Solskjaer on De Gea: "Obviously, everyone has to perform. Everyone has a chance to stake a claim in the team when they play. David knows he should have saved the second goal, that's over now and we have to look forward to Weds." #FACup#MUFC
Solskjaer on Bailly's injury: "Eric is in hospital. They are going through the routine checks and protocols, I don't know and I haven't heard but of course it had a big big impact on the game." #MUFC#FACup
Solskjaer on top four: "It is between us, Chelsea and Leicester for those last two positions, the more help we get from others the better, of course, but we know we must do our job on Weds." #MUFC#FACup
Solskjaer: "We took a knock today, a knock confidence wise but we will see how we are on Wednesday." #MUFC#FACup
Lampard: "It is a great achievement for us to get there, to win a semi is great but to win the final is the main thing."
"It is right up there, but we have had some good performances this season." #CFC#FACup
Lampard on De Gea and Mount: "I have huge respect for him as a goalkeeper, people always hone in on goalkeepers when they make errors. I asked Mason to strike through the ball more and you have to strike through it against top goalkeepers." #CFC#FACup
Lampard on Mount: "He wants to be a top player so much that the final pass and goals will come." Adds, he thinks his work rate is underrated. #CFC#FACup
Lampard on Giroud impact: "He sets an amazing example, Oli wasn't playing but kept training well. He could have left but didn't I spoke to him man-to-man." #CFC#FACup
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England and the other six (Belgium, Dutch, Swiss, Germany, Denmark, Wales) release joint statement saying they will no longer risk wearing the 'One Love' armbands after threats of sporting sanctions for captains. They are frustrated FIFA ignored their written request to wear it.
FIFA win the political skirmish but it only serves to highlight the political mess between football's governing body and European nations. England will find other ways to support the LGBTQ+ cause in Qatar.
There's no way teams can go into matches with any player already on a yellow card for 90 minutes.
Then there's the issue of accumulating cards. If you want to succeed at the #FIFAWorldCup, you can't risk it.
Harry Kane on wearing the 'One Love' armband against Iran: "I think we've made it clear as a team, staff and group that we want to wear the armband. I think we are discussing it with FIFA but we want to wear it." #FIFAWorldCup
Gareth Southgate reiterates what Kane said and then the world's longest question is asked. It has been going on for about 2-3-4-5 minutes.
Southgate on Iran: "I understand the frustrations from your team, it is a very difficult situation. I have been asked a lot of political questions down the year. There's a responsibility on me to answer some of those questions. I have a lot of respect for our opponents tomorrow."
Koulibaly on Potter's non-selection of him: "It is true that I haven't played with the new manager but I know my time will come. I am a big worker and when I don't play I make sure I work well. I am trying to show on the training pitch that I can play my first game for him." #CFC
Koulibaly: "We have to absolutely do everything to win this game tomorrow because we haven't started the Champions League well." #CFC#UCL
Koulibaly: "I miss Napoli and Naples but I wanted to come here and join this club which is one of the best in the world."
"I knew it would be difficult to go from Italy to England. I am going through a process that's normal, I am working hard and happy to be here." #CFC#UCL
Graham Potter press conference incoming at Stamford Bridge.
Potter on Chelsea team news: Mendy is fit, Kante is training 'more and more but not fully', Jorginho felt his abdominal vs Palace and is a doubt, as is Havertz. Everyone else is fit including Cucurella. #CFC#UCL
Potter on Milan: "We're playing a top opponent so we have to play well and create a good atmosphere to get our supporters behind us." #CFC#UCL
Todd Boehly dropping bombs @SALTConference: “We’ve talked about having a multi-club model. I want to continue building out the footprint. I think there’s different countries where there’s advantages to having a club.” #CFC
@SALTConference Boehly: "I think Tuchel is obviously extremely talented. He is someone who has had great success at Chelsea. Our vision for the club was finding a manager who really wanted to collaborate with us. There’s a lot of walls to break down at Chelsea." #CFC
@SALTConference Boehly on Tuchel: "No one is right or wrong, we just didn’t have a shared vision for the future. It wasn’t about Zagreb. It was about a shared vision of what we wanted for Chelsea Football Club to look like." #CFC