Fabrizio Romano

🔵🥶 Cole Palmer has 50 G/A in 50 Premier League games since joining Chelsea from City. 33 goals and 17 assists. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🔴⚪️✨ AS Monaco do not consider Maghnes Akliouche for sale in the January transfer window. He’s crucial player for Monaco after his contract was extended in August… …while several European top clubs are monitoring Maghnes for the summer, as he could leave in July. 👀

🚨⚪️ Ange Postecoglou confirms plan to bring in new players in January: “We have been planning for reinforcements, yes”: “It’s air to say we're still a bit short in a couple of areas and we need to reinforce. We are still there in all competitions so we’ll try to sign players”.

🔴⚫️🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen CEO Carro: “We want Florian Wirtz to stay in Leverkusen at least until the 2026 World Cup”. “This makes it sensible to extend his contract. We are talking to him and his family very confidentially about this”.

🚨 Rúben Amorim on Rashford: “For me, as a coach, I'm just focused on the performance, the way he trains”. “The rest, it's better for me and the club to deal with that when the time comes”.

🔵🇦🇷 Enzo Fernández tells ESPN: “The first 18 months at Chelsea were difficult. Many changes… but I feel very good today”. “Maresca explained the position to me every day and I learned and took on concepts, reading the game more every day. He really trusted me”.

🔴⚪️ Arteta on Martinelli to be an option to replace Saka: “He’s played there before and he played there against Everton in the last match of last season”. “He did really well. He’s a good option to have. We are on it”.

🟡🔵🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe are expected to complete formal steps for Anderson Talisca deal with Al Nassr soon. Almost there. 🏁

🚨🦇 Carlos Corberán, set to sign as new Valencia head coach until June 2027 as replacement for Baraja. Release clause over €3m triggered and Corberán will sign for Valencia in the next 24h.

🚨 Rúben Amorim: “Now I'm just focused on improving Marcus, we need a lot in this moment from a talented guy like Marcus”. “I forget, for now, the interview. I just see what I see on the pitch”.

🚨 Amorim on Rashford interview on his future: “I'm always here for helping Marcus as another player. They chose to do that interview, it's not just Marcus, and I understand that”.

🚨 Rúben Amorim on Rashford situation: “I understand that this kind of players, they have a lot of people around them… making some choices that are not sometimes the first idea from the player”. “It's a hard situation, of course”.

⚪️⚫️🇧🇷 Pedro Caixinha signs in as new Santos head coach, deal done. New CEO and director will be Pedro Martins. Both agreements are sealed.

🚨🟢 Sporting are set to sack their head coach João Pereira after he replaced Rúben Amorim few weeks ago. The decision has been made today, as Record reports. João Pereira will leave the club.

🚨👀 January signings after Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling’s injuries? Mikel Arteta: “My intention right now is to get the best of what we have”.

🚨🦇 Rúben Baraja has just been sacked by Valencia board. He’s no longer the head coach, it’s over.

🔴⚪️ Arteta on replacing Saka out for weeks: “I’m putting some ideas together, we will be doing new things as we did when Ødegaard was out”. “Gabi has played there, Nwaneri and Trossard… also Havertz can play there. We will talk internally and see what’s the best solution”.

🚨🔴 Monza manager Alessandro Nesta has been fired, decision made today by the board after defeat vs Juventus.

🚨 Mikel Arteta confirms Bukayo Saka: “It’s not looking good. He’s going to be out for MANY weeks”. “It’s a huge blow, but it’s going to be a big exercise for us to overcome another challenge”.

🚨⚠️ Mikel Arteta: “Raheem Sterling will also be out for weeks. He’s suffered an injury, it’s his knee”. “He will be assessed again in the next days to understand how long he will be out”.