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Ali Barat, the super-agent who dominated the summer with multiple market-defining deals, including Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson's loan to Bayern Munich, Chelsea winger Noni Madueke's transfer to Arsenal and Chelsea target Xavi Simons' switch to Tottenham Hotspur, has spoken to Confidential on his whirlwind window. The favourite to be crowned Best Agent at the Golden Boy awards for the second time later this year, Barat exudes calmness when he speaks.

Sam Kerr scored on her first Chelsea appearance for 20 months as the champions maintained their perfect start to the Women's Super League season with a 3-1 win away to Aston Villa. The Australia international scrambled the ball home in stoppage time after being sent on as a substitute in the second half, as Sonia Bompastor's side were made to work for their victory by a dogged home performance at Villa Park. Aggie Beever-Jones had earlier given Chelsea the lead with her second of the season before Ebony Salmon levelled. A Missy Bo Kearns own goal made it 2-1 before Kerr capped her comeback from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

I was on the bench and I was so disappointed that I didn't start or even come on. I was sitting there thinking, Oh my God, that would have been my first Champions League trophy. If I'd gone to Manchester United, I would have been a Champions League winner right now'. I felt that if I'd played in that game, the outcome might have been a bit different.

That's according to Christian Falk in his CF Bayern Insider column, with the German journalist providing some insight into Fofana's situation. As recently reported for CaughtOffside, Chelsea have Fofana on a list of targets in attack, along with others such as Morgan Rogers and Kenan Yildiz. Now Falk is also linking Fofana with Bayern, and it makes sense that the talented young Belgium international would have a host of suitors from around Europe.

"During a thorough due diligence process prior to completion of the purchase, the ownership group became aware of potentially incomplete financial reporting concerning historical transactions and other potential breaches of FA rules," a Chelsea statement read.