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“[Pedro] has a release clause of €30m, and we are waiting for someone to make the offer”,

Cech later posted a message on Twitter, aiming to put the poor result swiftly behind him.

He also said that he has a “very good quality group” of players to work with, both on-and-off the field within “all levels of the club” itself.

Arsene Wenger admits Sunday’s Community Shield victory over Chelsea has given his Arsenal side a huge lift heading into the new season.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Werner explained that the owners preferred to take a “long-term view” when making their choices, and that FSG’s “track record show they focus on stability”. That was only a year earlier when he was awarded that compliment.

Manager Arsene Wenger moved to strengthen the squad with the £10million summer addition of veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech, and Arsenal continue to be linked with a big-money bid for Real Madrid’s France worldwide forward Karim Benzema.

It was another impressive opening-day display by Garry Monk’s Swansea, who won 2-1 at Manchester United a year ago, and added weight to Mourinho’s prediction that Chelsea will face a fight to retain their title.

Arsène Wenger has recommended that José Mourinho check the “real statistics” if he wants to scrutinise Arsenal’s transfer policy, citing his record of developing young players and adding that he does not think it worth listening to the Chelsea manager.

However, the former Liverpool manager expects Ronaldo to be fit for the club’s opening La Liga game against Sporting Gijon.

The 90 finale has a lot of ground to cover so you best not blink and turning on closed captioning might be helpful also.

They had to travel to Wembley without Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and David Ospina but Chelsea had injury woes of their own.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t get the rub of the green today”, Norwich coach Alex Neil said.

United have scored more than a quarter of the goals in their entire history in the 23 seasons of the Premier League – while their next loss will bring an unwanted record of achieving their 1,500th loss in the top flight.

Federico Fernandez committed an own goal to give Chelsea a 2-1 advantage at the half-hour mark.

The quantity has been donned by the likes of Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo beforehand.