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Chelsea boost as Romelu Lukaku picks up yellow card suspension https://www.caughtoffside.com/2021/09/05/Chelsea-boost-lukaku-yellow-card/ Good news, Chelsea fans… Romelu Lukaku will NOT be travelling with the Belgium squad to face Belarus away from home. Lukaku has enjoyed a superb international break with his country, having scored three goals in two appearances, as well as making his 100th appearance for the Red Devils. The 28-year-old has become the headline act for both club and country. He has to be considered among the best players in the world, with Lukaku now at the absolute peak of his powers. MORE: (Video) Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku scores with typically ruthless finish on his 100th appearance for Belgium It’s for that reason that Thomas Tuchel will have been concerned to have had Lukaku flying to face Belarus away from home on this coming Wednesday, with Chelsea playing on the Saturday. Tuchel is in pursuit of the Premier League title and will not want to have to leave Lukaku out of the side for the clash with Aston Villa as a result of his unfavourable conditioning or fatigue. However, he need not worry about that any longer…

Why Callum Hudson-Odoi isn't on Chelsea's squad list for the Champions League Callum Hudson-Odoi isn't included on Chelsea's squad list for the Champions League but is still eligible to play in the group stages of the competition https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/Chelsea-callum-hudson-odoi-champions-21486635 Callum Hudson-Odoi will still be able to play in the UEFA Champions League this season despite being left out of Chelsea's squad list for the group stages of the tournament. The European champions announced their 25-man squad but several fans spotted that the England international was only included on the reserve B list released on the UEFA website. Fans were concerned that he may have suffered an injury that could rule him out long-term, but it's actually just a simple reason for his inclusion on the reserve list and that is that the club does not need to register him. UEFA rules state that any player under the age of 21 that qualifies as "homegrown" does not need to be registered as part of the maximum 25-man squad for the tournament and can instead be included on the B list. This means that while they are not listed in the official squad, they are still eligible to play in the tournament so long as they are added to the B list which can be amended by the club at any time.

it doesn't even take living in the same country or city all you have to do is look at their transfers and look at the players' levels it is literally at a 10 year old's comprehension level (even younger if they are bright kids)

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Sommer is a beast at pens has blocked 20 now

Aurelien Tchouameni starts for France

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Ukraine France http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-ukraine-vs-france-s2/ https://www.totalsportek.com/france-twenty/

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Latvia Norway http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-latvia-vs-norway-s2/ https://www.totalsportek.com/page-1/

Kounde who? Potentially

Thomas Tuchel promotes 'next Virgil van Dijk' signed by Frank Lampard to first team Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were all chasing the towering defender, who is now part of Tuchel's plans after eventually opting to join Chelsea following a stint at Barcelona https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-thomas-tuchel-xavier-mbuyamba-24908576 Thomas Tuchel has promoted youngster Xavier Mbuyamba into the Chelsea first-team, a year after he was signed by former Blues boss Frank Lampard. Chelsea swooped to snap up the the teenager last summer after he was released from Barcelona. Since then he has began to flourish in Chelsea's academy after overcoming an initial problem with a knee injury. The 6ft 5ins defender has been likened to fellow Dutchman Virgil van Dijk, and was even attracting attention from Liverpool not so long ago. That was when Mbuyamba was just starting out as a professional, having made his debut aged just 16 for Dutch side MVV Maastricht. In doing so, he became the club's youngest ever player, and soon had some of Europe's elite chasing his signature. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid were also showing interest, as well as Liverpool, while Mbuyamba went on trial with Chelsea, only for him to eventually move to Barcelona. However, things didn't quite work out for him at the Nou Camp, with Lampard finally getting his man last year, having previously been hindered by the transfer ban imposed on Chelsea. Now Lampard's successor Tuchel is beginning to reap the benefits, as he promoted Mbuyamba earlier this week for his first training session alongside the senior players. Mbuyamba, 19, was overjoyed, writing on Instagram : "A moment I’ve been working towards since joining this incredible club. “Truly blessed to be training with the first team this week. “Lots to learn, and my motivation is on another level right now!” Chelsea have seen a number of promising youth stars move on in recent seasons, but Mbuyamba will no doubt be buoyed by the rise of Mason Mount into established first team regular, as well as the recent emergence of Trevor Chalobah. When signing for Chelsea, his agent Carlos Barros admitted the club had gone all out to convince his client that his future would be best served at Stamford Bridge. “Chelsea have the best papers. Of course we discussed this extensively last year," Barros said. “Chelsea gave a fantastic presentation. There is a unique football atmosphere there. “You immediately sit with the first-team players during lunch and the club has outlined a very ambitious plan for Xavier.” Mbuyamba has already represented Netherland at under-19 level, and like Liverpool star van Dijk, seemed to slip through the net of the big clubs in his homeland. "It is strange that they [Ajax, PSV] never came, but the same applies to the KNVB," he told RTL previously. "I was called up for the first time [to the Under-19s squad] in November 2019. "The staff immediately said that they thought it strange that I had never been noticed before." Tuchel's decision to promote Mbuyamba may have something to do with Chelsea missing out on signing centre-back Jules Kounde from Sevilla before the transfer window shut. Chelsea thought they had agreed a fee with the Spanish club, only for Sevilla to raise their asking price, scuppering a deal for the 22-year-old.

Official. Mario Mandzukic has retired from football.

we have a buyback clause (£34m) Lokomotiv have a buy-option set at £17m, which they apparently will activate as long as Anjorin performs well, but that buy-option also includes a buy-back provision for Chelsea at twice the price (£34m).

Livramento

already 1 1 in Sweden v Spain Isak, then Soler

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Liechtenstein Germany http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-liechtenstein-vs-germany-s4/

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Italy Bulgaria http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-italy-vs-bulgaria-s2/ https://www.totalsportek.com/page-2/

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Sweden Spain http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-sweden-vs-spain-s1/ https://www.totalsportek.com/page-1/

2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage Hungary England http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/world-cup-qualifying-hungary-vs-england-s3/ https://www.totalsportek.com/football/hungary-vs-england/

no, there was zero miscalculation we turned a £33m profit at the end of the day (net fee-wise, £46m intake, minus £13m outflow) and he does not fit in our system, especially with the rise of Trevoh

becuase he is shit on the ball and not up to level for Tuchel's system we also wanted to sell him before we bough another CB, but Sevilla fucked us about on Kounde we have Trevoh now to replace Zouma anyway, and £31.5m was good business for Zouma, especially in a COVID market and the fact he is not a homegrown we made a £33m profit on him (as we got £14.5m in loan fees over the years, and only paid £13m for him)

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Ronaldo's record-breaking goal, stoppage-time winner remind us that no one does drama like Portugal's captain https://www.espn.co.uk/football/portugal-por/story/4467139/ronaldos-record-breaking-goalstoppage-time-winner-remind-us-that-no-one-does-drama-like-portugals-captain FARO, Portugal -- If anyone is still wondering whether Manchester United are getting a Cristiano Ronaldo whose best days are firmly behind him, just ask the shell-shocked Republic of Ireland players who thought they had denied him a goal-scoring world record in Estadio Algarve, only to see the Portugal captain smash it and then add to it in the space of seven crazy minutes at the end of a 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory. Nobody does remarkable football drama quite like Ronaldo, but this historic night in Faro was up there with all of the great moments of his incredible career, largely because, for 89 minutes, he was having one of those nights when everything seemed to be going against him and his team. But at the end of it, he had claimed the international scoring record solely for himself having been locked on 109 goals alongside former Iran striker Ali Daei since netting twice against France at Euro 2020. "I'm extremely happy, I needed one goal and I've scored two," Ronaldo said. "I'm very happy for the two goals that gave us the victory and for breaking the record. "This record is mine and it is unique. I'm extremely happy and it's another one for my career. It's about motivation and the desire I have to continue playing football, also from this last contract I made, in which I was happy to return home. highlights https://soccercatch.com/matches/17680703/portugal-vs-republic-of-ireland#media

super weak red

France v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kounde red) https://soccercatch.com/matches/17680745/france-vs-bosnia-and-herzegovina#media

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