Super Eagles winger Victor Moses’ future at Stamford Bridge has been thrown into uncertainty as Frank Lampard has disclosed that the Nigerian is not training with the first team.

Moses was on loan at Inter Milan in the second half of last season, teaming up with former Blues boss Antonio Conte who gave him the role of wing back during his stint at Chelsea.

However, the Nerazzurri reportedly did not retain him because of disagreement with Chelsea over transfer fee, coupled with the player’s inability to convince the Serie A club’s chiefs on account of injury.

Ahead of Tuesday’s League Cup fixture against Tottenham Hotspur, Lampard revealed the 29-year-old is not training with the first-team.

And asked if Moses would be sticking around beyond this summer, Lampard said: “At the moment Victor [Moses] isn’t in that position with us.

“We have a bubble at the training ground for the first-team squad which Victor hasn’t been a part of.

“But I know Victor, having played alongside him, I know him well, so we’ll see how that develops over the next week.”

The Chelsea boss also hopes Callum Hudson-Odoi will play a big part this season despite recent criticism of the winger.

Lampard said: “I certainly hope he has a big part to play this season.

“When you talk about Ziyech and Pulisic, we are not inundated with wingers, we lost Pedro and Willian in the summer and we’ll need competition, we’ll need players just because of the stress of playing in the competitions we have to play in…

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has admitted he could leave the club before the transfer window closes next month.

The Spanish international struggled for form last season, with just five goals in 30 appearances across all competitions for Diego Simeone’s side.

Following the arrival of Luis Suarez from Barcelona, Costa’s first team opportunities could be reduced in 2020-21, with Joao Felix set to start as the Uruguayan’s first choice partner.

Costa scored in Atletico Madrid’s season opening 6-1 La Liga win over Granada this weekend.

However, on the front page of Marca, the former Chelsea striker is uncertain over his future.

He stated in a post match interview that he would be leaving a decision over his future in the hands of the club in the coming days.

The 31-year old joked after the game that he was looking forward to working with Suarez, quipping ‘I can do be the fighting, and let Suarez do the biting’.

However, with less than 12 months to run on his contract at the Wanda Metropolitano, he could, according to Football Espana, potentially be moved on to reduce the club’s wage bill.

Reports in England state that Tottenham have turned their attention to Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger.

According to Sky Sports, Jose Mourinho has been pushing the Spurs board to strengthen his defence and is reportedly now ready to turn his attention to the German.

The Germany international has been considering his future at Stamford Bridge having fallen down the pecking order among centre-backs at the club.

Following Chelsea’s summer acquisition of Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain, Rudiger hasn’t featured in the opening three Premier League games of the season.

The North Londoners are said to be keen on a loan, which Rudiger would be happy with, but Chelsea are said not to want any of their fringe players to leave on temporary deals.

Sky Sports add that Tottenham and Chelsea hardly ever do business together – a factor that could scupper the move – with Carlo Cudicini’s move to Spurs from the Blues in 2009 the last transfer between the clubs.

Milan Skriniar is said to be an alternative target for Tottenham should a deal for Rudiger not be agreed.

Reports in Italy claim 11 Genoa players and three members of staff tested positive for COVID-19, perhaps including six who played against Napoli on Sunday.

The Grifone already had Mattia Perin test positive on Saturday, so the rest of the squad had swabs that found only Lasse Schone to also be positive on Sunday morning.

The squad then travelled to Naples, where they lost the Serie A match 6-0 at the Stadio San Paolo.

Football Italia report that on Monday evening, just 24 hours after that game, Genoa announced that in total 14 between players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Sky Sport Italia, the split is 11 players positive and three members of staff.

It’s rumoured this includes six who were on the pitch against Napoli on Sunday.

The report states that there were some symptoms among the team as they returned to Genoa, prompting the new round of swabs.

Now, inevitably, this weekend’s Serie A game against Torino is likely to be postponed.

There is also a knock-on effect for Napoli, who will need to go into isolation and have repeated swabs ahead of their match with Juventus.

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Reports have emerged stating how Frank Lampard tore into Marcos Alonso in front of his team-mates after the Spaniard went to watch the second half of Saturday’s 3-3 draw at West Brom alone on the Chelsea bus.

The Athletic claims insiders told them Lampard was “the angriest they’ve ever seen him” after Alonso, who was subbed at half-time, made for the bus instead of sitting among with other subs in The Hawthorns stands.

Alonso was apparently seen returning to the pitchside seats about 15 minutes into the second half.

But it is believed he had originally sat on the Chelsea team bus by himself after taking a shower following his half-time hook.

According to The Sun, Lampard pulled Alonso up in front of the rest of his squad after the game, claiming the left-back had damaged team unity by acting selfishly.

A source told The Athletic: “The players were saying they have never seen the manager like this.

“It kicked off after the game and he was going made at Alonso.

“Some were talking about how they’d be surprised if he plays for Chelsea ever again.”

Alonso was at fault for two of West Brom’s three first-half goals.

And after being replaced by right-back Cesar Azpilicueta at the break, he is now set to lose his spot altogether to new £50million arrival Ben Chilwell.

The perfect response from Liverpool in the 28th minutes when Sadio Mane leveled for the Reds having behind the Gunners.

Mo Salah’s shot was parried by Bernd Leno, but it fell straight to Sadio Mane who tapped in from point-blank range.

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Arsenal took the lead against the run of play in the 25th minute of the game as Alexandre Lacazette scored for the visitors.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles played a tame ball into the box, but Andy Robertson had a nightmare and played it straight into the path of Lacazette. He obliged and tucked it past Alisson.

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Chelsea starlet Jake Clarke-Salter is reportedly wanted by Trabzonspor and Club Brugge with Championship clubs also interested in his signature.

Both clubs would like to take him on loan and a decision on his future will be made soon, according to Goal.com journalist Nizaar Kinsella.

He also said that while an overseas loan deal is possible, there are also some Championship clubs interested in Clarke-Salter too.

Fans are divided about who he should go to, with one saying: “Club Brugge are in the European competition, he should go there and gain more experience.”

Another fan disagreed and replied: “No buddy! he must come to Trabzonspor, where Baker is.”

Clarke Salter, 22, has also been a target for Championship sides Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.

Despite their interest, it seemed that a deal for the English starlet had been agreed with Ligue 1 side Brest, according to Football Insider.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reckons Chelsea will challenge for the Premier League title this season.

As reported by the Liverpool Echo, he said: “The Premier League and these teams with what what they do is too much and too good that the season isn’t decided before started, so it doesn’t just work like this.”

Before he added: “Nobody is safe of these kinds of things and so we have to work incredibly hard to sort it out, but the other teams have no influence.

“When we face them we want to beat them, that’s all we can do, but, yes often it is an open race.

“Chelsea will be there 100 per cent, United will be there, Arsenal and Tottenham will always be there.”

Frank Lampard has been urged to switch to a back three to help combat Chelsea’s leaky defence.

Former Arsenal player Paul Merson wants centre-back Antonio Rudiger back into the squad.

Merson told The Star: “Frank Lampard needs to change his tactics or Chelsea can kiss goodbye to Antonio Rudige.

“Chelsea have got five centre-backs and that’s too many unless you’re playing three every week – and I think that’s what Lampard should do.

“At the moment he’s playing a back four and someone is always going to miss out. Right now it’s Rudiger, which surprises me.

“I thought Kurt Zouma or Andreas Christensen would go this summer because Rudiger is better than both of them.

“But he can’t even get on the bench. If that carries on he’ll be gone. He won’t want to stick around to be fifth choice.

“But if Lampard switches to three at the back with wing-backs, he solves the problem and gets the best out of Thiago Silva, who won’t be so exposed in that system.”