Chelsea boss Enzo Marseca has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Brighton (kick-off 15:00 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Romeo Lavia will be available on Saturday but Maresca will decide if the midfielder can start after their last training session. Captain Reece James remains out.

Chelsea have been handed a boost as Romeo Lavia is set to return to the squad for Saturday’s match against Brighton & Hove Albion. Lavia has been ruled out for the last five weeks with a hamstring injury he suffered in training.

Graham Potter says there was “frustration and anger” over the way his Chelsea tenure ended but he does not regret taking the job. Potter was dismissed seven months into a five-year contract in April 2023 after Chelsea paid a £20million buyout clause to bring him to the club from Brighton and Hove Albion the previous September.

Graham Potter is ready to return to football management after 17 months of exile following his disastrous reign at Chelsea. The 49-year-old admitted he felt a sense of “humiliation” with his high-profile sacking after successfully building his career with spells at Ostersunds,