Chelsea ‘proud’ of 42-man ‘first-team pool’ with a total of 191 years remaining on their deals

Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol has been told that Chelsea are proud of the fact that the 42 players they have in their first-team pool .

Before the summer transfer window opened, the Blues had already spent around £1billion on transfers since a Todd Boehly-led consortium took over the Stamford Bridge outfit in May 2022.

Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix who has previously been on loan at is set to become their tenth signing of the summer transfer window with Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall among other high-profile arrivals this summer.

And Jamie Carragher is one of a number of pundits who have expressed their concern at the volume of players coming through the door at Chelsea over the past couple of years.

: I don’t why as a player I would…

Arsenal transfer: Arteta ‘phones’ Man Utd target as deal gathers pace with ‘no wage issues’

Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Raheem Sterling after Mikel Arteta called the Chelsea winger, according to reports.

Sterling was left out of the Blues first two squads of the new Premier League season after making 43 appearances in all competitions last term.

And new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has made it very clear to Sterling that he does not see him as part of his plans for the rest of the season, as he and others train away from the other first-team players.

Last week, Maresca revealed that there were and he has told the players he doesn t want that they are free to leave.

I prefer to be honest with players, Maresca told a press conference on Wednesday. The ones who are not involved are not going to be involved and they won t get any minute…

Ten Hag sack? Van Nistelrooy ‘will be Man Utd manager by the end of the season’

Ruud van Nistelrooy will take over from Erik ten Hag as Man Utd manager by the end of the season, according to That s Football podcast presenter Will Brazier.

Ten Hag had a disastrous campaign in the Premier League last term with the Red Devils finishing eighth and taking steps backwards after his first season in charge,

and a lack of suitable candidates saw Ten Hag given a one-year contract extension over the summer.

INEOS have seemingly put their faith in Ten Hag to lead their efforts to overhaul recruitment and take back to challenging for the Premier League title on a regular basis.

However, this season has started badly with an opening day victory over Fulham followed by back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Liverpool in the Premier League.

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Man City ‘offer more than’ £84m for ‘bombshell’ signing with Guardiola ‘willing to do whatever’

Man City boss Pep Guardiola is ready to do whatever it takes to land Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, according to reports.

The Citizens have made a brilliant start to the new Premier League season with wins over Chelsea, Ipswich Town, West Ham and Brentford pushing them top of the Premier League.

It comes after won their fourth consecutive title with 115 charges hanging over them over alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial fair play rules.

Kevin de Bruyne was one of numerous Man City players who were linked with moves away from the Etihad Stadium in the summer transfer window.

There was speculation that the Belgium international was keen on moving to Saudi Arabia with a number of Saudi Pro League clubs believed to be interested.

Crab Sports Is Newest Maryland Online Sports Betting Operator

Crab Sports, which may be the most appropriately named online sportsbook in the history of sports betting, launched its operations today after receiving a license from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.

On July 10, Crab Sports successfully completed its necessary controlled demonstration of its online sports wagering platform. It received its online sports wagering license from the MLGCC and launched today, becoming the 11th online sportsbook to launch in Maryland.

Two things Marylanders love: Crabs and their state flag.

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Crab Sports Newest to Maryland

Crab Sports received its online sports betting operator license from the Maryland Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) in February. The n…

Missouri Sports Teams Want to Put Sports Betting in Hands of Voters

With legislation likely being bogged down again this year, six Missouri sports teams want to put sports betting legalization into the hands of state voters.

The St. Louis Blues, Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis CITY SC, and the Kansas City Current started collecting the necessary 171,592 verified signatures to place a sports betting initiative on the state s November general election ballot.

While the coalition submitted eight possible initiative petitions to the Missouri Secretary of State, the being circulated to state voters will set the sports betting tax rate at 10%, allow state teams and casinos to operate retail and online sports betting.

Missouri s Sports Betting Quagmire

The coalition started to gather signatures …