The sale will not count towards UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which are more strict than the Premier League's.

Chelsea won a Premier League match against a side sitting outside the relegation zone for the first time since beating West Ham United over two months ago, while Palmer ended a sequence of seven matches in all competitions without a goal or assist.

Enzo Fernandez has sent Chelsea back into the Champions League qualification positions with a second-half header that secured a 1-0 win over Tottenham in a Premier League derby between the London rivals.

You will also find plenty of trolling from fans of rival clubs. Chelsea’s vast and seemingly relentless transfer spending tends to provoke strong feelings among those not personally invested in the club’s success, from mockery to resentment and anything in between. Sometimes it is funny, often it is tedious, but it is far from new.

The Premier League will consider Chelsea's multimillion pound transaction to sell the women's team to a sister company.

Kevin De Bruyne will go down as “one of the greatest midfielders ever to have played in this country,” according to his manager Pep Guardiola, who led the tributes to the Belgian following his announcement that he will be leaving Manchester City at the end of the season.

Chelsea are back up into fourth in the Premier League table after edging out Tottenham in a relatively low-key London derby. Enzo Fernandez netted the only goal of the game early in the second half as the Blues responded to Manchester City and Newcastle wins to put themselves back in the drivers seat for Champions League qualification.