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Fulham London defender Tosin Adarabioyo has refused to extend his contract with the Cottagers, Sky Sports reports.

According to a source, the player is currently a free agent. However, the day before, Tosin passed a medical examination for Chelsea. It is reported that Adarabioyo's transfer will be announced after his contract with Fulham officially expires, that is, on June 30.

Earlier it was reported that Enzo Maresca would become the new coach of Chelsea.

Chelsea winger Mikhail Mudryk has commented on the information that the club will not let him go to the 2024 Olympics.

"I don't know anything yet. Nobody told me anything," - said Mudryk.

Recall, earlier there was information that Chelsea will not let go to the summer Olympics two players - Mudryk and Fernandez.

Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel spoke frankly about the Ukrainian player of the Londoners Mykhailo Mudryk.

"He should get a haircut, stop getting tattoos, and organize everything in his head. If he does that, he will become a very good footballer. Mudryk has speed, strength, and he's a great ball-handler. However, he needs to put himself in order. He needs to forget about his hairstyle and tattoos. Play football and win matches for Chelsea!" Sportskeeda.com quoted Mikel as saying.

The transfer of Ukrainian defender of Arsenal London Oleksandr Zinchenko to Bayern Munich has become unlikely.

According to NowArsenal, the German grandee has revised its priorities for the team's set-up on the left flank of the defense, and it was not in favor of the 27-year-old footballer.

At the moment, Bayern are primarily focused on keeping their left-flank defender Alfonso Davies, who has recently been linked with a possible departure to Real Madrid.

The backup option in this situation for the Munich club is the acquisition of Italian Milan and France defender Theo Hernandez.

And only if Bayern fail to reach an agreement with Davies and fail to acquire Hernandez, the club will turn their eyes towards Zinchenko.

Fiorentina's sporting director Daniele Prada said that Moroccan midfielder Sofiane Amrabat, who played for Manchester United on loan, wants to stay in the Premier League.

- I would like to keep Sofiane in the team. But he doesn't seem to be thinking about it. I think he wants to stay in the Premier League, but no one has approached us yet," said Daniele Prada.

It should be added that last season Sofiane Amrabat played 30 matches for Manchester United. The club bosses are currently deciding on the Moroccan's future.

"Liverpool has made an official statement on the departure of defender Joel Matip and midfielder Thiago Alcantara.

Representatives of the Merseyside club will leave Anfield at the end of their contracts at the end of June.

During his stay at Liverpool, Matip played 200 games, scored 11 goals and won seven titles with the team, including victories in the Champions League and the Premier League.

Thiago has played 98 matches since joining from Bayern Munich in 2020, and during this time the Spaniard has won the FA Cup and the Super Cup.

Manchester United midfielder Casemiro has become a shareholder of the Spanish third division club Marbella. The 32-year-old Brazilian footballer has been officially appointed as a new member of the board of directors.

"I am honored to join Marbella Football Club. My biggest motivation is the club's impressive growth potential. I have visited Marbella several times with my family and we all fell in love with this city, which we want to tie our lives to. I am sure that together we dream of taking Marbella to the top of Spanish football. But for now, we have to enjoy our promotion," Casemiro said.

It should be noted that Marbella was promoted at the end of the 2023/24 season. The team took third place in the regular season and then won the playoffs for promotion.

Former West Ham and Newcastle coach Alan Pardew is ready to take over Burnley and try to get the team back to the English Premier League.

"I haven't had any talks with the club at the moment, otherwise it would be official! It's nice to be associated with them, I think the team is quite good, the owners are well organized and the financial situation is probably better than Leicester's last year.

It would be a huge challenge for me because I would like to get the team back to the Premier League. I've done it before, I've built teams that have returned to the Premier League: "West Ham, Southampton," talkSPORT quoted Pardew as saying.

"Manchester City has filed a lawsuit against the Premier League.

According to the Bombardier telegram channel, citing The Times, Manchester City has decided to file a lawsuit against the Premier League because of restrictions on the rules of commercial and sponsorship agreements owned by or related to the owners of the same club.

Currently, these rules require an independent assessment of transactions for fair market value, which the Citizens consider illegal and incompatible with UK competition law.

These sponsorship deals are linked to 115 accusations of the English champions of violating financial fair play rules since 2009, which could see City relegated to the lower leagues in England. That is why it is very important for the Citizens to win this case in the Premier League.

At the same time, they have already prepared a 165-page document claiming that they are victims of "discrimination." It also describes the rules that were allegedly approved by rivals to suppress their success on the field.

In other words, City opposes the controls without which any deal can be valued at a notional £300 million.

"Brighton are continuing to work on the return of their former head coach Graham Potter, according to The Athletic.

According to a source, Brighton are thinking about bringing back Potter, who turned the Seagulls from an EPL outsider to a solid mid-table side in his 40 months at the club.

Potter was also credited with the progressive style of football that Graham instilled in Brighton, which attracted the attention of big clubs, including Chelsea.

It was Chelsea who lured Potter away in September 2022, paying Graham a record-breaking coaching fee for world football. However, in April 2023, Chelsea fired Potter, who has been out of work ever since.

The Opta statistical agency considers the English national team to be the favourite for the upcoming European Championships in 2024.

Opta gives 19.9% odds on the English team to win, while the top three favourites also include France (19.1%) and Germany (12.4%).

As a reminder, the 2024 European Championship will take place in Germany. The tournament will take place from 14 June to 14 July.

Fenerbahce head coach Jose Mourinho believes that the Manchester City manager likes the chaos at other clubs.

- "MU have improved their game a little bit, but in general, the situation hasn't changed enormously. I think Guardiola likes the chaos at other clubs," said Jose Mourinho.

It will be recalled that Josep Guardiola took over Manchester City in the summer of 2016. During this time, his team became the English champion six times.