Chelsea are set to sign French defender Mamadou Sarr from partner club Strasbourg. The £11.9m deal for the 19-year-old central defender, who has played just 14 times for Strasbourg, is with a view for him to join in the summer.

Chelsea have agreed a fee in the region of around €13-15 million ($13.5 - $15.6m) for Strasbourg center-back Mamadou Sarr.

Chelsea are set to sign teenage defender Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg. An agreement is in place over a €14million (£11.9m; $14.4m) deal for Chelsea to sign the centre-back at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Iron Maiden will not be back on tour before May, yet the heavy metal band frontman Bruce Dickinson was on stage on Sunday, taking part in a veteran fencing competition in northern France.

Chelsea and Arsenal both enjoyed 5-0 wins and Manchester City slumped to a 4-2 derby defeat to Manchester United.

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West Ham United are closing in on an agreement with Chelsea to reunite Kyle Macaulay with newly-appointed head coach Graham Potter as a recruitment analyst. The 38-year-old joined Potter at Chelsea when he was appointed manager in September 2022.

West Ham are closing in on an agreement with Chelsea to reunite manager Graham Potter with trusted recruitment guru Kyle Macaulay. While Macaulay is being targeted as a recruitment analyst, his arrival at West Ham could be seen as a blow to under-pressure technical director Tim Steidten,

Long-time “confidant” Kyle Macaulay is set join up once again with Graham Potter, who recently returned to football management after a nearly two-year (paid) sabbatical. Potter was appointed the new head coach at West Ham United a couple weeks ago,