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Understand Sterling was informed on Friday he would not be playing against Manchester City. Enzo Maresca made the "technical" decision with full club support. (Ben Jacobs)

Maresca to SkySports: "The manager has to make some decisions. Sometimes players don't like it, that's normal. Just a technical decision, no more than that."

It will definitely be Madueke because he has a market this summer and would pour money into the coffers with profit, which cannot be said of Mudryk.

Raheem Sterling's representative indicated to Mail Sport that his omission from Sunday's Blues party that faces Manchester City was unexpected. (@SamiMokbel81_DM)

No Sterling,Chukwuemeka,Chilwell and Disasi in today's squad..🔥✅️ With the other players like Petrovic,Chalobah,Kepa,Lukaku,Casadei,Angelo,Datro Fofana,Broja and Washington you already know they can and will all leave.

Sterling not in the squad, wow. Statement of Maresca✅️💪🔥

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brentford manager Thomas Frank: “Things are happening for Ivan Toney so we decided not to involve him in the squad”. “There’s interest, nothing closed yet but things are happening”, told Sky.

The final fee for João Félix won't be €60m, €65m, €70m as reported in Spain. The expectation is to be lower, probably something around €40m, maximum €45m, but I think it's going to be around €40m plus add-ons. This could be the structure of the deal. @FabrizioRomano

JUST IN: Chelsea are set to pay Atletico Madrid a fixed fee of €50m plus €5m in bonuses for João Félix. Negotiations have reached the final stretch. [🥇: @rubenuria]

The transfer fee #Chelsea received from Strasbourg for Diego Moreria's is considerably higher than the €2million first reported - the Blues actually received €8m.

✅️ next one Chelsea defender Bashir Humphreys is set to compete a move to Burnley on an initial loan with an obligation to buy. He's set to sign a five-year deal and will be at Turf Moor today. Medical on Monday. Fabrizio Romano

Atletico Madrid has put a deadline of Wednesday next week to try and resolve the Conor Gallagher situation. Talks for Felix to Chelsea continue. Atleti want £42.6m plus add-ons. Chelsea have tried to get closer to a £38.3m all-in. (@JacobsBen)

Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are very close to reaching an agreement for Joao Felix. (@MatteMoretto)

I’m hearing Chelsea will put add ons into the deal for Felix, and they will be directly linked to his performances. (@FabrizioRomano)

UPDATE: The agreement is now getting really close between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid for Felix and Gallagher. (@FabrizioRomano) 👀👀

I have a feeling that Ben Chilwell has been cut off the main team like Chalobah. Maresca doesn't want distraction. He said he trained with 22 players. I'm wondering what he did to the rest. 😂

Mikel has Chelsea finishing 7th and says that the club need Osimhen to even think about higher, via @beINSPORTS_EN

Enzo Maresca on #Chelsea's hierarchy target: "To have the feeling that we are going in the right direction. This is a very good target already when the owner, sporting directors, the manager and the players all have the same idea..." [via @MailSport]

Breaking: Enzo Maresca has told Ben Chilwell he is free to leave Chelsea. (@RyanTaylorSport)

Official, confirmed. Lesley Ugochukwu joins Southampton on loan from Chelsea. Salary covered and NO buy option clause included.

BREAKING: Yesterday, Thursday, August 15, Juventus & Chelsea talked about an exchange that involved Federico Chiesa and Sterling. Both clubs have explored the feasibility of the operation, but at the moment the deal seems to be blocked. Chelsea could return! (via @DiMarzio)

Mason Burstow joins us on a permanent four-year deal from Chelsea! ✍️ Welcome to Hull City, Mason! Diego Moreira has joined Strasbourg from Chelsea. €2m fee with a buy-back clause. Moreira has signed a five-year contract. ✅️💪

JUST IN: Atletico Madrid want Gallagher but on NEW terms, Chelsea want to discuss Joao, but gap on price tag.. it is a very tricky situation, but working on it. @FabrizioRomano Fuck you Atletico

Osimhen's current weekly salary is £ 211,231 (basic) £ 42,180 (bonus) I don't think Chelsea will take him for less than 200k a week. It looks better for Joao Felix, who signed a new contract with Atletico Madrid on 13 January 2023 with a salary reduction of: £240,230 (base) To: Weekly 98,860 £ (base) 0 £ (bonus)

Important moments in the Lukaku & Osimhen talks. Napoli open to swap, Chelsea trying to bring down upfront costs on bid to balance out outlay for Osimhen wages . Lukaku wants Napoli and Osimhen wants Chelsea. via@FraserFletcher