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Chelsea FC:, external The players have just arrived at the airport...

The bus which dropped off Brazilian trio Willian, Ramires and Felipe Luis is a tad more luxurious than the cramped wagons which ferry the likes of me and you to the terminal...

Wakefield sign prop Ian Kirke from fellow Super League club Leeds Rhinos on a one-year contract.

The 33-year-old, who was part of Leeds' 2014 Challenge Cup winning side, was released just one season into his latest two-year deal with the Rhinos.

He won five Super League titles with Leeds since arriving in 2006 and made 13 league appearances last season.

Kirke is the second long-serving prop to leave Rhinos following Ryan Bailey's departure to Hull KR last week.

Championship side Rotherham United have striker Jordan Bowery available for tonight's trip to Reading after successfully appealing his recent red card.

The ex-Aston Villa player was sent off in Saturday's 3-0 defeat by Middlesbrough for an off-the-ball clash, but the Football Association have overturned the decision.

We're asking which player at your club you would class as undroppable? Tweet using #theundroppables or text 81111. And we will put together your best 'Undroppable XI' later today.

Sam Peters:, external Lewis Dunk for Brighton! he has been great and is our top goalscorer as a defender!

Bradley Cox:, external Jonathan Douglas in the heart of Brentford's midfield has to be part of #theundroppables

B:, external Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp!

Premiership side Gloucester announce record account results for the 2013-14 season.

The club revealed a turnover of £12m, up 3.7% on the previous year, while returning a pre-tax profit of £512k, up nearly 68% on the previous year.

They finished ninth in the table last term, and parted company with boss Nigel Davies before bringing in a new coaching department - headed by David Humphreys.

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Chelsea's players enjoyed an early morning stretch in the Surrey sunshine at their Cobham training ground before flying over to Slovenia for Wednesday's Champions League tie against Maribor.

Although appears that yawning Spain striker Diego Costa would have preferred an extra hour in his bed this morning.

Two of his team-mates might have been able to enjoy that luxury - midfielder John Obi Mikel and forward Loic Remy were absent as they recover from recent injuries.

Watford have recalled forward Alex Jakubiak from his loan spell at League Two side Oxford United. The 18-year-old Scotland Under-19 international had been due to remain with the U's until January.

Winger George Watkins returns to Championship leaders Bristol, just six months after leaving for Cardiff Blues.

The 24-year-old joined Blues in the summer but only played one game before being released.

"George has the potential to be a consistent, try-scoring winger and it's up to him to keep making improvements and performing well when he gets a chance," said Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson.

John, via text: Tonight's match could be a defining moment for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers' season. They are in awful form at the minute and are playing with zero confidence. A result at the Bernabeu tonight would ignite their season, but a defeat would further compound their dreadful run of form. If they concede early it could be curtains for Liverpool and Real Madrid could run up a cricket score given their embarrassment of attacking riches.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho is set to return for Saturday's Premier League match against Aston Villa.

The summer arrival from Metz was forced to sit out the Hammers 2-2 draw at Stoke on Saturday after injuring his shoulder in the victory over reigning champions Manchester City.

Stijn Vandenbroucke, West Ham's head of medical and sports science, has revealed Sakho will be back at Upton Park on Saturday - and also confirmed club-record signing Andy Carroll is closing in on a first-team return having been ruled out since a pre-season ankle operation.

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BBC Radio 5 live

Sunderland fans no longer hate Mondays because the Black Cats won their first Monday night game in 12 years, beating Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park. If you missed any of the action, you can listen to a 60-second recap of all the goals on BBC Radio 5 live.

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Huddersfield Town striker Harry Bunn signs a new contract to the summer of 2017, with the option for a further 12 months.

The 21-year-old ex-Manchester City forward has scored five goals in 14 games this season for the Championship club.

Greg Connock:, external Sanchez. Speed, skill, guile. Without him the team seems lost and disjointed, he acts as the attacking arrowhead of Arsenal

Jack Faulkner: , externalJames Coppinger, Doncaster. Hat trick vs Southend, last gasp goal vs Brentford, 350+ apps over 10 years, true club legend

Cam Budnyj:, external The whole of Southampton's squad is 'undroppable' at the moment! Resting players isn't an issue when everyone is on fire!

Manager Sean Dyche believes Burnley's first Premier League win will arrive in the coming weeks.

The Clarets sit bottom of the table after having drawn four and lost six of their opening 10 league games.

After promotion from the Championship last season, Dyche's side are yet to win this term and were also knocked out of the League Cup by Sheffield Wednesday.

"The win will come. It's when and how many you get after that is the thing," Dyche told BBC Radio Lancashire. "There seems to be this mythical talk of 'if you get that one win'. The fact is, if you get one, you need another, then you need another and another and another."

Opta Joe:, external 22 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 22 goals (all comps) in 2014/15; three more than Liverpool have in total.

Steven McNamara:, external Chris Smalling is undroppable if your any centre forward in the country playing against him

Columbo: , externalSchneiderlin for #saintsfc. Makes the side tick, great ball winnder and never gives it away. Great vision too

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini on Aleksandar Kolarov's injury: "Kolarov has an important muscle injury in his calf so he will be at least one month. Well, I am not a doctor, but I suppose that."

Defender Eliaquim Mangala is available for Wednesday's home Champions League clash with CSKA after missing the derby but midfielder Frank Lampard is still sidelined.

Pellegrini said: "Mangala has just stiffness in his hip so he is in the squad list. Frank, I think he will be fit next week."

Wales captain Sam Warburton on his team's high-intensity training ahead of Saturday's Test against Australia: "It has been tough preparation - it has genuinely been the hardest week we've had. We knew we had to change something going into playing these Southern Hemisphere sides.

"We know the speed of running that Australia play at and we have been recovering the same metres in training. We know that the first 20 minutes is where historically we have been off the pace, but we have covered those yards in training. Psychologically that has been a big boost.

"There are no guarantees but if we have a good start on Saturday then it is the management and staff who deserve a big pat on the back."

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Howley on selecting Rhys Webb at scrum-half ahead of Mike Phillips: "It's always tight when you've a world-class player who has been a key player in our team and you have a player who is the in-form half-back in Wales and has been playing in a very fluid combination with Dan (Biggar).

"The question for Rhys now is his ability to step up against a southern hemisphere side, the speed of his game and the accuracy of his kicking game.

"We've got a lot of talent in scrum-half and when you have someone who is a world-class player who can come off the bench, that puts us in a really good position. The strength and depth we've got will be one of the key parts of the game on Saturday."

Wales assistant Rob Howley on wing George North's switch to the centres: "We have always been comfortable with George going to centre and said consistently that over the last two years. if it was needed through injuries.

"So when we lost Scott Williams and Jonathan Davies we had to look at our strength in depth. I think George's best position is wing but he is comfortable in the centres with his speed and guile.

"Scott and Jonathan were close to being fit but with the speed of the game against these Southern Hemisphere sides you have to be 100% in those outside channels. The common sense approach was that both need to be 100% when selected and could be ready for the Fiji game."