Chelsea agrees Werner's deal

Chelsea have offered a £200,000 a week contract for RB Leipzig Striker, Timo Werner. The Germany international has a €55m(£49.4m) release clause which expires on Monday June 15.

 The RB Leipzig striker is reported to also show interest in Liverpool and Manchester united.

He had once publicly indicated his preference to move to Premier League Giants Liverpool but they were unwilling to pay the release clause in the current climate.

That allowed Chelsea to move in for their prime forward target, and the 24-year-old Germany born is happy to play for Frank Lampard's young Chelsea side. His priority has always been to sign for a Champions League club where he can play regularly.

Werner will join Hakim Ziyech, who is joining from Ajax for £33m on July 1, as new additions at Stamford Bridge following their controversial transfer bank being lifted by FIFA in December last year.

The club are also interested in bringing in a new left-back with Leicester's Ben Chilwell their number one target.

Chelsea records their first preseason win against St Patrick

Chelsea picked up their first win of the summer in Ireland as goals from Mason Mount, Emerson and Giroud ensured the win for the blues.


 It was Chelsea's second game of the preseason following a midweek run out with Bohemians and the win goes down as the first of Frank Lampard's managerial reign.


20-year-old midfielder Mason Mount broke the deadlock after 15 minutes through Mateo Kovacic's perfectly placed through ball.

Emerson doubled the lead with half hour on the clock as the defender's beat the keeper from distance.

Olivier Giroud converted Kenedy's cross from close range midway through the second half and added the fourth with a beautiful single-handed run.

The result makes it a winning conclusion to the blues' first tour of the summer and the team will now return home before flying out to Japan on Monday.

Barcelona officially signs Antoine Griezmann

Atletico Madrid's forward, Antoine Griezmann officially agreed terms with rival club and Spanish football giant, FC Barcelona.


The former Real Sociedad forward and 2018 World Cup winner, has signed at the Camp Nou for the next five seasons through to 2024 in a £107m deal.



The move caused quite a stir, as Atleti recently hit out at both Griezmann and Barça for their conduct after it was revealed that the two parties had been in negotiations and had reached an agreement in March- a time during which Diego Simeone's side were still fighting in the La Liga and the Champions League.


The French superstar becomes Barcelona's third most expensive signings in the Club's history behind Philippe Coutinho and Osumane Dembele.

Griezmann will look to form a lethal trio alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

Frank Lampard's first game in charge of Chelsea ended in a draw.

Frank Lampard unfortunately kicked off his reign with a draw against Bohemians. The Chelsea legend was in charge of the Chelsea team tonight for the first time in the Irish capital.



The blues were held to 1-1 draw at a rain-soaked Dalymount park as Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi first half opener was cancelled by the host's Erik Molloy's strike a minute from time.

Lampard fielded a squad of 22 players most of which are youngsters in the first preseason game of the blues, with two different XIs playing in each half.


Chelsea were particularly dominant in the first half as they took an early lead on the 8th minute when Batshuayi latched home from eight yards.


The blues continued to dominant till the end of the first half, then at the break Lampard made 11 changes as more players were given opportunities to express themselves on the pitch.


The likes of Kurt Zouma, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Lewis Baker, Billy Glamour all featured in the second  XI.



The new fresh legs controlled the start of the second half and they looked as though they will add to their lead, but Bohemians grabbed an 89th minute equaliser through Molloy to keep the final score a tie.

Late Ekong's strike sent Nigeria Super Eagles in to 2019 Afcon semifinals

The super Eagles of Nigeria are through to the semifinals of the 2019 Afcon courtesy of a 2-1 win over South Africa.


In a thrilling encounter between the two African giants. Nigeria's rising star, and later announced man of the match winner, Samuel chukwueze opened the scoreline in the 28th minute of the game. He latched in a decent strike from Arsenal's play maker, Alex Iwobi, skillfully placed cross into the box,ensuring the super eagles getting on the score sheet before half time in Cairo.

South Africa equalised through Bongani Zungu's header with 19 minutes remaining of normal game time making the match seem to be heading for extra time.


Bafana bafana were actually moments away from extra time when a goalkeeping error from Ronwen Williams gave Nigeria a late winner in Cairo.


William Troost-Ekong made no mistake as he headed home Nigeria's second goal of the night, a goal which proved to be the match winner for the Super Eagles.

Nigeria will face the winner of the match between Algeria and Ivory Coast in the Semifinals.

Jade Bailey departs Chelsea

The 23-year-old versatile player joined Liverpool today after representing the blues for 3 seasons.

The England international playing time at Chelsea was limited sadly due to an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury. She therefore spent most of her playing time with the blues on loan at Reading FC. 

 

Bailey decided to join Liverpool as it was officially announced by both parties today. 

Brazil wins 2019 Copa America

Gabriel Jesus scored and assisted on goals before being sent off in Brazil's 3-0 win over Peru in the Copa America final on Sunday.


The hosts opened the scoring in the 15th minute after Gabriel Jesus slipped past two defenders and crossed the ball to Everton to finish first time past Peru keeper Pedro Gallese.

Peru equalised from Paolo Guerrero perfectly converted spot kick, after Thiago Silva was whistled for hand ball. Brazil then took the lead again with Jesus cool finish from the top of the penalty area to put the scoreline at 2-1 before the break.

Jesus was controversialy sent off in the 70th minute for a foul on Carlos Zambrano with the Man City striker being shown a second yellow card




Despite being down a man, Brazil were on the score sheet again as substitute Richarlison converted a penalty to give Brazil their ninth Copa America title.