7 h. ago Football Daily | Are Strasbourg a sister club to Chelsea or just their storage facility?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Strasbourg, official seat of the European parliament, the jewel of the Alsace region on the west bank of the Rhine. Important historically, geographically and politically. One of the city’s most famous sons, Arsène Wenger, as a boy, was so embedded that his first language was Low Alemannic German, not French. To use a word Wenger brought to the English football vernacular – footballistically – Strasbourg was never too much of a hub. The club reformed after liquidation as recently as 2011, having won just one French title back in 1979 when Wenger was a fringe player already embedded in coaching. In defence was the future France coach Raymond Domenech, the keen astrologist in charge when a very Gallic bust-up ravaged Les Bleus at the 2010 World Cup.We’re all captivated by the journey of Wrexham. It’s been amazing for Welsh football and hopefully now in a number of years we’ll see young players coming through There isn’t similarities t...

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25 h. ago Chelsea: Ben Chilwell joins Blues exodus as two stars remain in bomb squad

The Briton joins the flow of Blues moving to sister club Strasbourg

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39 h. ago Alejandro Garnacho sends subtle dig at Ruben Amorim after finally leaving Man Utd

Alejandro Garnacho has left Manchester United and Ruben Amorim behind in a £40million transfer to Chelsea - and he hasn't been shy in letting his old club know what they've let go

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49 h. ago Nicolas Jackson forced to return to Chelsea after Bayern pull out of deal

German club unable to revive loan deal for strikerJackson had remained in Munich in hopes of moveNicolas Jackson has been left frustrated after Bayern Munich called off their attempt to revive a deal to sign the striker on loan from Chelsea. Jackson is due to return to London but is understood to be disappointed with how the situation has played out. Enzo Maresca, the Chelsea head coach, may face a challenge to lift the forward’s spirits when he rejoins the squad after the international break.It had seemed Jackson was set for a new challenge when he was given permission to fly to Munich on Saturday after Bayern reached an agreement on a loan with an option to buy for €65m (£56m). However, Chelsea contacted the German club to inform them that they would not permit the deal to go ahead after Liam Delap sustained a hamstring injury against Fulham later in the day. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Boyhood Chelsea fan Alejandro Garnacho reveals club legend which inspired him to join

The Argentine has signed a long-term deal with the club he supported as a child

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3 d. ago Manchester United v Burnley, Tottenham v Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more – live

Updates from this afternoon’s matchesScores | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail EmilliaSunderland starting lineup: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Mandava, Diarra, Xhaka, Sadiki, Talbi, Mayenda, Le Fee.Brentford starting lineup: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Yarmolyuk, Henderson, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 2 civilians indicted for their role in a Pearl Harbor fuel spill that sickened 6,000 people in 2021

A grand jury has indicted two civilian workers on charges they caused the Navy to provide the Hawaii Department of Health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a Pearl Harbor storage facility before it later seeped into drinking water and sickened 6,000 people in 2021

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4 d. ago Solskjær, Mourinho and a warning for Amorim after Manchester United | Football Daily

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The modern football manager might wear classic Reeboks, or knackered Converse, or trackie bottoms tucked in socks but, to continue paraphrasing the Arctic Monkeys song, there ain’t no romance in our game no more. Nothing endures. The average managerial tenure tends to last between 18 months and two years. For Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Besiktas, it was a little more than seven months; José Mourinho got 14 at Fenerbahce. And so the pair, intrinsically linked by their sequential spells at Manchester United, find themselves on similar paths again, their sackings from Turkish nearly-clubs coming within hours of each other this week. Both have been caught in the meat grinder of Uefa’s endless European qualifiers. Solskjær’s brave Besiktas boys were downed by Ineos-owned Lausanne in the Tin Pot playoffs on Thursday night. A day earlier, Mourinho’s men were ousted by Benfica in the Bigger Cup equivalent.I used this word unintentionally, just t...

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4 d. ago Inside Tottenham's Xavi Simons transfer hijack and how secret swoop bamboozled Chelsea

Tottenham are set to complete the signing of RB Leipzig forward Xavi Simons after the Dutchman underwent a medical with the club, beating Chelsea to his signature

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5 d. ago Chelsea poised to close £36.2m Nkunku deal with Milan as Spurs step up Simons pursuit

Leipzig midfielder Simons is also a Chelsea target Nicolas Jackson could go on loan with buy obligationMilan are poised to sign the Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku for a package worth €42m (£36.2m). The deal contains a sell-on clause for the France international, who has agreed personal terms with the Serie A club.Chelsea have revamped their attack and decided Nkunku is not part of their plans. They are expected to add to Enzo Maresca’s options by signing the Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho for between £35m and £40m. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Manchester United in a funk after coastal sojourn to Grimsby turns Super Bad | Football Daily

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Fifty-five years have passed since James Brown, singer, songwriter and minister of new super-heavy funk, released a song about people who “like a dull knife [that] just ain’t cutting”, were “talking loud and saying nothing”. Manchester United would probably have preferred to prompt thoughts of Brown’s I Feel Good but they are where they are – and if they ever do shake their money-makers they could probably then benefit from dropping a few of them. Sometimes we don’t get to choose which 70s deep funk classic we unwittingly call to mind, and Ruben Amorim left no doubt when after Wednesday night’s ineffably miserable defeat by Grimsby he opined about feeling “my players spoke really loud today At half-time I told them that they were speaking really loud to me. I understand what you are doing, what I am seeing.” Like a dull knife, they just weren’t cutting.Physically, because they’re small, they look like wee boys. They’re clearly not w...

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5 d. ago Milan close to signing Christopher Nkunku from Chelsea in £36.2m deal

Move may clear Chelsea to pursue López or SimonsNicolas Jackson could go on loan with buy obligationMilan are poised to sign the Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku for a package worth €42m (£36.2m). The deal contains a sell-on clause for the France international, who has agreed personal terms with the Serie A club.Chelsea have revamped their attack and decided Nkunku is not part of their plans. They are expected to add to Enzo Maresca’s options by signing the Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho for between £35m and £40m. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Football Daily | Pafos FC and Kairat Almaty? The Champions League gets a hipster makeover

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The joy of a Bigger Cup European tour is what makes a season for the fans – the trinket on offer in Budapest is merely a bonus. Six Premier League sides will get to test themselves against the best over the coming months and there are a few new faces in the competition and some intriguing passport stamps to collect. Who wouldn’t want to travel to the Cypriot city of Paphos in September to watch their beloved club play David Luiz’s Pafos FC? The temperature reaches 29C and there is no chance of rain. There are miles and miles of beaches to enjoy with a Keo in hand. If anything, the prospect of a 90-minute match is a bit of a distraction. The even better news is there are flights from London, Manchester and Newcastle.I’m someone who is passionate and will fight ever[y] time I step on the pitch. But I need to set a better example and you fans know how much I love you and this club” – West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen takes to InstaChat to expain...

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8 d. ago Paul Merson issues statement after backlash from Arsenal fans over team he supports

Paul Merson has been strongly associated with Arsenal after winning two league titles with the club during a ten-year period, but he actually supports Chelsea and said some supporters had give him stick for it

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9 d. ago Infantino’s latest Oval Office show reminds us Trump will be inescapable at the 2026 World Cup

The US president has an aptitude for elbowing himself into the spotlight, and next year he’ll make sure he has the world’s attentionWhen Donald Trump remained on stage, grinning in the sun as Chelsea lifted the Club World Cup trophy last month, it was all too easy to treat the incident as a one-off mistake. A moment that said plenty about Trump’s ego, sure. But ultimately, only a moment.Nope. It’s reality. Inescapable. Donald Trump will be everywhere Fifa is in the US, including at the 2026 World Cup – due to start in about 10 months, when Canada and Mexico will co-host. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Football Daily | Cole Palmer v French vineyard is football’s latest random copyright battle

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Victoria Beckham taking on and losing against Peterborough United in a battle over the nickname “Posh”. Cristiano Ronaldo trademarking the combination of his initials and shirt number, “CR7”, to boost his brand. Kylian Mbappé nabbing the rights to his iconic crossed-arms goal celebration when it almost certainly would have been far more lucrative to seize ownership of that ubiquitously annoying “cry more” gif so beloved of dullards on several Social Media Disgraces. In a football business already swamped with cash and opportunists eager to get their mitts on as much of it as they can, it ought to come as no surprise that the very top players, clubs and Peterborough try to maximise their income by making their personal “brands” off limits to potential counterfeiters, bootleggers and other ne’er-do-wells.I don’t want any players who don’t want to come to the club. If they don’t want to come here and wear this fantastic badge, we don’t...

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1 week ago Graham Potter sends defiant message over West Ham struggles ahead of Chelsea reunion

Graham Potter faces his old club Chelsea on Friday night after shaking off his seven-month horror stint at Stamford Bridge to walk into a fresh and difficult challenge at West Ham

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1 week ago Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people

Officials say an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi has injured at least 25 people, some critically

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1 week ago Renato Veiga joins Chelsea summer exodus as Villarreal agree club record deal for defender

The Portuguese made just 14 appearances for the Blues

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2 w. ago Nkunku’s Bayern transfer stalls delaying Simons and Garnacho moves to Chelsea

Chelsea holding out for permanent deal with BayernLondon club unwilling to pay £50m for GarnachoBayern Munich’s move for Christopher Nkunku has stalled, delaying Chelsea’s attempts to sign RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons and Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho.Chelsea hope to offload Nkunku, who is not in the club’s plans for the season, and want the forward to leave on a permanent basis. Bayern had a loan offer with an option to buy rejected at the weekend and it remains to be seen if they are prepared to pay enough to sign the Frenchman. Continue reading...

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