Barcelona have taken a serious interest in Antonio Rudiger. The German defender will become a free agent at the end of this season. Talks over an extension with Chelsea continue to stall and foreign clubs are now able to sign a pre-contract agreement with Rudiger this month. Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich and Juventus have all held talks with Rudiger's representatives. Sky Sportssays Barc...Full Story »

Reports are coming from France about PSG finally managing to convince Zinedine Zidane to take Mauricio Pochettino's place. According to RMC's Daniel Riolo, 'Zizou' is the one who will take Mauricio Pochettino's place at the club from the French capital. However, he won't do it immediately as the club has decided to allow the Argentine manager to finish his season with the club. Riolo was the s...Full Story »

With Antony Martial's Manchester United career seemingly over, Newcastle have emerged as candidates to sign the striker before the end of the month as cover for the injured Callum Wilson. Martial's representative Philippe Lamboley admitted in December that the 26-year-old was looking for more playing time away from Old Trafford, and would aim to depart the club in January. According to the D...Full Story »

Former Aston Villa player Gabriel Agbonlahor has urged Manchester United to make a massive call by selling star man Cristiano Ronaldo. The ex-striker, who frequently appears as a pundit on popular radio station talkSPORT, was critical of the impact Ronaldo has had on United's style of play and the damage he is causing to the likes of Mason Greenwood and Jadon Sancho. Agbonlahor also referen...Full Story »

Swindon midfielder Jack Payne will miss Friday’s FA Cup third-round tie against Premier League leaders Manchester City with a knee injury.Wales international Jonny Williams is rated as touch and go after not training fully this week as his workload is carefully managed after also coming off during the 5-2 Sky Bet League Two win over Northampton.Captain Dion Conroy is available again after ...Full Story »

Cheltenham could hand a debut to defender Ben Williams when they host Burton in Sky Bet League One.Williams joined the Robins from Barnsley for an undisclosed fee on Wednesday and is poised to go straight into Michael Duff’s squad.Striker Kyle Joseph is unavailable for Saturday’s match after being recalled from his loan spell by parent club Swansea.Manager Duff hopes to welcome back ...Full Story »

Colchester hope to welcome back Charlie Daniels against Rochdale on Saturday.Former Bournemouth defender Daniels has been on a lengthy list of U’s absentees after contracting Covid-19.Miles Welch-Hayes and Frank Nouble are also back training after injury and could make Hayden Mullins’ matchday squad for the Sky Bet League Two fixture.Shamal George (rib), Ryan Clampin (knee) and Noah ...Full Story »

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Arsenal are facing a challenge from Barcelona in their pursuit of Lille star Renato Sanches. The Gunners are keen on bringing the former Bayern Munich midfielder to the Emirates. Lille are open to selling the Portugal international, who is under contract until 2023. According to Portuguese broadcaster ELEVEN, Barca have made Sanches one of their 'priority targets' for the January transfer w...Full Story »

The north Londoners are on the brink of elimination from the Carabao Cup after suffering a 2-0 reverse in the first legTottenham boss Antonio Conte admitted that his side were outplayed by a superior Chelsea side in Wednesday's Carabao Cup defeat, while warning he cannot wave a magic wand to improve the side's fortunes in the current transfer window. Spurs' hopes of winning the trophy took a ...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel has hailed Kai Havertz for playing through the pain of a “horrible” broken finger in Chelsea’s 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg win over Tottenham.Havertz’s fifth goal of the season put Chelsea in charge against a miserable Spurs, but the Germany forward suffered a nasty broken finger in the tumble that followed his early finish.The 22-year-old battled o...Full Story »

Chelsea put one foot in the Carabao Cup final with a commanding 2-0 win over miserable Tottenham on a wretched Stamford Bridge return for ex-Blues boss Antonio Conte.Kai Havertz netted his fifth goal of the campaign before Ben Davies put through his own net as Chelsea prevailed in the semi-final first leg in west London.The Blues will now hope to complete the job in north London next Wednesday, ...Full Story »

The Blues left-back is facing months on the sidelines having had knee surgery on a partial ACL tear he picked up in November. Ben Chilwell returned to Chelsea's training ground on crutches Credit: Instagram / @benchilwell On December 30, he gave fans a thumbs up after the operation. And the England man is back at Cobham already - but hobbled in on crutches. Chilwell posted a snap of himself ...Full Story »

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Jack Grealish has contributed three goals and three assists in his opening 21 appearances for Manchester City and Richard Keys believes he should move back to Aston Villa Aston Villa should offer Manchester City £50million to re-sign Jack Grealish in the January transfer window, according to Richard Keys. Grealish joined Man City from Villa in a £100m transfer which broke the British...Full Story »

The Belgian striker last week said he would '100 per cent still be at Inter' if they'd offered him a new contract, riling Blues fans and causing him to be dropped for the 2-2 draw with Liverpool. Romelu Lukaku has said sorry to Chelsea fans for his recent bombshell interview Credit: PA It recently emerged Lukaku was advised not to do the interview and was surprised by the 'brutal' reaction. B...Full Story »

Liverpool involved in Coutinho chaseAston Villa, Everton and Liverpool are interested in bringing in Philippe Coutinho this month. The player wants to go to England and is not considering a move back to Brazil. pic.twitter.com/MBekVmrgrp — GOAL (@goal) January 4, 2022Trippier personal terms agreedKieran Trippier deal completed also on personal terms after further contacts between Newca...Full Story »

Romelu Lukaku will return after disciplinary issues when Chelsea host Tottenham in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.Lukaku has apologised after revealing unhappiness at Chelsea in a recent interview, while Timo Werner could feature for the first time since December 11 after Covid-19.Andreas Christensen remains a doubt with back trouble, while Trevoh Chalobah will face a late ch...Full Story »

The 24-year-old, who joined the Serie A outfit from Chelsea last summer, is said to be OK following the collision. Tammy Abraham is said to have been involved in a car accident on his way to Roma training Credit: Getty Images - Getty It has been claimed that the former Chelsea star was driving a Porsche Cayenne According to Italian news outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport, the England internationa...Full Story »

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has extended his contract by one year to remain at the club through the 2022-23 campaign. Brazil international Silva joined the Blues from Paris St Germain during the summer of 2020, and has made 56 appearances. "To play here with Chelsea is a real pleasure. I never thought I would play for three years here in this great club, so I'm very happy to stay for anoth...Full Story »