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New Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca will "surprise people" by quickly getting the club challenging for major honours and qualifying for the Champions League, says Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. The 25-year-old followed his former manager to Stamford Bridge in a £30m move last month after starring in his Championship-winning Leicester City team, which earned promotion to the Premier League last season. "The manager was a big catalyst in wanting me to come," Dewsbury-Hall told BBC Sport. "I knew from Leicester, a club that went down and had a lot of problems, how he managed to galvanise that, if everyone manages to buy into the system. "I genuinely think in a short space of time we can be pushing for minimum top four - but more than that. "He may be unknown for a lot of people, but he is top, top level. He will surprise a lot of people." Fucking hope so

If it continued. It is not going to now. Jeez

Not if you look at what he has been paid up till now

If true will save us a fortune. Paid more than Palmer for years..Malingerer Sarr

Getting out of hand now... French-Argentine racism controversy pushes presidents Emmanuel Macron and Javier Milei to have emergency meeting in Paris after Chelsea star Enzo Fernandez shared chant online Argentine President Javier Milei flew to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the ongoing Paris Olympics after tensions escalated between their countries over the Argentine soccer team's derogatory post-match chants about French players. Argentina's Enzo Fernandez shared a short clip from the team's Copa America victory celebrations in Miami earlier this month. The footage shows triumphant Argentine players chanting a song considered racist toward French players of African heritage. 'They play for France but their parents are from Angola,' the refrain goes, with some transphobic slurs mixed in.

Five years hanging about and on more money than Cole Palmer. Has cost the club a fortune.

In an extraordinary half hour with reporters, Howe said he must be 'free to work in the way that he wants' under a new hierarchy that includes sporting director Paul Mitchell and performance director James Bunce. Responding for the first time to questions on being favourite to replace Gareth Southgate, Howe said he is committed to Newcastle and wants to remain, but only if he feels the support of those above and within the right framework.

Chelsea say they have “instigated an internal disciplinary procedure” against Enzo Fernández over his involvement in chants that included racist and homophobic slurs about members of the France team. This will blow over. Maresca will sort them all out in pre season

He'll be alright if the club want to keep him. Lamps, Terry, Morris baring their arses at US tourists after 9/11 seemed cardinal sins - but if youre good, get away with anything

Aint that the truth

Most bookies are commies

The FA suits have a genuine dislike/fear of working class managers. They had trepidation of Venables. Hoddle, and would never have appointed the best England manager that never was Brian Clough. The best player that was never picked - lippy, funny genius Jimmy Greaves for plummy Ramseys World Cup squad. They want media friendly middle class ones like Southgate, or exotic grifters like Capello. Working class people created football, but it is run and milked by money men like so much culture

Definitely worth haggling. They want your business at the end of the day.

But you still pay Virgin media £125 ? Yeah the missus parents use a Firestick

The shirt is a bit of blue plastic made in China at the end of the day. Virgin -Same. Mine was £130. When its time to renew or even mid contract definitely looking for the same bundle with BT on Money saving Expert etc-then you can haggle with them. Say you like being with them but youve found it cheaper. Got mine down now to £85

....and the shop want £125 quid for one. Think I'll pass

Still hanging around costinga fortune -and on more money than Cole Palmer Chelsea fans have joked a forgotten defender is 'reborn' after his training video went viral on social media. The 25-year-old centre back was signed by the Blues on a five-year contract in 2020 but has failed to make an impact in west London.

Enzo will get the best out of him if anyone can

Undeniable beauty of football’s summer show can briefly unite a fractured Europe Undeniable beauty of football’s summer show can briefly unite a fractured Europe | Euro 2024 | The Guardian

Three Valencia fans have been sentenced to eight months in prison for hate crimes against Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior, in what La Liga described as the first conviction related to racist abuse at a football match in Spain. The ruling goes back to a match in May last year during which several Valencia fans hurled racist slurs at the Brazilian footballer. The match came to a halt for several minutes as Vinícius pointed to a Valencia fan in the stands, telling his teammates that the man had called him a monkey and made the gestures of an ape. Reuters

Chelsea will turn down any loan moves for Romelu Lukaku this summer in a bid to sell the Belgium striker in a permanent deal. They are looking to recoup some of £97.5m they paid Inter Milan for him in 2021, with their asking price believed to be about £37m as the club aims to get the 31-year-old's £325,000-a-week wages off their books. 325 000 a week fucking hell get rid now

Brilliant by Gallagher. If Egbali and Clownlake get rid I will haunt them

Cole Palmer marks his full England debut...with a goal !

Gallagher playing well so far

Seriously, Behdad: it’s going fine. Don’t worry, Todd. Everyone knew the plan from the start. Sack the guy who won you the Champions League, sack the promising young coach you hired to replace him, sack the experienced blue-chip coach you hired to replace him, hire a guy from the Championship, raise ticket prices for the first time in 13 years. This is the process. We get it. We see it working. Meanwhile, all the best in next season’s Conference League. i newspaper