Fabrizio Romano has verified claims Chelsea can back out of their conditional obligation to buy Jadon Sancho from Manchester United, and the trusted reporter has revealed what the Blues' intentions are.

Fabrizio Romano has revealed the “crucial point” among two reasons why Chelsea have beaten Manchester United to the signing of Sporting’s Geovany Quenda. Ruben Amorim handed Quenda his debut at Sporting and the teenager became a key part of his side before Amorim left for United in November,

There was a lot of satisfaction among Chelsea staff on Friday after news broke of their agreement with Sporting CP to sign Geovany Quenda. Not only have the club secured a talented player who they deem to be among the top three under-23 wingers in the world — summer arrival Estevao Willian from Palmerias is another (initial €34million/£29m/$37m fee agreed in advance last June) and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal is the third — but they feel delighted all the preparation was done without any leaks about their interest coming to light.

Chelsea's challenge for a place in next season's Champions League faltered in a toothless 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as Fulham beat Tottenham 2-0.Victory for Fulham propels Marco Silva's men into the race for Champions League places as they climb to eighth,

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Playing at home against a Chelsea side without a real centre-forward upfront, Arsenal who were themselves playing with a false-nine felt very comfortable. The Blues offered very little in the final third when they had the ball and couldn’t really keep it,