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Newcastle's starting XI for West Brom draw on Tuesday night showed five changes, with manager Rafael Benitez eager to rotate during a hectic portion of the Premier League schedule.

Brazilian has not played in three games and will miss Wednesday's clash against Swansea through injury.

Antonio Conte is keen to strengthen his squad during the upcoming January transfer window. The Italian believes it is the only way they can compete with City.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will continue to rotate his squad over the coming weeks to ensure all of his players are available for the busy festive period.

David Luiz will miss Chelsea's clash with Swansea on Wednesday due to a knee injury and is set to be assessed, with Antonio Conte unsure exactly how long he might be sidelined for.

Reports had claimed Mane was unhappy at being left out of Liverpool's starting line-up for the 1-1 draw against Chelsea.

Gabon striker Aubameyang, 28, has netted 11 goals in 12 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund this season.

Milan sacked their manager Vincenzo Montella and appointed Gennaro Gattuso as his replacement. Despite this, Antonio Conte is still linked to take charge at San Siro next season.

During Emenalo's time at Chelsea, the Blues went on to win three Premier League titles, Champions League, Europa League, three FA Cups and the League Cup.

Abraham cannot play against his parent club while Fernandez has returned to Argentina following the death of his father.

Courtois does not seem to be close to signing a new contract, with his current deal set to expire at the end of next season.

Agent Jurgen Milewski says there is "nothing in" speculation that Hamburg prodigy Jann-Fiete Arp is close to signing for Chelsea.

Chelsea are 11 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City after they could only manage a draw at Liverpool during the weekend.

Former West Ham striker Dean Ashton believes a combination of Liverpool's style of play and experience has benefited Mohamed Salah compared to his Chelsea days.

Jurgen Klopp surprisingly left Sadio Mane out of the starting line-up for the clash against the Premier League champions.

Eden Hazard, 26, said in an interview last week that he admired 12-time European champions Real Madrid but that he was happy at Chelsea for now.

Klopp insists the Reds were not given permission by referee Michael Oliver to bring on Adam Lallana and criticised Chelsea for what he believed to be an overly defensive set-up.

Jurgen Klopp's side thought they had won the hard-fought clash at Anfield before Willian's intervention.

Manchester City are close to agreeing their biggest commercial deal in the club's history as talks with Puma near completion.

Thibaut Courtois has pushed forward contract talks until the end of the season when he will have just one year remaining on his current deal.

Antonio Conte has labelled former Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah as "very dangerous", but insists his players must pay great attention to all of Liverpool's attacking threats.

Antonio Conte has confirmed that Victor Moses will be on the bench at Anfield for Saturday's teatime Premier League contest against Liverpool.

Alberto Moreno was replaced in the second half in Liverpool's Champions League draw against Sevilla, after the left-back was at fault for the Spanish side's two of the goals.

Hazard signed a five-and-a-half-year contract at Chelsea in February 2015, meaning his current deal will run down in 2020. He has been constantly linked with a move to Real Madrid.

Joel Matip missed Liverpool's win over Southampton and their draw against Sevilla with a thigh injury sustained last week.

Tammy Abraham is Swansea City's top scorer this season after joining on a season-long loan from Chelsea

Malcom is also catching the eye of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, who may need to offload some attackers before they can buy the Brazilian.

Former Chelsea midfielder believes the club should sign another striker when the transfer window reopens in January.

Chelsea played Qarabag in Baku on Wednesday evening and have a 5:30pm GMT kick-off against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

Chelsea enjoyed a comfortable evening beating Qarabag where they were able to rest some key players ahead of their clash against Liverpool.