Romelu Lukaku faces club fine despite having apology accepted by Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel confirms that Lukaku is determined to take responsiblity for his words

Blossoming Reece James a source of pride for Chelsea and their academy

21-year-old’s complete performance against Juventus suggests the sky is the limit

Tuchel gets on his strikers' backs about who needs to be scoring more for Chelsea

Manager will be without some of his top strikers for Malmö trip

Patrick Vieira credits Man City with coaching career as he goes back to Arsenal

Former captain says coaching ambitions came after time as a player under Wenger

Tuchel says Chelsea were not in running to sign Kane

Manager says it would have been interesting to see how Spurs star fared under Guardiola

Manchester City and PSG drawn in same Champions League group

Chelsea in group with Juventus, Man United handed favourable draw

Romelu Lukaku returns to Chelsea a ‘more complete’ player after time in Serie A

Belgian striker vows to live up to his €115m price tag on return to Stamford Bridge

Romelu Lukaku completes the main part of his Chelsea medical

Chelsea has agreed to pay Internazionale €115m (£97.5m) to re-sign the striker

Nuno to talk with Harry Kane ‘soon’ as striker returns

Tottenham have also made a move for Internazionale’s Lautaro Martínez

Inter Milan reject Chelsea’s €100m bid for Romelu Lukaku

Lukaku is seen as a more realistic target than Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland

Chelsea in talks with Sevilla over signing of central defender Koundé

Tuchel’s team also in the hunt for new No 9 and have targeted Erling Haaland, Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane and Robert Lewandowski

New Italy has veered away from the ‘Spanish-isation’ of its game

Italy concluded in 2010 that the only way to beat the Spanish was to try to become more like them

Leonardo Spinazzola’s pace providing Italy with an edge up front

Full-back’s ability to race forward and join the attack is proving a handful for opponents

Spain coach Enrique wants police to act on fan abuse of Morata and his family

Spain’s opponents Croatia will be without Ivan Perisic for match in Copenhagen

Euro 2020 Group C: Netherlands no longer look like potential winners

Austria have a great chance of reaching the knock out stages for the first time

Euro 2020 Group A: Italian renaissance will need goals

Team guide: Wales will need some Gareth Bale magic while Turkey are a threat

Zinedine Zidane decides to leave Real Madrid with immediate effect

The Spanish giants have failed to win a trophy for the first time in 11 seasons

United, Liverpool and City apologise to fans for European Super League fiasco

Andrea Agnelli, project’s founder and Juventus chairman, accepts breakaway is over

Liverpool face tricky test against United’s conquerors RB Leipzig

Mixed fortunes for Chelsea and Manchester City in last 16 draw

Tottenham offer out of favour Dele Alli to PSG

He was also offered to Real Madrid in negotiations to bring Gareth Bale back

Same old Chelsea weaknesses remain impossible to ignore

They’re not the finished article, even after spending more than £200m this summer

Chelsea reject Inter offers for Kanté, including Eriksen in part-exchange

Italian club also offered Marcelo Brozovic as part of a deal

Sleeping giants: A look at AC Milan as they draw Shamrock Rovers

European aristocrats have gone nine years without a Scudetto - but they have got Zlatan

What are Messi’s options if he can force a Barcelona exit?

If he does leave the Catalan capital, Messi may surprise everyone with his next move

Nine games in a decade when Pep was undone by ill luck or overthinking

Guardiola’s failures at Barcelona, then Bayern Munich and now Manchester City

Alexis Sánchez joins Inter to save Man United €46.5m in wages

Chilean forward’s forgettable stint at Old Trafford ends as loan is made permanent

Olivier Giroud is a man making up for lost time at Chelsea

French World Cup winner: ‘my body is ready to play a few more years at the best level’

Buon appetito, ragazzi: Italian football jumps straight back in

Coppa Italia kicks things off before 124 Serie A games scheduled in a span of 44 days

Inter Milan players all test negative for coronavirus

Nearly all Serie A clubs have re-started training on an individual basis this week

Manchester City scouting teenage Ajax forward Sontje Hansen

Netherlands player won golden boot at 2019 Under-17 World Cup

Manchester United investigating signings as Joshua King deal looks doubtful

Shanghai Shenhua’s Odion Ighalo among players under consideration as deadline nears

Carlo Ancelotti signs four-and-a-half-year Everton deal

He is expected to be assisted by his son, Davide for the club’s relegation battle

Arsenal lucky to escape with a draw against Standard Liège

Bukayo Saka to the rescue as Arsenal avail of slice of luck to top Europa League group

No divided loyalties for Mourinho as Tottenham face Man United

On the eve of Spurs manager’s return to Old Trafford, there’s not a syllable out of place

Dele Alli can be Mourinho’s project player at Spurs

Attacker looks rejuvenated as he runs rings around West Ham’s flimsy midfield

‘Argentino’ Pochettino can’t wait to feel the heat in Greece

Spurs boss relishing trip as 2019 runners-up kick off campaign

Solskjær has seen positives at United but also basic errors

Manager has seen his side control last two games but come away with just one point

Technical director no longer top of Manchester United’s priorities

Ed Woodward is content with how recruitment has been dealt with this summer

Transfer window so far: La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1

Who is in and who is out in Europe’s four big leagues outside of the Premier League

Denis Suarez joins Arsenal on loan after extending Barcelona contract

Catalan club have protected the value of their player by extending his contract to 2021

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