Chelsea's young Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku is unlikely to start for his country against England at Wembley tomorrow, but it is his restricted opportunities at club level that has led him to talk of his "joyless" recent experiences of playing the game.

Chelsea man out of Euro 2012 while Spurs midfielder faces fitness fight despite being set to start against France

Chelsea were last night reported to be close to clinching their second major signing of the summer with Brazilian striker Hulk set to join from Porto for a fee of £38m.

Manchester United have confirmed a five-year partnership with US car giant Chevrolet to become the club's official automotive partner.

England will play their Euro 2012 games in front of only a few thousand of their fans, with the Football Association having sold only 3,000 tickets for each of their group games.

Charles Green wants dialogue with Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan to prevent the dispute between Rangers and the ruling body spiralling out of control.

England will play their Euro 2012 games in front of only a few thousand of their fans, with the Football Association having sold only 3,000 tickets for each of their group games.

Amid all their genius for getting things wrong, Liverpool may just have stumbled on something – and somebody – that is right.

Roy Hodgson's medical staff will have to convince Uefa officials that Frank Lampard's thigh strain was not a pre-existing condition suffered by the midfielder if the new England manager is to be given dispensation to replace the injured Chelsea man with Jordan Henderson in his Euro 2012 squad.

There was a time when Jordan Henderson was seen as one of the hottest young properties in the country. Back then, and this was only 18 months ago, Sunderland fought off regular stories about interest from Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool. He went to the latter and his lot, as he sits in the wings to potentially replace Frank Lampard, who left the England training camp with a thigh injury yesterday, could not be much lower.

Roy Hodgson's medical staff will have to convince Uefa officials that Frank Lampard's thigh strain was not a pre-existing condition suffered by the midfielder if the new England manager is to be given dispensation to replace the injured Chelsea man with Jordan Henderson in his Euro 2012 squad.

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England head coach Roy Hodgson could lose a second experienced midfielder from his Euro 2012 plans in the space of 48 hours with Frank Lampard to have a scan tomorrow on his thigh injury.