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• 'It is better to leave', says Chelsea boss Maresca as he shows Chilwell exit door

  Ben Chilwell has been told it would be best to leave Chelsea by head coach Enzo Maresca ahead of their Premier League opener against Manchester City on Sunday. 

  Chilwell, who has made 106 appearances for the Blues since his reported £45m move from Leicester in 2020, has struggled with injuries in recent years. 

  The 27-year-old featured 21 times in all competitions last season, missing 26 games with a hamstring injury which was then followed by a knee issue. 

  His subsequent misfortune with injuries has seen him drop down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge, with Marc Cucurella impressing with Spain at Euro 2024. 

  Chilwell played 64 minutes in Chelsea's six pre-season games, failing to feature in their final three fixtures before the new campaign against Real Madrid, Manchester City and Inter. 

  “Chilly [Chilwell] is with us but he has not been training for the last few days because he has been ill,” Maresca said.

  “The reason he did not play versus Inter was because, with Chilly it is quite clear, even though I love the way he is, the problem is, he is struggling a bit to find the right position.

  “This morning we had 22 players training and if you ask all of them they will say they want to play against City on Sunday. But that is impossible.

  "When you train every day and do not get any minutes it is not good for them or for me.

  “I need to make a decision and probably it is better to leave and go and get minutes. The transfer window is open so we’ll see what happens.”

  Chelsea kickstart their campaign against reigning champions City on Sunday in what will be Maresca's first competitive game in charge of the club. 

  The Blues have continued to add during the transfer window, with Wolves' Pedro Neto the latest of nine new arrivals at Stamford Bridge. 

  Maresca now has over 40 players in his squad despite the loan departure of Lesley Ugochukwu and the permanent sale of Diego Moreira earlier this week. 

  “We spent 20 days in America with 28 or 29 players, so it was quite good to manage the squad,” Maresca added.

  “Now we have guys who are not part of the squad and are training apart.

  “At the moment, it is not difficult, but if I start to think I have 43 players, it’s not good.”

• Nottingham Forest welcome Paraguay international Sosa from Talleres

  Nottingham Forest welcomed their seventh addition of the transfer window with the arrival of Paraguay international Ramon Sosa from Talleres. 

  Sosa, who grabbed a goal and an assist at this year's Copa America for Los Guaranies, has signed a five-year deal at the City Ground for a reported £11m transfer fee. 

  The 24-year-old scored six goals and added seven assists in all competitions for Talleres last season. 

  Sosa began his career in his native country where he won the Copa Paraguay with Olimpia in 2021 before moving to Argentinian side Gimnasia. 

  He contributed 13 goal contributions (six goals and seven assists) in his debut season with the club, which led to a move to Talleres. 

  Sosa registered 17 goals and 13 assists in 56 appearances for the Albiazul, impressing at the Copa America despite playing only 133 minutes of football at the tournament. 

  "Ramon has been coveted by many clubs but was so clear in his desire to join Nottingham Forest," said Ross Wilson, Forest's chief football officer.

  "We could all feel his energy, emotion, pride and excitement to be here from the first minute he arrived.

  "He can't wait to get started and we are delighted that he is here with us."

  The signing follows Forest's recent deals to bring in Jota Silva, Elliot Anderson, Nikola Milenkovic, Eric da Silva Moreira, and Carlos Miguel.

• 'It's serious', says Enrique on Ramos' opening day injury for PSG

  Luis Enrique believes Goncalo Ramos' injury is "serious" after the forward limped off early on in Paris Saint-Germain's opening day win over Le Harve. 

  Ramos, who scored 11 goals for PSG last season, was forced to withdraw from the action at the Stade Oceane in the 20th minute following a late tackle from behind. 

  The Portugal international provided the assist for Lee Kang-In's strike inside three minutes, with only Angel Di Maria starting a game, delivering an assist and being subbed off earlier than Ramos in a Ligue 1 fixture. 

  His withdrawal serves as a significant blow for Enrique, who is looking to replace the 27 league goals scored by Kylian Mbappe last season after his move to Real Madrid. 

  "I’m not a doctor but I think it looks pretty serious. I don’t know how many weeks he will be out injured but it’s serious," Enrique said. 

  Despite the convincing scoreline, the defending champions took advantage of a late collapse from their opponents, scoring three times in the final six minutes after Gautier Lloris had levelled the encounter three minutes into the second half. 

  Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola and Randal Kolo Muani struck late, with new signing Joao Neves becoming only the second player to deliver two assists for his debut with PSG in the same game in all competitions in the 21st century. 

  But Enrique acknowledged that his side relaxed after Kang-In's opener, saying the encounter "wasn't easy at all" in Normandy. 

  "It wasn't easy at all. Maybe we started too calmly. We scored a goal very quickly and that relaxed us a bit too much, and we suffered a bit," Enrique said.  

  "I think in the second half we had more chances, more clear-cut chances and we were able to kill off the match. But it was difficult.

  "We're clearly a team that's trying to play to its strengths. It's true that it was in the last part of the match that we performed best.

  "We had some important players in the team and it's always difficult to play away from home. It's complicated and today we did it again."