departure after his side struck twice late on to win 2-0 at Birmingham.Two strikes in the final 13 minutes from Dominic Solanke and Jaidon Anthony, the latter’s first senior goal, maintained Bournemouth’s fine start under Parker.The Cherries manager confirmed after t...Full Story »

Mark Warburton thinks QPR should be focused on finishing in the top six this season after their unbeaten start to the season continued at Middlesbrough.The Rs have now won back-to-back away games to make it seven points from the opening nine available to them after winning 3-2 at the Riverside Stadium.And QPR had to do it the hard way too on Teesside, where they fell behind to Uche Ikpeazu&rsquo...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Slavisa Jokanovic admitted the impending £24million sale of goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to Arsenal was “a huge deal for the club” and “difficult to stop” following the 4-0 loss at West Brom.Ramsdale was withdrawn from the United squad at The Hawthorns with the deal poised to go through after the 23-year-old rejected an improved contract offer ...Full Story »

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou praised his side’s perseverance after a 2-0 Europa League play-off first-leg win over AZ Alkmaar.Goals in each half from Kyogo Furuhashi and James Forrest earned the Hoops a healthy lead to take to the Netherlands, but AZ showed good ambition and attacking threat at times.Postecoglou said: “I thought it was a cracking game of football. They took it to ...Full Story »

Derby assistant Liam Rosenior hailed debutants Sam Baldock and Phil Jagielka as the Rams ended their nine-game run without a Championship victory by winning 1-0 at Hull.Baldock, 32, scored the only goal of the contest in the 57th-minute and ex-England international defender Phil Jagielka, now 39, marshalled the back-line to their first clean sheet in nine contests.Both players trained with the R...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today.   Arsenal close to agreeing permanent deal for Odegaard     Lewandowski—It's what he does.     Ancelotti ignores Ronaldo     After All The Speculations around about Cristiano Ronaldo's Exit, Cristiano Ronaldo has broken his silence and spoken.And as it Looks, we might never have a Cristiano Ronaldo HOMECOMI...Full Story »