Chelsea have been told that selling Cole Palmer to Man Utd or another club could be “the answer” to solving their financial losses. The Blues have spent well over £1billion since a Todd Boehly-led consortium took over the club in May 2022 but there has been little progress on the pitch.

Nottingham Forest are considering launching a formal complaint to the Premier League over the punishment given out to Chelsea over undisclosed payments. Chelsea were fined £10.75m and also handed a suspended transfer ban last week after reporting that £47.5m of hidden payments to agents and players were made over a seven‑year period.