Ratcliffe wouldn’t have to wait long to get his foot in the English football door though, as the Glazers announced later that year they’d be open to a sale. A minority 27.7 per cent takeover at Manchester United followed, with Ratcliffe and INEOS taking charge of the football operations at Old Trafford.

Chelsea have confirmed their squad for the Club World Cup with Andrey Santos and Liam Delap included but no place for Djordje Petrovic. Chelsea kick off their campaign in FIFA’s newly-expanded tournament next week,

The 22-year-old striker is expected to leave Eintracht Frankfurt soon, with PSG entitled to 20 percent of any transfer fee thanks to a sell-on clause in his deal. On Monday, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported that Chelsea remain interested in Ekitiké.

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Chelsea have announced two new signings this week for the women’s team, with goalkeeper Livia Peng and striker Mara Alber joining the club from Werder Bremen and TSG Hoffenheim, respectively. Both new arrivals from the Frauen-Bundesliga have signed four-year deals and will complete their transfers on July 1, when the transfer window opens.

Transfer expert Alfredo Pedullà reports that Maurizio Sarri wants to reunite with Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek at Lazio.Sarri is aiming to reunite with Milan midfielder Loftus-Cheek at

Olivier Giroud has back new Chelsea signing Liam Delap to overcome the supposed cure of the No.9 shirt. The new arrival from Ipswich is set to make his debut at the upcoming Club World Cup fresh from signing a six-year deal following his £30million move from Portman Road.

Here’s a random one that I doubt anyone could’ve expected or predicted, but Marcus Bettinelli looks set to join Manchester City from Chelsea. Our third-choice goalkeeper will be replacing Scott Carson at City in, presumably, a very similar role. If there is a transfer fee involved, it’s likely to be negligible.