Chelsea are 14th in the Premier League despite spending £1 billion on signings since last year's takeover by Todd Boehly. Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 1-0 on Sunday with Malo Gusto going off on a red card and Nicolas Jackson picking up his fifth booking of the season. Jackson will be suspended when Chelsea play at Fulham. 

“We need to grow up like a team, not only in an individual way,” Mauricio Pochettino said. “I think players like Nico who are so young and feeling the Premier League, they need time.

“In this type of game, we are competing and want to win and football is about winning. But also players, when they are young, need to learn, and experience and make mistakes. That’s why we feel disappointed as there are too many situations like this.”

Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, has said he “doesn’t care” about accusations of sportswashing against his country.

Saudi Arabia has invested heavily on both soccer and golf over the past few years.

“If sport washing is going to increase my GDP by way of 1%, then I will continue doing sport washing,” Bin Salman told Fox News in the first interview he has given fully in English.

Asked specifically how he felt about the term, Bin Salman said: “I don’t care … I’m aiming for another one and a half per cent. Call it whatever you want, we’re going to get that one and a half percent.”

Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami's 4-0 win over Toronto FC in the 37th minute due to muscle fatigue.

Messi will miss Sunday's match against Orlando City so he could increase his chances of playing in next Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup final.

Wednesday's match was the first of six for Inter Miami in a span of 17 days.

Messi entered Wednesday having appeared in 11 matches for Miami, most of them in Leagues Cup and U.S. Open Cup competition.

Manchester City enters the 23-24 Champions League as the favorites at +200, followed by Bayern Munich at +550 and Real Madrid at +750. City won their first Champions League last season.

Champions League Odds
Manchester City: +200
Bayern Munich: +550
Real Madrid: +750
Arsenal: +1000 
Paris Saint-Germain: +1400
Barcelona: +1400
Manchester United: +2000
Newcastle: +2200
Inter Milan: +2500
Napoli: +2500
Atletico Madrid: +2500
AC Milan: +3500
Benfica: +4000
RB Leipzig: +5000
Borussia Dortmund: +5000
Sevilla: +6500
Lazio: +6500
Real Sociedad: +8000
Porto: +8000
Union Berlin: +10000
Feyenoord: +10000
Celtic: +15000
Lens: +20000
PSV Eindhoven: +20000
Shakhtar Donetsk: +25000
Salzburg: +25000
Antwerp: +25000
Red Star Belgrade: +25000
Galatasaray: +25000
Young Boys: +25000
Braga: +30000
FC Copenhagen: +100000

Harry Kane said he is "glad" he chose Bayern Munich rather than a move to Manchester United.

Kane left Tottenham Hotspur in a $124 million transfer and will face United on Wednesday in the Champions League.

"Obviously over the summer I know there were some talks between a few clubs in the background, but Bayern was a team I was really interested by and really excited by so there weren't many other discussions," Kane told a news conference in Munich on Tuesday.

"Once they came in, it was between them and Tottenham to talk and the deal got done. My focus is on here, obviously Manchester United are a great club, a really big club as well but I decided to come here and I'm really happy I have."

Erik ten Hag has denied that Manchester United is in crisis following their 3-1 loss to Brighton. 

United is having their worst run in the Premier League era, though five points is their lowest return after five games, under Louis van Gaal in the 2014-15 season.

“We have to be very disappointed and annoyed at ourselves,” Ten Hag said. “We will turn this around. But there is a demand on us to win games.

“Definitely that is something that bothers me [form] but also I have to see the way we play [which was good] but it’s about character. Now we have to see how strong we are and how the team sticks together.”

Jadon Sancho will not train with Manchester United following a public dispute with Erik ten Hag.

United issued a statement to say Sancho will train "away from the first-team group pending resolution of a squad discipline issue" after he questioned Ten Hag's reasons for dropping him at Arsenal.

Sancho will not be included in the squad for the game against Brighton on Saturday, and there is no time frame for his return.

Germany has fired Hansi Flick as manager following their 4-1 defeat by Japan on Saturday. 

The former striker Rudi Völler, alongside Hannes Wolf and Sandro Wagner, will take charge for the friendly against France on Tuesday.

Germany chose not to fire Flick after a disappointing World Cup where they were eliminated int he group stage.

“The bodies [of the DFB] shared the same view that the national team now needs a new impulse,” the DFB president, Bernd Neuendorf, said in a statement. “With next year’s Euro in sight we need enthusiastic mood and confidence.”

Birmingham City could hire Wayne Rooney if John Eustace departs the club.

Rooney's contract with DC United expires in December. 

“We asked about a new deal,” Rooney told the Washington Post. “We can sit down and talk about it. We haven’t heard back. The fact we haven’t heard back is probably signalling one thing, but I’m sure they’ll have their reasons for that. So I’ll wait and see.”

Rooney left Derby in June 2022.

Mohamed Salah will remain at Liverpool as the Saudi Pro League window has closed.

Liverpool recently rejected a $190 million bid from Al Ittihad for Salah.

It was reported that the Saudi club would attempt to make a higher offer for Salah on their transfer deadline day but that failed to materialize.