CHELSEA are reportedly in talks to loan Antonio Rudiger to AC Milan for the season to reduce their wage bill after excessive spending spree Milan are keen to push through a season-long loan deal for Rudiger before the transfer window closes, according to Sky Sports . Rudiger, 27, has fallen out of favour at the Bridge and has entered the last two years of his contract. Spurs and PSG had also been in the race to land the defender. But Milan have emerged as favourites as Chelsea would prefer to ship him abroad rather than to a rival club. The Blues are keen to off-load Rudiger in a bid to reduce their wage bill. Over the summer they have splashed out on several new players, bringing their total spend to a whopping £230million. CHELSEA NEWS LIVE: Click here for the latest Blues news Hakim Ziyech cost £36m to sign from Ajax , with £45m spent on Leicester’s Ben Chilwell. Meanwhile, Chelsea paid £47m to release Timo Werner from his RB Leipzig … [Read more...] about Chelsea in talks to loan Rudiger to AC Milan in season-long transfer to reduce growing wage bill after spending spree
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Chelsea almost signed Lionel Messi in sensational transfer after ‘private phone call with Jose Mourinho’ in 2004
LIONEL MESSI came incredibly close to joining Chelsea after a long phone call with Jose Mourinho, according to reports. The Barcelona superstar had a heart-to-heart chat over the phone with The Special One over a potential Stamford Bridge move in 2004. Sky Italia claim the conversation followed Mourinho’s incredible final season in charge of Porto ahead of his appointment as boss of the Blues. Mourinho , then a rising managerial star, led the Portuguese giants to the 2004 Champions League final. In May that year, they beat Didier Deschamps’ Monaco to claim the biggest prize in club football. CHELSEA NEWS LIVE: Click here for the latest Blues news A month later Mourinho, 57, now at Tottenham, went on to become the new boss of Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea. And Sky Italia claim Messi , who turned 17 a month into the former Porto manager’s reign at Stamford Bridge , made his first attempt to try and leave Barcelona. But a move never came to fruition and the … [Read more...] about Chelsea almost signed Lionel Messi in sensational transfer after ‘private phone call with Jose Mourinho’ in 2004
Tory leadership LIVE: Rishi fuming as Truss goes straight for him ‘Taxes will choke us!’
Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak in profile SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Liz Truss has hit out at Rishi Sunak’s plans to tackle the cost-of-living crisis during ITV’s leadership debate. The Foreign Secretary added: "We need to do better we need to take on Whitehall." She said: “Rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. That is not going to drive economic growth. You raised national insurance even though people like me opposed it in Cabinet at the time, because we could have afforded to fund the NHS through general taxation. “The fact is that raising taxes at this moment will choke off economic growth, it will prevent us getting the revenue we need to pay off the debt.” Trending … [Read more...] about Tory leadership LIVE: Rishi fuming as Truss goes straight for him ‘Taxes will choke us!’
Chelsea new boy Thiago Silva insists ‘I didn’t come to dine out in London, I came to win’ despite debut horror show
THIAGO SILVA insists he came to Chelsea to win, not just to dine out in London. The Brazilian centre-back had a nightmare start to his Blues career with a shaky display against West Brom. Silva, 36, was at fault for Callum Robinson's second goal as the Baggies went 3-0 up in the first half on his debut. But the former Paris-Saint Germain star has leaped to his own defence claiming he is not just here as a tourist. Speaking before Tuesday's Carabao Cup penalty shootout loss to Tottenham, he told Chelsea's official programme: "I'm not here just to go through the motions, or just for the experience, I'm here to win. CHELSEA NEWS LIVE: Click here for the latest Blues news "I want everyone to be very clear about that: I'm going to give my all to make sure that Chelsea win. "I didn't come here to dine out in London or visit the tourist sites. I came to play football, to work, and that's what I'm preparing for. "I'm certain, with the group of players we've … [Read more...] about Chelsea new boy Thiago Silva insists ‘I didn’t come to dine out in London, I came to win’ despite debut horror show
Rudiger faces dilemma over Chelsea future amid Tottenham transfer interest as loan deal may mean new Blues contract
ANTONIO RUDIGER faces a dilemma over his Chelsea future amid interest from Tottenham. Spurs are turning to the defender as an alternative to Inter Milan's Milan Skriniar to boost their defence this season. But a loan deal for German Rudiger may also mean him signing a contract extension at Stamford Bridge . Rudgier, 27, has two year left on his current deal and will soon become an even more attractive proposition as his contract winds down. But Chelsea ’s standard policy is to get loan players leaving the club to sign improved terms and then make the loaning club pay the full wages. They did it with striker Michy Batshuayi just a few weeks ago with his temporary move to Crystal Palace. But Rudiger has fallen way down the pecking order under boss Frank Lampard this season and has been dumped from three of the last four squads. CHELSEA NEWS LIVE: Click here for the latest Blues news Sign up to play Dream Team 20/21 now It's completely … [Read more...] about Rudiger faces dilemma over Chelsea future amid Tottenham transfer interest as loan deal may mean new Blues contract
Call Of Duty: Warzone 2 leak reveals November release date
A leaked document listing Activision ’s upcoming releases looks to have revealed Call Of Duty : Warzone 2’s launch date. It’s been about six months since Activision announced it was making a sequel to Call Of Duty: Warzone and, apart from confirming it’s due out this year, we still know next to nothing about it. Activision will finally be talking about the game during a Call Of Duty livestream next month. However, it looks as if one detail – the game’s release date – has leaked ahead of its formal announcement. A document listing upcoming Activision releases seems to have been shared online via a screenshot. Aside from giving away the sequel’s actual name (which is simply Call Of Duty: Warzone 2), it says it will launch on November 16. That’s almost three weeks after Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is listed under its internal codename of Call Of Duty: Cortez and launches on October 28. It’s not surprising that the two games would release relatively … [Read more...] about Call Of Duty: Warzone 2 leak reveals November release date
Kiwi NRL star gets $350 from Mum as ‘Team Ronaldo’ crew inspires him to new heights
Ronaldo Mulitalo gets $350 from his mum every week. “I pay for my petrol, I pay my Uber Eats bills and I’m sweet with that,” the Sharks flyer laughs. Vaega Mulitalo plays a key role in negotiating a new deal with Cronulla, just as she has with each of her son’s contracts, “because she’s not afraid to get in there and ask the tough questions”. The Mulitalo matriarch leads the crew jokingly dubbed “Team Ronaldo” behind his career-best form, comprising a financial advisor, dietician and mind coach and his accredited agent. READ MORE: Former NRL star Corey Norman banned by Super League for 'placing a hand between the buttocks' More of the same, please: Stacey Jones delivers his message to Warriors players Knights stand down two players, Kalyn Ponga fate over toilet incident in NRL's hands “I’m a 23-year-old kid, it’s all sorted for me,” he grins again. “But it’s a solid group we’ve built around me and it’s worked for me this year. I’ve got nothing else to worry about … [Read more...] about Kiwi NRL star gets $350 from Mum as ‘Team Ronaldo’ crew inspires him to new heights
What happened to The Silent Twins? Inside strange case as film starring Letitia Wright to be released
The story of The Silent Twins is one that shocked and baffled the nation almost five decades ago. June and Patricia Gibbons were raised in Wales from a young age and came to public attention after a crime spree that led the girls, who would not communicate with anyone but each other, to spend 11 years in Broadmoor Hospital under maximum security. And now a film about their extraordinary story is set to be released with Black Panther star Letitia Wright as June. Patricia will be portrayed by The Long Song and Kindred’s Patricia Lawrance. Directed by The Lure’s Agnieszka Smoczynska, The Silent Twins is set to be released in the UK on December 9. The film is set to bring renewed interest to a cast that, still to this day, has so many unanswered questions. What really happened to June and Jennifer Gibbons in the ‘60s and why is the case so confusing? Who were The Silent Twins? Identical twins June and Jennifer were from Barbados and moved to the UK during … [Read more...] about What happened to The Silent Twins? Inside strange case as film starring Letitia Wright to be released
“The Undeclared War” star Simon Pegg and creator talk predicting the future
The Simpsons is not the only show that is able to predict the future to a scarily accurate degree, as The Undeclared War has been able to do exactly that. Peacock's new drama is set in 2024 and follows Saara Parvin (Hannah Khalique-Brown), a university student who joins Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) for an apprenticeship as an analyst with Danny Patrick (Simon Pegg). There, Saara is quickly drawn into an intense conflict between the U.K. and Russia when the latter hacks the other country's electoral system that GCHQ need to retaliate to, leading to a series of cyber attacks that are at risk of creating a full-scale war. Pegg and show creator Peter Kosminsky spoke to Newsweek about the way in which the show was able to foresee events, and how "terrifying" it was to dive into the dark realities of cyber warfare. 'The Undeclared War' Star Simon Pegg and Creator Talk Predicting the Future Although set in the near future, the show makes several … [Read more...] about “The Undeclared War” star Simon Pegg and creator talk predicting the future
GTA 6 will have old school single-player DLC and new cities claims leak
A new leak claims the original plan for GTA 5 was to include the whole of Liberty City, before the success of GTA Online changed everything. Considering we know next to nothing about GTA 6 at the moment, with even the various rumours being extremely vague and often contradictory, the last thing you’d expect is for details of the game’s DLC plans to leak out. The leak concerns the idea that GTA 6 will expand over time , something which multiple sources have already talked about. Although it’s something you could easily have just guessed at, given how GTA Online has been supported over the last nine years. However, this new leak claims that major additions to the single-player campaign of GTA 5 were also planned but ended up getting cancelled when GTA Online blew up, and because of the need to work on Red Dead Redemption 2. But apparently Rockstar are keen that the same thing shouldn’t happen with GTA 6. It’s already been reported by other leakers that the world … [Read more...] about GTA 6 will have old school single-player DLC and new cities claims leak