Here are the latest Premier League headlines for Saturday, June 11.
Christensen on the move
Chelsea have confirmed defender Andreas Christensen will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the month. The Denmark international is expected to join LaLiga giants Barcelona following 10 years at Stamford Bridge.
He had not played for the Blues since withdrawing himself from selection on the morning of the FA Cup final against Liverpool. Defender Jake Clarke-Salter and midfielders Danny Drinkwater and Charly Musonda will also depart the Premier League club this summer, while Antonio Rudiger's free transfer switch to Real Madrid has already been announced.
Christensen joined Chelsea's academy from Danish club Brondby in 2012 and was loaned to Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach between 2015 and 2017. The 26-year-old scored twice in 161 Blues appearances, winning the Champions League, Europa League and FIFA Club World Cup.
"Chelsea Football Club thanks Andreas for his contribution to our success in the last decade and wishes him well in his future career," read a statement on the Blues' website.
Former England international Drinkwater arrived in west London from Leicester in 2017 for a fee in the region of £35million. The 32-year-old managed only 23 outings for the Blues during an unsuccessful spell and was loaned out to Burnley, Aston Villa, Turkish club Kasimpasa and Reading. Belgian Musonda, 25, was restricted to just seven first-team appearances for Chelsea, scoring once, while ex-England Under-21 international Clarke-Salter played twice during a 16-year association with the club.
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Burnley release big names
Burnley trio Ben Mee, Aaron Lennon and James Tarkowski are among 14 players who will leave the club this summer. Centre-back Tarkowski is expected to join Everton following the Clarets' relegation from the Premier League, while fellow defender Mee and winger Lennon are included in a long list of departures.
Burnley said on their official website when announcing their retained list: "Ben Mee, Aaron Lennon, Phil Bardsley, Dale Stephens and Erik Pieters are among a total of 14 professionals to depart the club upon the conclusion of their contracts at Turf Moor at the end of this month."
The club added: "James Tarkowski expressed his desire earlier in the season to seek an opportunity elsewhere when his contract expires, and he will also depart after more than 200 appearances for the club." Mee made over 350 appearances during a 10-year spell with the Clarets after joining from Manchester City in 2012.
Lennon, who re-joined the club last summer following a two-year stint in Turkey with Kayserispor, appeared 87 times in total in all competition during his two spells at Turf Moor. Burnley said "discussions remain ongoing" with Matej Vydra and Jack Cork and the option on Ashley Barnes' contract has been activated to keep him at the club for another year.
Report into Champions League chaos
A French government report into the problems at the Champions League final last month has highlighted "multiple failures" in the management of the crowd in Paris. Having initially blamed ticketless Liverpool fans for the chaotic and worrying scenes that saw supporters corralled and teargassed outside the Stade De France ahead of their clash with Real Madrid, police chief Didier Lallement conceded earlier this week the operation had been a failure.
He also admitted he had no evidence for previous claims that up to 40,000 Liverpool fans without tickets or with forged tickets had descended on the stadium. The 30-page government report, which was released on Friday, came to different conclusions, instead focusing on systemic failures and "the presence of malevolent individuals" in the vicinity of the stadium.
Large numbers of Liverpool fans have reported being attacked and having possessions stolen outside the ground.
The report read: "The dysfunction was the result of, despite careful preparation, multiple failures in the guiding and the management of the crowd, in the insufficient communications between the RATP (transport operator) and the PC (public order body), in the lack of suitable routes to the ground, in the lack of coordination and failed dialogue between all parties when it came to recognising the warning signs in terms of the presence of malevolent individuals who assembled in large numbers near the stadium to commit delinquent acts."
