Fabrizio Romano

🚨🔵 Wesley Fofana, back available for Chelsea tonight against Southampton after his injury. French defender will be part of the squad, Wes is back ahead of schedule.

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Kylian Mbappe is not training today with the team today due to a dental problem, the club confirms 🦷⚠️ He had a tooth extraction yesterday 👀

🚨🇮🇩 Former Barcelona director Jordi Cruyff has signed in as new Indonesia national team technical director. He’s joining Patrick Kluivert as part of the project wanted by Erick Thohir.

🚨🇪🇬 Arne Slot on Salah’s contract: “If Mo does really well, the more expensive he becomes!”. “If he didn’t play so good, maybe we would have second thoughts about whether we want him to extend”. “Hopefully he will extend”. 🤞🏻

9 years ago today… An 18 year old Marcus Rashford made his Manchester United debut, scoring twice in the Europa League. Time flies. 🥹🔙

🔴✨ Mikel Arteta: “Giving up the title? 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲..” 😤🏆 “If it’s not meant to be, I’d go home. 3 days ago, everyone said that we can close the gap & are 1 and a half games away. But we have to continue..” 💪 “If you want to win the Premier League, you have to do something special”, says Arteta.

🚨🔵 Maresca: “I think Cole Palmer has signed a contract until about 2045!”. 😁 “I don’t think he’s worried at the moment whether we do or don’t play in Champions League, he’s just focused on trying to help the team”.

🚨 Bayern are advancing to the final stages for Joshua Kimmich new deal. As reported last week, proposal improved and the club waiting for final green light. ⚪️👀 No Real Madrid talks… as option number 1, 2 and 3 on Real list remains Trent Alexander-Arnold since March 2024.

🚨 Erik ten Hag: “You’re always working towards a dot on the horizon, but you never get to the horizon”.

🟡🔴🇦🇷 AS Roma are closing in on the agreement to extend Leandro Paredes’ contract. Negotiations moving to the final stages with details to be sorted.

🔵❄️ Maresca on Cole Palmer: “When things are not going well for him, he trains even harder! I love that”. “Every six or seven months we do a physical test. We did it in pre-season. We did it last week. And he was, of all the squad, the strongest one”.

🚨 Serie A president Simonelli reveals their plan together with Premier League to close summer transfer window BEFORE the start of the leagues. “We want the window to close before the start of the league, same for Premier League. But La Liga will NOT close before August 31, it looks like the same also for Bundesliga and Ligue1”. “We’d need unanimity to make it happen and so it’s not easy”.

🚨 Karim Benzema: “Cristiano saying he’s the best in history? I think everyone has the right to say whatever they want, it’s their opinion” 🗣️ “There are many, many for me. For example, the Brazilian Ronaldo…but Cristiano is Cristiano” 💫 “I don’t like to compare players, I think each one of them has his own story and he has his own story. If Cristiano thinks he’s the best, that’s him”, said Karim. …Benzema later proceeded to share a picture of Ronaldo Nozario on his Instagram 👀📱

🚨👀 Bayern director Max Eberl on Leroy Sane’s contract expiring in June 2025: “We will do our job and if we think it is right for Leroy, we will do it. If we think it is not right, we will not do it”. “We're having talks with Leroy and his agency”.

🔴⚪️❤️ New Feyenoord coach Robin van Persie: “Wenger congratulated me and wished me good luck. I think that’s beautiful!”. “Wenger is kind of my ‘football dad’. That’s how I see him”.

🎩 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝑲𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒔 ✖️ 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 🏀 Just 2️⃣ legends of their sport linking up in San Francisco 🇺🇸 One frame. Two icons.

⚪️✨ Most Goal Contributions for Real Madrid this season: 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: 33 🇧🇷 Viní Jr: 29 🇧🇷 Rodrygo: 23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jude Bellingham: 23 “Kylian Mbappe will destabilize the Madrid locker-room”, they said 🤫👀 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑪 𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑶𝑭 𝑴𝑨𝑫𝑹𝑰𝑫.

🚨⭐️ 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Hansi Flick has been named as La Liga’s Manager of the Month for February ✨🔵🔴 ▪️ 5/5 games won (100% success rate) ▪️ 13 goals scored …and he celebrates his 60th birthday today, perfect gift 🎁🤩

🚨⚪️ Carlo Ancelotti on Luka Modric’s contract: “Luka has to continue as long as he wants”. “Modrić is a gift for football. Everything he does, he does very well. Real Madrid are lucky to have a legend like him”.

🚨 OFFICIAL: Manchester United have announced more job cuts. “Manchester United is to transform its corporate structure as part of a series of additional measures to improve the club’s financial sustainability and enhance operational efficiency. The transformation plan aims to return the club to profitability after five consecutive years of losses since 2019. This will create a more solid financial platform from which the club can invest in men’s and women’s football success and improved infrastructure. As part of these measures, the club anticipates that approximately 150-200 jobs may be made redundant, subject to a consultation process with employees. These would be in addition to the 250 roles removed last year”.