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  New Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is set to offer a lifeline to a player left unused by Mauricio Pochettino. Following Pochettino's departure at the end of the season, the Blues found themselves on a hunt for a replacement, eventually opting for Leicester City's Maresca. The Italian, who led the Foxes to the Championship title in his sole season at the club, is Chelsea's sixth managerial appointment in five years and the fourth since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the club. And the 44-year-old is set to make some big decisions despite only being confirmed as manager just over a week ago One of those is the rumoured reintroduction of forgotten man Andrey Santos, who according to The Athletic could have a role in the first-team next season. Santos spent the last campaign on loan at two different clubs. He firstly went to  Nottingham Forest  before finishing the season at RC Strasbourg, where he impressed. Santos was even ...

  Switzerland and Italy meet in the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 tonight.  Italy are unbeaten in 11 matches against Switzerland in all competitions (W5 D6). Switzerland comfortably progressed from Group A, remaining unbeaten and even going close to finishing above Germany before a stoppage-time Niclas Füllkrug equaliser from the hosts in their final game left them as runners-up.  Italy, meanwhile, needed a dramatic 98th-minute equaliser against Croatia from Mattia Zaccagni to seal second place in Group B, a moment which could prove pivotal in their campaign. Here's how both teams lineup: Switzerland:   Sommer, Akanji, Rodriguez, Schar, Freuler, Xhaka, Rieder, Aebischer, Embolo, Vargas, Ndoye. Subs:   Stergiou, Elvedi, Zakaria, Okafor, Steffen, Mvogo, Zuber, Zesiger, Sierro, Duah, Kobel, Shaqiri, Jashari, Amdouni. Italy:   Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian; Barella, Fagioli, Cristante; Chiesa, Scamacca, El Shaarawy Subs:  Bu...

Transfer: Maresca tells Chelsea who will be first-choice goalkeeper under him. New Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, is very keen to work with Robert Sanchez. Maresca, who has begun his squad planning ahead of preseason, has told the club that Sanchez cannot leave. According to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on X: “More on Chelsea plans to continue with Robert Sanchez as goalkeeper. “Ben Roberts being nominated Head of Global Goalkeeping, one more factor to keep Sanchez. “Enzo Maresca also informed #CFC that he’s happy to start working with Sánchez, as revealed yesterday.” Sanchez started last season as first choice, but lost his place to Djordje Petrovic after he got injured.

  The Chelsea man has made it clear that he does not want to return to the club or feature under Enzo Maresca.  Chelsea Loanee Kepa Arrizabalaga has made it clear that he does not want to return to Chelsea. From the onset of his loan deal to Real Madrid,  Kepa stated that he did not believe in the Chelsea project.  When unveiled as a Real Madrid player, he had said: "I really hope Real Madrid will keep me at the end of the season. “Yes, it was very fast [move to Real Madrid]. It’s true that Pochettino wanted me to stay and he told me that I was going to play, that he trusted me, but I thought that a change would be good for me, I wanted a change. Thomas Tuchel called me. We were close to going to Munich.  "I felt it was time for a change of scenery. I wanted to stay, but I felt that the project was not the right one,” he said.  Real Madrid on the other hand,  are reluctant to make Kepa Arrizabalaga's loan move permanent, which could impact Ch...

 CHELSEA | NEWS | SPORT Napoli boss, Antonio Conte is about to raid Chelsea this summer for two players.  Just yesterday,  the former Chelsea coach hinted on his interest in Romelu Lukaku amid reports he wants the Belgian to be his first signing: In a recent interview with  Calciomercato , Conte was asked about the possibility of reuniting with Lukaku in Naples. “Romelu is a strong player, like Osimhen an excellent footballer, there are no comments to make.  You hope to always have them [a player like Lukaku] on your side and never against,” said Conte. Recall per GOAL , Napoli had wanted two Chelsea stars in exchange for Victor Osimhen but with the Blues cooling their interest for the Nigerian striker, there is still perceived interest from Napoli for the player who is rumored to be a youngster.  Chelsea  are keen to offload Lukaku this summer and it has been claimed that the 31-year-old is  waiting for Napoli to make an offer , giving priority t...

  Fabrizio Romano has ruled out Chelsea signing one player this summer despite reported interest in him. Chelsea are still looking to strengthen their attack after missing out on Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise. Olise was thought to have been their No.1 target, but the 22-year-old is now set to join Bayern Munich. The Blues, who still have the likes of Cole Palmer and Mykhailo Mudryk, will now have to turn elsewhere. However, another attacker who they seem to appreciate also seems to be off the table at this moment in time. Fabrizio Romano shares Chelsea’s current stance on one player While Chelsea do have Palmer, Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Raheem Sterling, they still look keen on adding another winger to their squad. There have been links with Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams, with it being claimed earlier this week that the Blues were planning to hold further talks with his agent about a move to west London. However, according to Romano, Chelse...

 • | LIVE MATCH STREAMING.   England are looking to bounce back from their 1-1 draw with Denmark last week as they face Slovenia in their final group game at Euro 2024 tonight.  Gareth Southgate’s side sit top of the group on four points, knowing that a win will take them through in first place and straight to a last-16 tie in Gelsenkirchen on 30 June. But before them stands a plucky Slovenia side who were unlucky not to beat Serbia in their most recent group game. Having drawn their first game to Denmark, they sit on two points and know that a win (and perhaps even a draw) will see them into the round of 16. TEAM NEWS :  As expected, England’s only change is  Conor Gallagher  for Trent Alexander-Arnold in midfield. Benjamin Sesko  is fit to start so  Slovenia  are unchanged. England (4-2-3-1)  Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Gallagher, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane. Substitutes: Shaw, Alexander-Arnol...

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 • | LIVE MATCH STREAMING  Kylian Mbappe returns eight days after breaking his nose against Austria.  Already qualified at least as a best third-place team, France remain eight matches unbeaten in EURO group stages under coach Didier Deschamps (W4 D4) in total, and are yet to concede a goal in Germany after a 1-0 win over Austria and 0-0 draw with the Netherlands.  One of their star players so far has been midfielder N'Golo Kanté, who amazingly has still never lost a match in regulation time at a major international finals, his run of 17 games (W12 D5) a record for a European player. Poland are unable to progress to the round of 16 after losing to the Netherlands and Austria, but that certainly won't stop them giving it their best against Les Bleus. Poland may have their work cut out to get a result, though: they have not beaten France in their last eight games including friendlies (D4 L4), and their last competitive victory against them came in the 1982 World Cup th...

 • | LIVE MATCH STREAMING  Croatia   and Italy face off in a pivotal final game in Group B on Monday night, with the winner knowing that they’ve guaranteed themselves a place in the last 16 of  Euro 2024 . Here's how both teams lineup: Croatia:  Livakovic, Stanisic, Sutalo, Pongracic, Gvardiol, Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Kramaric, Sucic. Subs: Erlic, Majer, Labrovic, Perisic, Budimir, Petkovic, Ivanusec, Sosa, Pjaca, Vida, Juranovic, Ivusic, Marco Pasalic, Baturina. Italy:  Donnarumma, Darmian, Bastoni, Calafiori, Di Lorenzo, Barella, Jorginho, Dimarco, Pellegrini, Retegui, Raspadori. Subs: Buongiorno, Gatti, Frattesi, Scamacca, Vicario, Chiesa, Bellanova, Cristante, Mancini, Zaccagni, Fagioli, El Shaarawy, Cambiaso, Folorunsho, Meret. Referee:  Danny Makkelie (Netherlands). CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

  Poland and Austria both attempt to get off the mark at  Euro 2024  as they return to action in Berlin this evening. Austria were typically front-footed but were narrowly beaten by France in their opening Group D match, while Poland took the lead against the Netherlands despite taking the lead.  Here's how both teams lineup: Austria team news Starting XI:  Pentz, Posch, Trauner, Lienhart, Mwene, Seiwald, Grillitsch, Laimer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer, Arnautovic Subs:  Lindner, Wober, Danso, Prass, Gregoritsch, Hedl, Querfeld, Kainz, Schmid, Daniliuc, Seidl, Wimmer, Weimann, Entrup, Grull. Poland team news Starting XI:  Szczesny, Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior, Frankowski, Zielinski, Slisz, Piotrowski, Zalewski, Buksa, Piatek Subs:  Salamon, Walukiewicz, Swiderski, Moder, Lewandowski, Grosicki, Skorupski, Romanchuk, Puchacz, Damian Szymanski, Bereszynski, Sebastian Szymanski, Bulka, Skoras, Urbanski. CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

 • | LIVE MATCH STREAMING  Ukraine  take on Slovakia today needing a big result to keep themselves in the hunt for qualification to the Euro 2024 knockout stages. The Ukrainians lost 3-0 to Romania in their opening match and are hoping for a much-improved performance from a team that includes stars like Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko, Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk and La Liga top scorer Artem Dovbyk in their ranks. Another win here in Dusseldorf would book Slovakia’s place in the last 16. HERE'S HOW BOTH TEAMS LINEUP: Slovakia XI:  Dúbravka, Pekarík, Vavro, Škriniar, Hancko, Kucka, Lobotka, Duda, Schranz, Boženík, Haraslin Ukraine (4-3-3):  Trubin; Tymchyk, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Brazhko, Sudakov; Yarmolenko, Mudryk, Dovbyk. WATCH LIVE BELOW: 

• | LIVE MATCH STREAMING England take on Denmark today.  In their opening group matches, England beat Serbia 1-0, while Denmark drew 1-1 with Slovenia. Here's how both teams lineup:  Denmark : Kasper Schmeichel, Joachim Andersen, Andreas Christensen, Jannik Vestergaard, Jaokim Maehle, Morten Hjulmand, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Victor Kristiansen, Rasmus Hojlund, Christian Eriksen, Jonas Wind. England starting XI England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Foden CLICK BELOW TO WATCH LIVE:

Chelsea are reportedly willing to listen to offers for French centre-back Benoit Badiashile, just 18 months after signing him from AS Monaco for £35 million. The 23-year-old defender has struggled to live up to expectations at Stamford Bridge and could be on his way out as the Blues look to trim their bloated squad. According to journalist   Simon Phillips , Badiashile has attracted interest from Serie A clubs AC Milan and AS Roma, as well as unnamed teams in the Saudi Pro League. The young Frenchman, once touted as one of Europe's most promising ball-playing defenders, has failed to consistently showcase the qualities that prompted Chelsea to invest heavily in his signature. Since joining the Blues in January 2023, Badiashile has been hampered by injuries, limiting him to just  15 Premier League starts last season . When he has featured, the former Monaco man has struggled to make a significant impact on the pitch, raising questions about his long-term future at the club. Wit...

 • | LIVE MATCH STREAMING  Euro 2024 continues today with Turkey vs Georgia in Group F action following the drama surrounding Kylian Mbappe in France’s 1-0 win over Austria last night. And Vincenzo Montella’s side come into the tournament in terrible form having not won any of their last five outings. They were dispatched 6-1 by Austria in March and lost 2-1 to Poland in their final warm-up match ahead of the tournament. But, Turkey have a talented squad with players such as Real Madrid’s Arda Guler and Benfica’s Orkun Kokcu looking to put their stamp on this tournament and ensure a better performance than Turkey’s bottom-placed finish at Euro 2020. In contrast, Georgia are taking part in their first-ever international tournament after they beat Greece on penalties in the qualification play-offs. Since then they have played a confidence-building 3-1 win over Montenegro and, led by Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, will hope ...

 Bad day in office for Lukaku!  Romelu Lukaku had two goals disallowed - one for offside and one for handball - as Belgium suffered a shock defeat to Slovakia.  Ivan Schranz gave Slovakia the lead after seven minutes following a mistake by Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku to give the ball away. Lukaku had two goals disallowed in the second-half, as Belgium were left frustrated in their opening game of Euro 2024. WATCH BOTH GOALS BELOW:   

 Chelsea consider the defender untouchable.  Chelsea have turned down an approach from Premier League rivals Liverpool to sign defender Levi Colwill.  Per HITC Sport, Liverpool made an enquiry for Levi Colwill and the Blues have turned it down.  The report further suggests that the Club have made it clear that Colwill is not for sale and remains an indispensable part of Maresca's plans.  🚨 Chelsea message on Colwill - “Untouchable” ( @FabrizioRomano ) #CFC pic.twitter.com/wwXVtcruu3 — Pys (@CFCPys) June 16, 2024 Colwill was a regular starter under Mauricio Pochettino when he was fit, making 32 appearances across all competitions.  He featured both as a centre-back and as a right-back.  With Thiago Silva leaving the club at the expiry of his contract,  Colwill is keen on featuring for the Blues in the CB position.  This is according to CaughtOffside.  Liverpool are keen on signing a top replacement for Joel Matip who is tipped to ...

• | LIVE STREAMING England  are taking on   Serbia  as their bid to win   Euro 2024   begins in Gelsenkirchen tonight, ahead of further fixtures against Denmark and Slovenia. Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions come into the tournament as one of the favourites to lift the trophy in a month’s time, and the manager has a raft of attacking talent to choose from after Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer all produced stellar seasons for their clubs. Here's how both teams lineup:  Serbia (3-5-1-2):   Rajkovic; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Milinkovic-Savic, Gudelj, Lukic, Kostic; Vlahovic; Mitrovic.   Subs:   Petrovic, Milinkovic-Savic V, Stojic, Maksimovic, Jovic, Tadic, Babic, Mijailovic, Ilics, Ratkov, Samardzic, Gacinovic, Spajic, Mladenovic, Birmancevic. England (4-2-3-1):   Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.   ...