Chelsea

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was asked if he would like Nicolas Jackson to stay, with the striker strongly linked with a move away: "Nicolas is ok. When the window is open, anything can happen. This also involves Nicolas' situation. We will see what happens."

Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Thanks.

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca on Levi Colwill: "We have had a problem in the last two days with Levi Colwill and we don't know how long he is going to be out so we will see. Hopefully not too long but it's a problem for us."

On what sort of problem Colwill has: "I'm not sure. We have to wait."

On whether the injury means they will have to make another move in the transfer market: "It depends. We have to wait and then we will see. We know each other from last year and we know how important Levi has been to us. I spoke with him yesterday and I told him if we achieve last year it will be because of him - he has been a main player for us."

On how his injury occurred: "It was the first session on Monday in the last minutes of the session. He felt something. We have to wait and then we will see."

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca on latest signing Jorrel Hato: "He is much more mature than his age.

"He is from a different country, a different league with a different tempo and intensity so he needs to adapt but for sure there is no doubt that he is going to help us."

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca on how many more transfers he would like in: "I have said already many times, while the transfer window is open anything can happen in terms of player arrivals and players leaving."

Chelsea

We'll return to our transfer chat in a few minutes. But right now there's a news conference with Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca to focus on.

Chelsea play Bayer Leverkusen in a pre-season friendly at Stamford Bridge on Friday.

Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Stand down experts, I'll grab this.

We actually answered this question way back in 2013 in a feature written by ex-Blackburn, Birmingham and Derby midfielder Robbie Savage.

On why want-away players may be forced to train alone, he said:

"Any player can cause havoc in the changing room or out on the training pitch. You just need a bad attitude. It doesn't matter what it is, do it badly and you soon get a reputation the manager cannot ignore. If he doesn't, then the risk is you start affecting everyone around you."

So yep, there is a danger of things spreading.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport chief football news reporter on Football Daily

I think all of this means that Rasmus Hojlund isn't going to be Manchester United's starting striker.

It was interesting because he actually sought journalists out in the mixed zone after the pre-season match against Bournemouth. He wanted to say that his intention is to stay at the club no matter what happens.

It's alright saying that but, when you look at the forward players the club have got now, how often is he really going to play?

I don't see the point in keeping Hojlund when you are signing another younger striker - and I think that will be clearly articulated to him over the next two or three weeks.

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"If Manchester United sneeze, football catches a cold," football finance expert Kieran Maguire tells BBC Sport.

"It is the biggest brand in English football. The redundancies do look severe, but that is the Ineos business model, they have done that at other companies. Whether it will work in football, we have to wait and see."

United sources previously outlined to the BBC's chief football news reporter Simon Stone how it is possible for them to reach an agreement on Benjamin Sesko, even though co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said earlier this year there was the potential for the club to go bust by Christmas without massive cost-cutting measures.

Payment arrangements totalling £130m for the deals this summer for Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, from Wolves and Brentford respectively, have been arranged in a favourable way.

It is likely any deal for Sesko would be arranged similarly, with the payment spread over the length of the player's contract.

In addition, the entirety of Marcus Rashford's £325,000-a-week salary is being covered by his loan move to Barcelona and Manchester United received £5m from Chelsea after the Blues pulled out of a deal to sign Jadon Sancho.

Manchester United have also received more than £15m in payments as part of sell-on clauses involving Anthony Elanga, Alvaro Carreras and Maxi Oyedele.

Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Can't say for certain, J. Maybe it's a one in one out strategy? Cunha, Mbeumo and Sesko for Garnacho, Sancho and Malacia.

That'll mean the Baleba move could happen depending on sales. But it's unclear if Anthony going helps that. It depends if you think Y is a vowel or not.

Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent on Football Daily

The secret to Manchester United being able to afford Benjamin Sesko is all about the structure of their deals. It is something all of the clubs do now.

This new approach of paying for deals over the course of three or four years allows clubs to spend more than they would generally be able to and I think that's the case with Manchester United here.

They have managed to structure deals for Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha in a way that allows them to go heavier on this Benjamin Sesko deal.

They are looking at a massive outlay, so it will be interesting to see how the deal is structured and how many years Manchester United will need to pay it off.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport chief football news reporter on Football Daily

In order to unravel this Benjamin Sesko situation, we have to go back to Bryan Mbeumo.

Manchester United reached an agreement with Mbeumo and then started negotiating with Brentford, so this seems to be a bit of a negotiating tactic from them.

As far as I'm aware, Manchester United held off putting a bid in for Sesko until they knew he wanted to join the club. Then they put their bid in and there has been some haggling over whether they can reach the numbers that Newcastle have bid.

The impression we are getting from Manchester United is that Sesko wants to go to them.

Joe Rindl
BBC Sport

Yes, closure even!

After the live text ended yesterday, Paul from Manchester messaged in to say "after failing to establish herself as an accounts regular, Barbara was sold on to Arsenal for double the fee Chelsea originally paid".

So there we go. Saga over.