Wesley Fofana took aim at Brendan Rodgers after sealing his move to Chelsea, accusing the Leicester City manager of looking to expose him in recent weeks.

Fofana completed his long-awaited move to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, signing a seven-year contract after a deal in the region of £75million was struck.

Leicester rejected multiple bids from Chelsea before their demands were met, and the build-up to the defender s departure was not entirely amicable.

Fofana was made to train with Leicester s under-23 squad after professing his desire to join Chelsea, with Rodgers declaring he was not in the right frame of mind to play for Leicester.

Rodgers also unfavourably compared Fofana s attitude to that of Harry Maguire, who left Leicester for Manchester Unite…

Jack Grealish helped Manchester City negotiate a tricky Champions League opener and sensationally defeat RB Leipzig 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium.

Club-record signing Grealish made his European debut a memorable one on Wednesday, adding to an early assist for Nathan Ake with a sublime second-half strike.

City – in action in this competition for the first time since last season s final defeat to Chelsea – wobbled a little between those two efforts, benefitting from Nordi Mukiele s own goal and a Riyad Mahrez penalty but conceding twice to Christopher Nkunku.

Even after Grealish s goal, Nkunku s hat-trick strike caused further concern, only for Joao Cancelo and substitute Gabriel Jesus to notch numbers five and six for City and clinch three vital points in a tough …

Luis Enrique has promised Spain will continue to play the same way as under previous coaches after naming his first squad.

Spain drew plaudits for their style and established themselves as the world s leading nation in winning three successive major tournaments under Luis Aragones and Vicente del Bosque between 2008 and 2012.

However, they endured a difficult World Cup in Russia after Julen Lopetegui departed on the eve of the finals, interim appointment Fernando Hierro overseeing a last-16 shoot-out loss to the hosts.

But Luis Enrique, familiar with the possession-based game from his time at Barcelona, sees no reason to change things ahead of his reign beginning against England next week.

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Chelsea are interested in signing Jobe Bellingham from Sunderland, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is a huge fan of Bellingham, who is the younger brother of Real Madrid and England international midfielder Jude Bellingham.

Jobe Bellingham has been on the books of Sunderland since the summer of 2023 when he joined from Birmingham City for £5 million. The 18-year-old has established himself as a key figure for the Black Cats and has shown his versatility by playing as a midfielder or as a forward.

Bellingham has made 20 starts and one substitute appearance in the Championship for Sunderland so far this season. The England Under-19 international midfielder has scored four goal…

Michael Keane s sensational 90th-minute strike salvaged a 1-1 draw for Everton as Cristian Stellini was denied three points in his first match since stepping into Antonio Conte s void at Tottenham.

The defender scored a 25-yard screamer to snatch a point for the Toffees at Goodison Park on Monday against a Spurs side who had otherwise looked set for a win that would have lifted them up to third.

Harry Kane earlier scored from the penalty spot to give Spurs the lead shortly after he had been involved in an altercation that saw Abdoulaye Doucoure sent off.

Lucas Moura was given his marching orders as well, and then Keane intervened to spark raucous scenes for Sean Dyche s men.

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The Mirror understands that Tottenham Hotspur are lining up possible replacements for Moussa Dembele.

The Belgium international will enter the final year of his current Spurs deal come the summer and a new contract is yet to be negotiated amid interest from China and the Far East.

The North London outfit are making plans for if they lose the midfielder with Barcelona s Andre Gomis and Atlanta s Barry Cristante on their radar.

Considered one of the most key members of Mauricio Pochettino’s squad, Dembele has racked up thirty-seven appearances in all competitions so far this season.

In total he has played two-hundred and thirty-four times since signing from Fulham in the summer of 2012, scoring ten goals.

He began his career in his home cou…

Eusebio Di Francesco admits he and Roma are going through a tough time but his sole focus is to guide the Giallorossi through to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Roma were dealt a hugely damaging 3-0 derby defeat by rivals Lazio on Saturday, putting Di Francesco under pressure ahead of a European second leg against Porto in midweek.

This has been pinpointed as a key game for the head coach, yet he is keen for Roma to take centre stage as they seek to defend a 2-1 lead in Portugal, setting aside his personal fortunes for the time being.

I would like to draw attention not to Di Francesco, but to Roma, he told a news conference.

My thoughts do not go to myself, but to my boys, for Roma to play a great game. It s not Di Francesco s game, but the players…

Mauricio Pochettino praised match-winner Noni Madueke’s determination to prove his Chelsea worth after he came off the bench to score a late penalty in his side’s 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

Roy Hodgson’s side looked like they had done enough to earn a deserved point as the game ticked into its final moments, until the result turned after a clumsy challenge made by Eberechi Eze, leaving a leg out on the edge of the box for Madueke to tumble over.

A pitch-side VAR review was required but it seemed a straightforward call for referee Michael Salisbury, who awarded a penalty from which the substitute Madueke, who had previously made only seven league appearances under Pochettino, coolly stroked home the winner.

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I will speak well with my agents and my parents at the end of the season. And we will make the right decision.  

Those are the short and sweet words of RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano who has confirmed that he will wait until the end of the campaign to make any decision on his future however, for clubs that are interested, they ll almost certainly be getting to work before that.

The belief is that Chelsea manager Frank Lampard wants to overhaul the Blues defence during the summer transfer window, and in the wake of their performance against Bayern Munich in the Champions League earlier this week, it isn t all too hard to see or understand why.

Upamecano is said to be Lampard s primary target heading into the summer and while there are likely to be more tha…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is confident he is ready to make his second debut for Milan, having completed a free transfer from LA Galaxy.

The 38-year-old has returned to San Siro, where he represented the Rossoneri from 2010 until 2012 before departing for Paris Saint-Germain.

Ibrahimovic was presented as Milan player on Friday, with their next match the first after the mid-season break against Sampdoria on Monday.

The striker last featured for Galaxy in their MLS playoff defeat to rivals Los Angeles FC on October 25, but he is not concerned by a lack of match action.

I m fine, I ve trained a lot, he told a news conference. I haven t touched the ball, but it s not a problem. I think I m ready to play.

Ibrahimovic suffered knee ligament damage at Manchest…