Fiyako Tomori says he wasn’t expecting to make the England squad at the start of the season.
Chelsea duo Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori are the new names included in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
However, Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard has been left out as well as Tottenham’s Dele Alli, while Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has also been omitted.
Leicester midfielder James Maddison has also been included after an impressive start to the campaign, while Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings retains his…
The EFL Championship playoff final took centre stage this weekend, with Aston Villa defeating Derby County to secure a return to the English Premier League after three seasons away, while there were mixed fortunes for Africa’s stars as Serie A and Ligue 1 were concluded.
No Championship side has leaned as heavily on African talent this season as Villa, whose squad of bright young things and experienced heads defeated the Rams 2-1 at Wembley in Monday’s final.
There was a ‘Made in Chelsea’ feel about…
Gianfranco Zola talks about Eden Hazard’s injury progress, Frank Lampard’s return to Stamford Bridge and more ahead of the Carabao Cup fixture.
Derby manager Frank Lampard jokes about the prospect of Eden Hazard missing out on Derby’s visit to Chelsea.
LONDON — Frank Lampard’s relationship with Chelsea was not behind the club’s decision to allow Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori to play against them for Derby County in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday, according to Blues assistant Gianfranco Zola.
When the draw was made sources told ESPN FC that Chelsea would not make an exception to their standard policy of not allowing loan players to be eligible against them, but last week the club changed course and announced that they had provided the…
Both Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop felt Jose Mourinho reacted appropriately to the taunts from Chelsea’s assistant coach in the weekend’s draw.
Steve Nicol believes Jose Mourinho was well within his rights to react the way he did after he was taunted by Chelsea assistant coach Mauro Ianni.
Maurizio Sarri criticizes his Chelsea team for drifting away from his preferred tactics after Manchester United’s equalizer.
Chelsea will allow Derby County to field loanees Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori when they visit Stamford Bridge for the Carabao Cup fourth round tie between the teams.
Earlier in October sources told ESPN FC that Chelsea saw no reason to deviate from their standard policy of not allowing loan players to be eligible against them with regards to Mount and Tomori, who are both impressing at Derby this season under the tutelage of Blues legend Frank Lampard.
But after Lampard made it clear that he would…