Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba joins United Soccer League side Phoenix Rising as a player and co-owner.

Chelsea's Antonio Conté & Cesc Fabregas share their top tips for young players as part of the new Jamie Johnson Football Podcast.

After Arsenal lost 3-0 at Crystal Palace on Monday, BBC Sport looks at how bad things could get for the Gunners as they approach the end of the season.

Arsenal will most likely miss out on next season's Champions League, with their fate decided by 13 May, a data company says.

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Crystal Palace continued their recent revival to boost their Premier League survival hopes and leave Arsenal struggling to maintain their run of top-four finishes under Arsene Wenger.

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Arsene Wenger says uncertainty over his future is not affecting his Arsenal players, but says their 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace is "a big worry".

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is "not in the mood" to discuss his future at the club following their 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace.

Live text, BBC Radio 5 live commentary, images and social media reaction as Arsenal beat Middlesbrough in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace boost their survival hopes to leave Arsenal struggling to maintain their run of top-four finishes under Arsene Wenger.

Follow live coverage of West Brom v Liverpool as the Reds look to go back up to third.

Former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams is appointed head coach of Granada until the end of the season.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says it was "important" to win 3-1 away at Bournemouth after Tottenham's victory against Watford earlier on Saturday.

Chelsea maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League with an entertaining victory over spirited Bournemouth.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe says it took a "worldie" free-kick from Chelsea's Marcos Alonso to kill his team off in a tight game, in which the Blues beat the Cherries 3-1.

BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald in this week's Premier League predictions.

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Bournemouth make one change to the side that drew 2-2 at Liverpool on Wednesday, as Ryan Fraser comes in for Jordon Ibe.

Bournemouth XI:  Boruc, A Smith, S Cook, Francis, Daniels, Fraser, Arter, Wilshere, Pugh, King, Afobe

Subs: Allop, Cargill, B Smith, L Cook, Ibe, Gradel, Mousset  

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Chelsea make two changes to the side that beat Manchester City 2-1 at home on Wednesday.

Victor Moses is back from injury to replace Kurt Zouma, with Nemanja Matic taking Cesc Fabregas' spot in midfield.

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard.

Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi.

Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder

Romelu Lukaku comes with a £60m price tag,  but there is already plenty of speculation about Lukaku's next move. , external

The obvious club to splash out and throw the 23-year-old Belgian straight in the team would be his former side, Chelsea, if they were to sell Diego Costa.

Lukaku has already said  he will not sign a new contract at Everton  and, if he does get an offer from Chelsea at the end of the season, then it would be a no-brainer - he has to do it.

He would be Chelsea's main striker, playing in the Champions League and challenging for the title in a team which will give him lots of chances, which is exactly where he wants to be.

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Steve Wilson
Match of the Day commentator

A seven-point lead with eight games remaining is not a cast-iron guarantee of success, but it's hard to see the Blues straying from the blueprint which has taken them to the top.

Don't forget that Antonio Conte won the championship with Juventus in each of his last three seasons as a club manager. The Italian knows his way around a run-in and will have delighted Chelsea by  brushing aside rumours, external  that he might decamp back to Serie A this summer.

I was pretty concerned about Bournemouth a couple of months ago when it seemed they may be sucked into a relegation battle.

Now that their defence is looking tighter - and Joshua King has embarked on a hot streak of nine goals in 10 games - improving on last season's 16th-place finish looks almost a certainty.

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Jay L: As a Chelsea fan I am worried. We still have to go to Old Trafford and Goodison. If Spurs overtake us fair play to them. Spurs look deadly. Pressure on CFC at Cherries. Can we handle it? 

Richard Clayton: For the first time for a long time this season Chelsea have to deal with the pressure of competition. Let's see what they're made of

You may have read a few stories linking Antonio Conte with a move to Inter. You may, like me, have thought that move seemed odd.

Well, now the Chelsea boss has dismissed stories linking him with a return to Italy this summer.

Reports, external  in the manager's home country - quoting an agent, Federico Pastorello - had suggested he was considering a move, with Inter Milan the most likely destination.

"I'm very happy to stay," Conte said.

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"I read this interview about Pastorello. I don't know him and I don't know why this person has spoken about me."

He added: "I worked in Italy. They want to come back for me in Italy. It's normal. I have two more years of contract with Chelsea.

"This is the truth. This is the most important thing. I don't like when I listen to other persons talking about me."