Chelsea beat Gotham as Bronze makes debut
Gotham FC 1-3 Chelsea
Sonia Bompastor's first game in charge of Chelsea started an era she will hope to continue as the team defeated National Women's League Soccer champions Gotham FC 3-1.
The Blues, who are defending Women's Super League champions, were 2-0 up inside 15 minutes thanks to a brace from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd.
Aggie Beever-Jones added a third just before half an hour but Jess Carter, who signed for Gotham from Chelsea this summer, scored before the break to see the score 3-1.
There were no more goals in the second half to seal Bompastor's winning start.
Chelsea fans also got to see England international Lucy Bronze in Blues colours for the first time. She signed from Barcelona this summer.
Chelsea agree Felix fee in principle
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter
Chelsea have agreed a fee in principle for Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix, with Conor Gallagher moving in the other direction as part of the deal.
The fee for the 24-year-old Portugal international is undisclosed, but it will allow him to return to Stamford Bridge on a six-year deal with an option for a further season.
Felix's move, which is subject to a medical, will bring him back after a 2023 loan spell at Chelsea.
He scored four goals in 20 appearances in his previous spell in west London.
England midfielder Gallagher, meanwhile, is set to sign a five-year deal with Atletico.
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Strasbourg set to sign Mara
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter
RC Strasbourg are set to sign Southampton forward Sekou Mara for £10.2million.
The 22-year-old has travelled to France to complete a medical and sign a new five-year deal at the French top flight club.
The move will see Mara return to France after the Saints originally signed the France Under-21 international from Bordeaux for £11m in 2022.
Strasbourg is Chelsea's sister club which is also owned by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital under the parent company BlueCo.
The Alsace club shares the same football philosophy as Chelsea and is now managed by former Hull City manager Liam Rosenior, who replaced Patrick Vieira over the summer.
Strasbourg have also signed Diego Moreira, Andrey Santos and Caleb Wiley from Chelsea and have interest in adding goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
Southampton, meanwhile, have undergone significant change this summer by signing 10 senior players for Russell Martin's first team, including Cameron Archer, Ben Brereton Diaz and Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
What has Maresca said about Sterling?
Raheem Sterling's team released a statement on Sunday saying they wanted clarity over the decision to leave the 29-year-old out of the matchday squad to play Manchester City in the Premier League.
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was asked about the statement after the game, which the Blues lost 2-0.
He said: âThe only thing I can say was a technical decision and we will find clarity.
âAll the players, if they want to be Chelsea players we want to try and see how we can use them. I want Raheem Sterling but we have 30 players. Raheem, we will clarify in the next days.â
Sterling to Juventus?
Raheem Sterling's Chelsea future is being surrounded by rumours after he was left out of their first Premier League squad of the season on Sunday.
One of the latest reports, from the Daily Mail, external, says Juventus have enquired about the England international to potentially sign the winger.
The report says the Italian club had registered their interest prior to Chelsea's game against Manchester City at the weekend.
It is thought Juventus would need to sell some players in order to afford the 29-year-old.
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Solanke's debut in numbers
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur's new striker Dominic Solanke made his debut for Spurs last night following his £65m move from Bournemouth.
Solanke certainly kept Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen busy. The forward had three shots, all from inside of the penalty area and all of them were on target.
The 26-year-old had a personal expected goals (xG) value of 0.34 in the match, the highest of any Tottenham player and the second highest of the whole match, only behind Leicester goal scorer Jamie Vardy (0.8).
However, of Solanke's three shots, one of them was labelled a 'big chance', making him one of three players to not convert a big chance.
Solanke completed 15 of his 19 attempted passes and of the 10 duels he was involved in, he was successful in eight of them.
'Spurs not sharp'
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
Gary Rose
BBC Sport
Tottenham showed off their big summer signing Dominic Solanke in this game, with the ex-Bournemouth forward brought in to provide the cutting edge that was missing at times last season.
But the familiar issues in front of goal were here once again, with Solanke as guilty as any of his new team-mates of missing decent opportunities.
He twice failed to make the most of chances to mark his debut with a goal by directing tame headers at the goalkeeper, but it is early days and plenty of time for both himself and Tottenham to work on their sharpness in front of goal.
In the first half Tottenham looked every bit a side capable of fighting for a top-four finish, but a lacklustre second half shows there's lots of room for improvement.
Bentancur 'up and communicating' after head injury
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter
Rodrigo Bentancur is conscious after his head injury at Leicester, Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou confirmed.
The midfielder clashed heads with Abdul Fatawu and then landed heavily at a Spurs corner. He needed over five minutes of treatment before being carried off with 12 minutes left.
"He is up and communicating," said Postecoglou. "Itâs a head injury and weâll leave it in the hands of the medical team but heâs conscious and communicating. Nowadays weâre always cautious in the moment.
"I donât know the actual circumstances (of what happened)."
It was more injury woe for the Uruguay international at the King Power Stadium. In February 2023 he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during a 4-1 win, in which he scored.
The knee injury sidelined him for eight months.
Match stats
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
If you looked just at the match stats and not at any of the match action from Monday night's draw at the King Power Stadium, you probably would be wondering how on earth Tottenham Hotspur did not take all three points against Leicester City.
Across the whole game, Tottenham had 70.5% of the possession and in the first half, averaged 72.4% of the ball.
Spurs had 15 shots in the match compared to Leicester's seven. Of that seven, the Foxes managed just one in the first half.
In the opposition's box, Tottenham managed 62 touches. Leicester, meanwhile, mustered just 11.
Perhaps the most telling statistic from last night's game is the expected goal (xG) values. Despite Tottenham's dominance for large parts of the match, they both finished with similar xG values. Tottenham's was higher, ending with 1.18, with Leicester only fractionally behind at 1.05.
Wolves make loan offer for Ramsdale
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter
Wolves have made an offer to Arsenal to take Aaron Ramsdale on loan for the season with the option to make the move permanent next summer.
Ramsdale lost his place as Arsenalâs first choice goalkeeper following the arrival of David Raya on loan last season. Rayaâs move has since been made permanent and is a key part of the Arsenal backline.
The offer for Ramsdale was sent on Monday.
Ramsdaleâs contract runs until 2026 and has the option to be extended for a further year.
We were wasteful - Postecoglou
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou was not as happy with the result, especially with the chances Spurs had.
Spurs had 15 shots at goal and seven of which were on target. They also had 62 touches in the box, compared to Leicester's 11.
Postecoglou said: "A disappointing outcome for us. I thought we were excellent first half, controlled the game and were really dominant with our football, just wasteful in front of goal. The same in the second half."
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'Vardy is the James Anderson of football'
Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
BBC Radio 5 Live
Leicester's Jamie Vardy was compared to former England cricketer James Anderson on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning by The Athletic reporter Jack Pitt-Brooke as the former England player scored his 104th Premier League goal after the age of 30.
Pitt-Brooke said: "[104] Premier League goals in his 30 which makes him the James Anderson of English football.
"His ability to stay as fit and sharp and quick, even now after such a long career is such a marvel. He used his personality to turn the game around. Leicester were no where for that first hour until Vardy turned the game on its head."
And on if Vardy should have scored a second, he said: âThat was just such a classic Vardy moment. Everybody expected him to score because weâve all seen him score that exact goal a million times over the last 10 or 12 years.
"He look devastated to have missed it. Frustrating for him but again just a sign of how sharp his movement still is."