N’Golo Kante has returned from compassionate leave to train with Chelsea, giving encouragement that he could return for the restart of the Premier League season – but he is opting to train alone at Cobham.
The Premier League season will resume on June 17 with Manchester City’s meeting with Arsenal one of the first matches to be played.
Watford striker Troy Deeney has said he feels sorry for Liverpool because even if they win the Premier League this term, it will be “spoiled” by the coronavirus pandemic.
There has been a big step forward in negotiations between Manchester United and Shanghai Shenhua regarding a possible extension of Odion Ighalo’s loan deal.
Kevin De Bruyne is open to extending his contract with Manchester City if the club are successful in overturning their two-year ban from the Champions League.
France coach Didier Deschamps has backed the decision to end the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season amid the coronavirus pandemic, insisting others are only resuming due to financial reasons.
The Premier League has announced that four more people have tested positive for Covid-19 after a third round of testing was completed.
Kylian Mbappe has heaped praise on Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, with the Paris Saint-Germain star labelling the Reds “a machine”.
Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has lamented the star departures at the Emirates in the early 2010s, saying the Gunners would have won the Premier League had the team not been broken up.
Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford are “looking good” in Manchester United training, says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, with the Red Devils seeing an enforced break work in their favour on the injury front.