Chelsea would end their chances of winning the Champions League if they opt to sell Cesc Fabregas at the end of the season, according to Ray Wilkins.
Fabregas has only started 10 Premier League matches under Antonio Conte this season, with N Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic the preferred pairing in centre midfield.
That has prompted speculation linking him with a £30million move to clubs including AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and Manchester United.
But Wilkins, a former Chelsea player, assistant manager and caretaker boss, thinks the Blues would be making a huge mistake if they opt to cut ties with the 30-year-old, particularly with their return to the Champions League next season in mind.
You can t let him go, Wilkins said to Sky Sports of Fabregas…
Club Brugge 1-5 Manchester City: Palmer scores first Champions League goal as slick visitors win big
Teenage midfielder Cole Palmer scored his first Champions League goal as Manchester City produced a slick performance to secure a 5-1 win over Club Brugge in Belgium.
Full-backs Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker both found themselves on the scoresheet, the former scoring the first on the half-hour mark with a composed finish from Phil Foden s pass.
Riyad Mahrez calmly tucked a penalty away before half-time and, soon after the restart, Walker got in on the action, drilling into the bottom-left corner after Kevin De Bruyne playing in his home country set him up.
Palmer struck within three minutes of coming off the bench, taking a neat touch before rifling a left-footed effort past Simon Mignolet from just inside the area.
While captain Hans Vanak…
Manchester City travel to Old Trafford for a meeting with cross-town rivals Manchester United in an eagerly anticipated clash on Saturday.
The early kick-off presents City with an opportunity to close the gap on table-topping United to just two points and any victory would give them a very real chance of winning their first Premier League/First Division title since 1968.
But winning at Old Trafford is easier said than done and City boast just one win at the venue since 1974.
That win came in 2008 when goals from Darius Vassell and Benjani gave the blue side of Manchester a famous 2-1 victory.
While City come into the game full of confidence after an easy 3-0 win over West Brom, Sir Alex Ferguson s side were surprise 2-1 losers to then-bottom Wolves at Mo…
Norwegian coach Ronny Deila has emerged as a shock candidate for the vacant managerial post at Celtic.
While the likes of Roy Keane, Paolo Di Canio and Michael Laudrup have all been mentioned as possible replacements for Neil Lennon, Deila, who led unfashionable Norwegian club Stromsgodset to the 2013 Tippeligaen title, has jumped to the head of the queue.
The 38-year-old, who also won the 2010 Norwegian Cup with Stromsgodset, has flown to Glasgow to meet with Celtic s owners.
It s flattering as Celtic are a big club, Deila said.
I have always said I dream about working abroad one day.
It s great to be linked to a club like Celtic but I ve been in football a long time and nothing is secure in it and I can only talk about things that are concrete.
Str…