Thomas Tuchel will be given as much as £200m to spend on players this summer by Chelsea’s new owners.
Wimbledon is exploring the possibility of legal action against the men’s and women’s tennis tours as the row over the removal of world ranking points from the event intensified on Tuesday with the other grand-slam tournaments – the Australian Open, French Open and US Open – considering offering their support as part of a joint action.
Aston Villa are ready to step up their pursuit of Rangers defender Calvin Bassey as they look to bolster their options at the back ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Chelsea have drawn up an eight-man list of defenders, including Sevilla’s Jules Kounde and RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol, in a bid to move as quickly as possible to solve the club’s centre-back crisis once the Todd Boehly-led takeover goes through.
Ferran Soriano believes Erling Haaland will have to modify his style of play at Manchester City as the Norway striker arrived in England on Tuesday to formally complete his £51m move and Kalvin Phillips emerged as the club’s leading midfield target.