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Liverpool boss Arne Slot is unsure how serious Curtis Jones injury is after he was forced out of the club’s pre-season friendly against Real Betis.

The 23-year-old limped off with a muscle problem 30 minutes into a 1-0 win at the Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh during the early hours of Saturday morning.

Speaking after his first game in charge of , Slot said: “I think it’s too early to tell (how bad it is). He maybe could have played on, but I think maybe you could see he was not at 100 per cent.

“In a friendly game, with so many days coming up in our tour, it was best to take him off. Hopefully he can recover from (it) really fast, but we have to wait and see.

“We hope he recovers really fast so we can see him in the next few games.”

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Barcelona appear to be set for a wave of departures as the club funds the deals they have already pulled off through the current window with only a handful of players exempt from being considered for sale.

Ten players, including Ilkay Gundogan, could leave this summer as Hansi Flick reportedly wants to restructure his squad.

Before the window closes, Barcelona will likely witness plenty of players come and go as Flick tries to mould the team into his vision. They recently generated nearly £15 million with the sales of Chadi Riad, Marc Guiu, and Estanis Pedrola, and paid a minor sum to land Pau Víctor from Girona.

has claimed that Gundogan is one of numerous names who have been put on the transfer list.

More players will be sold in the upcoming weeks.…

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 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…

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 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.