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New Chelsea signing Joao Felix will wear the No.14 shirt number, which had previously belonged to Trevoh Chalobah.

It is the same shirt number Felix wore while on loan at Barcelona last season. He wore the No11 shirt number during his loan spell with the Blues in 2023.

Fellow summer signing Pedro Neto has been given the No7 shirt, which was worn by Raheem Sterling last summer.

Manchester United have confirmed that young star Facundo Pellistri has joined Panathinaikos on a permanent transfer.

The deal is reportedly worth £6.8million, with United having a buy-back price and will get a percentage of any future sale.

Joao Felix has been unveiled as a new squad member, but is not part of the group in first-team training today.

He is not expected to be involved against Servette in the Conference League tomorrow.

Enzo Maresca says Chelsea could still be active in the transfer market.

The Blues had another busy day of activity on Wednesday, selling Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid for around £33m, while signing Joao Felix from the Spanish giants for £42m.

Bashir Humphreys joined Burnley on loan too and Armando Broja is closing in on a loan switch to Ipswich.

It has been another frantic summer of transfer business at Stamford Bridge, to the extent where pundits such as Jamie Carragher has urged players to stop signing for the club.

Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell are among a group of more than 15 Chelsea players currently training on their own.

Sterling was left out of Chelsea’s squad for their Premier League opener against Manchester City on Sunday and will play no part in Thursday’s Europa Conference League play-off with Servette, too.

The winger is waiting for offers away from Stamford Bridge before the transfer window closes next week, but until then he is among a group of Chelsea players currently training separately from the main squad.

Joao Felix has vowed to make Chelsea his “home” after returning to the club on a permanent transfer.

The 24-year-old has joined the Blues on a seven-year contract, starting his second spell at Stamford Bridge following a £42m move from Atletico Madrid.

Felix scored four goals in 20 appearances during a loan stint at the club in the second half of the 2022/23 campaign following a relatively unhappy time of things in the Spanish capital despite arriving for a club-record fee of around £113m in the summer of 2019.

The Portugal international’s relationship with Atletico boss Diego Simeone is said to have been strained and Felix then joined Barcelona on loan last season, though the Catalan side opted out of signing him on a permanent basis.

When it comes to catching Manchester City,Mikel Artetabelieves that size matters.

Arsenalhave built their most physically-imposing team since the ‘Invincibles’ in a deliberate move that Arteta hopes will lead them to the title this season.

Arteta has transformed the physical profile of his squad in recent years. Declan Rice and Kai Havertz were brought in for a combined £170million to add height and strength last summer, while new £42m signing Riccardo Calafiori will add even more aerial power at the back.

Chelseahave confirmed the return ofJoao Felixfrom Atletico Madrid as their busy summer of transfer activity continues.

The Blues have handed the forward a six-year contract with the option of an added 12 months beyond that, bringing Felix back to Stamford Bridge following a loan spell during the 2022-23 campaign.

Liverpool are still to make a new signing this summer but all of that could soon change.

According to Fichajes, the Reds have signaled their interest in Bayer Leverkusen Piero Hincapie and are prepared to battle both Atletico Madrid and Tottenham to land him.

Raheem Sterling accepts his time at Chelsea is over as he waits for offers to revitalise his career ahead of next week’s transfer deadline.

Sterling does not expect to be involved for the Blues going forward following a conversation with new head coach Enzo Maresca after training on Friday, in which he was told the club is prioritising other players in his position and he could move on.

Sterling has been omitted from the squad for Chelsea’s Europa Conference League play-off first leg with Servette on Thursday night, having been left out of the Premier League curtain-raiser against Manchester City.