Gideon Younge

🚨Mikel Arteta on fitness updates

"Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice fit to be involved against Coventry."

Arteta: "Bruno Guimaraes "lets see how it is".

"Jurrien Timber is not back training with the group yet."

BREAKING: Chelsea FC release Squad Numbers for 2026/27 Premier League season.

•Joao Pedro picks up Number 9
•Valentin Barco takes Number 4
• Rogers picks Number 17

🧨☎️‼️𝕃𝔸𝕋𝔼𝕊𝕋: Chelsea have split their squad ahead of the new season. Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson are among a group of up to 12 players currently training separately from Xabi Alonso’s main first-team squad.

Chelsea have moved away from their previous “bomb squad” approach, with the second group still training on the same pitches and using the first-team facilities.

👀 Delap, Jackson, Tosin Adarabioyo and Axel Disasi are among those who could leave before the transfer window closes. João Pedro and Danny Welbeck are expected to form part of Chelsea’s attacking trio, alongside new signing Emmanuel Emegha.

Meanwhile, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto and Malo Gusto remain with Alonso’s main group, despite interest from other clubs. Chelsea are reportedly willing to keep all three unless they receive offers they consider impossible to refuse.

Fernández could require a bid of more than £120M, while Neto is valued at around £100M and Gusto at approximately £75M.

ℹ️ The Telegraph

🚨💣 Ezri Konsa to Arsenal. 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗚𝗢! ✅

[Fabrizio Romano]

🚨🚨Arsenal have decided to prioritise loan offers for Ethan Nwaneri ahead of transfer deadline. Acknowledgement teenager can leave to play regular football but club want to avoid losing Nwaneri permanently.✅

[Sami Mokbel EXCLUSIVE]

DONE DEAL: Aston Villa have completed the signing of Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki from Parma on a five-year contract.

The deal is worth €30m plus €5m in add-ons, with Suzuki arriving as Villa’s new first-choice goalkeeper.

🚨🚨Ezri Konsa has AGREED personal terms with Arsenal: he wants the move as negotiations are moving to the final stages.

Konsa’s camp informed Villa about his desire to join Arsenal project as clubs are in contact to get the deal done soon. Top target all summer, now closer.✅

[Fabrizio Romano]

CRAZY FOOTBALL STORY: Mame Cheikh Niang went 5 games without scoring in South Africa, so his coach arranged a girlfriend for him to boost his morale. 🇿🇦🇸🇳😳

​He scored 4 GOALS in his next match, ended as top scorer with 14 goals, and earned a move to Wolfsburg! 🇩🇪🔥

​ℹ️ iDiski Times

Mikel Arteta: “I’m very excited. We already have some dreams about the competition again with the Community Shield. It’s a new season, new expectations,”.

“We have the opportunity to do something we haven't done before at this football club, to win it back to back and that is the ambition. It’s not personal, it’s the collective ambition that we have and the ambition of the club.

“It's a beautiful challenge. When you know how to do it and to replicate it, the challenge will be different. The things we will face along the journey will be different. I feel very confident we are going to give ourselves a big chance to be there again.”

Arteta on the transfers: “When we show ambition at the club it has to come from the very top and I think the ownership has been very supportive with everything we are doing at the club,”

“The motivation is always there to be better. If we can identify the talent to make us better then we have to do it but we have to focus on what we have in house to make sure they evolve, grow and be better.

“You can see how crazy and unpredictable the league is. It's better not to talk too much, be prepared, be open and hopefully we can wrap up the transfer window in a really positive way.”

[talkSport]

The 2025 CAF Referee of the Year, Omar Artan 🇸🇴 who recently officiated the UEFA Super Cup, has been invited by UEFA to attend the UEFA Men’s Summer Course 2026 in Geneva 🇨🇭.

The course will take place from 31st August to 2nd September 2026.

UEFA has also indicated that they want Omar Artan to officiate football matches in Europe.

UEFA has sent an official letter to CAF and the Somalia FA to inform them about the invitation. ✍️

Source: UEFA