🚨Morgan Rogers on what Declan Rice said to him during Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Arsenal:
🎙️ Reporter: “Morgan, there was a moment where you looked furious after a challenge from Declan Rice. What happened?”
🗣️ Morgan Rogers: “We had the ball and we were moving forward. I was making the run for Palmer to find me.
I dodged his leg the first time and kept going. Then the second time, he came from behind and clipped my heel. I went down, and the referee just waved play on.
That really annoyed me.
I was protesting to the referee, asking how that wasn’t a foul, and then Rice came over and said, ‘We are the champions.’
Honestly, that made me even more furious.
I respect Declan, I really do. But why commit a foul and then respond to me like that?
Maybe he was trying to get into my head, maybe it was just the emotion of the game, but at that moment, he lost my respect.
You can compete, you can talk, you can be aggressive, that’s football. But when you foul someone and then mock them about it, I didn’t appreciate that at all.
I was angry in that moment, and I’m not going to pretend I wasn’t.”
🚨 Xabi Alonso on the refereeing against Arsenal:
🎙️ “I’m not going to complain about the referee. But when Gabriel kicks our goalkeeper in the face and VAR says there’s nothing to see, you start wondering what exactly we need VAR for.”
“You can accept losing to a better team, but when decisions like these keep going against you, it becomes difficult to stay quiet.”
“If this is how Arsenal won the league last season, then I understand why they were so difficult to stop.”
“We played against Arsenal, their quality and the officials today. I just hope this isn’t what we should expect throughout the season.”
🚨 Folarin Balogun transfer from Monaco to Everton off. Deal for 25yo #ASMonaco striker renegotiated after issues during medical & deal sheet submitted; but USA international decided not to proceed + left #EFC training ground without signing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/uXjWE3Nd95
Lamine Camara, one of the craziest sagas of deadline day.🇸🇳
- Chelsea saw two bids rejected and moved on to other targets
- Chelsea sold Enzo Fernandez for £125m
- Chelsea content to not sign a midfielder
- Monaco continued to block a sale after £40m Flo Balogun sale to Everton agreed
- Issues with Balogun's medical prompting Everton to turn to Josh Zirkzee
- Monaco urgently needed a sale
- €55m Camara fee agreed
- Camera now undergoing his Chelsea medical
Chelsea have still a lot of work to do but getting through each case one-by-one:
- Washington and Kellyman to Strasbourg + one other on loan, potentially Mudryk.
- Mudryk also has Premier League options,
- Badiashile should join Napoli on loan,
- No shortage of suitors for Sarr (Sociedad and Al-Hilal, alongside PL options),
- Jackson has interest from Atleti and Villa but £65m price is tough for suitors,
- Mheuka has plenty of loan interest and his taking his pick carefully,
- Delap, Tosin, Guiu, Datro Fofana and Wiley need solutions.
🚨 OFFICIAL: FIFA suspensions following post Argentina-Spain clash, including 10 games ban for Paredes, 7 for Nahuel Molina and 1 for Pablo Gavi.
🇦🇷 Paredes: 10-game ban + $90,000 fine
🇦🇷 Molina: 7-game ban + $90,000 fine
🇦🇷 Almada: 1-game ban + $30,000 fine
🇦🇷 Ayala: 3-game ban + $30,000 fine
🇪🇸 Gavi: 1-game ban + $30,000 fine
Suspensions are confirmed to be for the national team games. ⚠️
BREAKING: Cleveland, Denver and the Clippers have agreed on a trade sending Peyton Watson to the Cavaliers, Max Strus to LA, and an unprotected 2031 Cavs first-round pick and a 2032 Kings second-rounder to the Nuggets, sources tell ESPN.
Watson will sign a new four-year, $88 million deal to join the Cavaliers, plus a player option and a trade kicker.
🚨PEP GUARDIOLA ON CHELSEA:
🗣️“People will laugh when I say this, but I don’t care. Chelsea are the best club in the world in the 21st century.
Their mentality, their history, the way they build teams… even when they struggle, they always find a way back.
If you ask me which club I would never want to face at their best, it’s Chelsea.
I have enormous respect for them. The Premier League needs Chelsea at the top.”
🚨 BREAKING: THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HAVE BEEN SOLD AGAIN. 🚨
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger are reportedly purchasing the Lakers for a RECORD-BREAKING $12 BILLION, per @ramonashelburne