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🟢 NEW: Liverpool have an OPTION to sign Ronald Araujo permanently for around £47MILLION next summer! 🔴🇺🇾

There was no loan fee, while Araujo accepted a small pay cut to help facilitate his move from Barcelona. 🚫

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🔴 Dominik Szoboszlai had to fill in at right-back for last weekend and I'd be surprised if it was the last time this season that happens.

"I haven't found any situation where a player has told me, 'No, I don't want to play here'," Andoni Iraola said earlier.

"We have discussions but everyone wants to help. If we have to play Dom as a right winger, as a right-back or a midfielder, he wants to help the team first.

"We have some injuries now and we need the versatility of the players, players like Dom. Even in the game they have to change positions."

🔵🔴 Thiago Silva on Estevao’s situation at Chelsea under Xabi Alonso:

🔷️ 🗣️ Thiago Silva: “I spoke with Estevao recently. I told him, ‘Don’t panic because you’ve sat on the bench for a few games. You’re 19 years old at Chelsea, not 29 and running out of time.’

🔷️ He wants to play centrally. I understand that because when you watch him with the ball, you understand why. But then I told him, ‘Look at who is playing there. Palmer is there, Rogers can play there. Are you asking the coach to remove them because you’re talented?’

🔷️ At Palmeiras, everybody already knew who Estevao was. At Chelsea, he has to make them know again.

🔷️ He told me he doesn’t want to change his game or become bigger just because people say the Premier League is physical. I said, ‘Good. Don’t wake up tomorrow trying to become Adama Traore.’

🔷️ That’s not why Chelsea bought him. They bought the boy who receives the ball and wants to dribble past somebody. Keep that. But also understand Xabi has to win football matches.

🔷️ The best young players sometimes think the manager has to find a place for them. No. Make it impossible for him not to.

🔷️ If Estevao gets 20 minutes, make the next team selection uncomfortable for Xabi. If he gets 30, make people ask why it wasn’t 60. Eventually you stop asking where you fit in the system because the manager starts changing the system to fit you.

🔷️ That’s what I would tell him. Don’t fight Palmer. Don’t fight Neto. Don’t fight Xabi Alonso.

🔷️ Fight the idea that Chelsea can be better without you on the pitch.”

🤕 Giovanni Leoni is set to return to training during the international break, while Joe Gomez could make his own return next week.

Andoni Iraola has revealed that Federico Chiesa is also eyeing an international break comeback, but reiterated that will remain without Conor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike for the foreseeable future.

🗣️ “The closest one is Joe. Joe will probably start training with us next week and it has gone normally, the recovery, from a muscle injury, more or less we were expecting the time on this. I hope we can have him before the break, let’s say.

🗣️ “I think the next one probably should be Giovanni Leoni. I think the plan is also to start training during the break, with the group. I think even Fede should be around those dates and probably Conor, and especially Hugo, will go later, yes.”

Another 3 points is waiting for arsenal

At Chelsea, he once took on the iconic No. 8 worn by Frank Lampard. 🔵8️⃣

Now, in his new adventure with Manchester City, he has chosen the legendary No. 17 of Kevin De Bruyne. 🩵1️⃣7️⃣

𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗔. 🥶

United to face Everton with overloaded joy 😂

Wetin you dey do, Victor Boniface? 😄