Through to the last 32. 🇦🇷👏

The knockouts await! ⏳🇫🇷

🚨 Trevoh Chalobah is already the subject of enquiries from clubs in England and abroad. He is highly regarded at Chelsea, and they are in no rush to sell him. He has two years left on his contract, but there is an option for an extra year.

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 Chalobah on his World Cup call up:

“I was literally in Times Square. I went to the shops to get something. It was when I got back to my hotel I saw Thomas had texted, but it was two hours before. I didn’t see the message for two hours. I wasn’t on my phone, I was just walking around the city. Got back to the hotel, looked at my phone and he had asked if I could call him.

My heart just dropped. I wouldn’t say I was ready, but I was on holiday in New York already, just planning my holiday and not thinking about the World Cup. I just got the text on the Monday, I was surprised and I was ready to go.’’

Chalobah on Tuchel: “When I was at Chelsea, he tried to bring me to Bayern. We’ve always had that special relationship. He’s the one that gave me my debut in 2021 in my breakthrough season. So we’ve always had that.”

Chalobah on Xabi Alonso: “We are all excited to work with him. He’s a manager like that, an ex-player as well, coming in and automatically you can just feel the presence, knowing what he is going to demand.’’

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Chelsea are interested in Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix.

It is understood the Blues want to sign a centre-back this summer and Lacroix is one of their main targets for the position.

There are three or four other names they are also considering.

With three years remaining on his contract, Palace are not under pressure to cash in, but they would consider selling at the right price and are in a reasonably strong negotiating position. They would also need to find a replacement before allowing Lacroix to leave.

[The Athletic; first reported elsewhere]

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Pedro Neto starts for Portugal against Uzbekistan! 🇵🇹🔵

Marco Palestra’s future is set to be decided in the coming days, with Inter Milan facing major competition from Chelsea and another Premier League side for one of Europe’s most promising players.

The 21-year-old spent last season on loan from Atalanta at Cagliari and was named Serie A defender of the year.

His rise has attracted a host of top clubs and Inter have been working to land the Italy international for €45million plus €5m in bonuses but an agreement has yet to be reached between the clubs.

Palestra made 37 appearances on loan at Cagliari last term, scoring one goal.

The right-back has two caps for his country, having made his international debut in March of this year.

[davidornstein - The Athletic; interest first reported by gianlucadimarzio - Sky Italy]

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𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Chelsea have reached an agreement in principle with Atalanta for defender Marco Palestra.

The deal is understood to be worth €57 million (£49.1m) plus €3 million (£2.6m) in bonuses - a 10% sell-on clause will also be included.

On Wednesday morning, the final bureaucratic and legal details between all parties are expected to be finalised.

[gianlucadimarzio]

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