News about Marcel Desailly

The Blues are currently 11th in the Premier League table after another poor start to the season, with them winning three, drawing three, and losing four of their first ten games under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. Despite spending over £1 billion on transfer fees in the last three transfer window, there were high hopes for their fortunes under the new manager's reign, but it's been the same story as last season so far. Todd Boehly has changed the club's recruitment policy by signing younger players rather than proving their ability, including Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, and Nicolas Jackson.

Marcel Desailly, a former Chelsea defender, has suggested that Kylian Mbappe would make a good move for the Blues' Premier League rivals Liverpool. Mbappe has been the subject of transfer rumors since being compelled to train separately from the PSG first team for refusing to sign a new deal. After 'constructive and positive' discussions between club and player, he has since been reintegrated into Luis Enrique's squad.

All attention will be on Qatar on Sunday, not only are they making their debut at the World Cup finals, but they will be doing it as the host nation. The home team's progress has always been a subpoena to any tournament, and this one will be no different as they face Holland, Senegal, and Ecuador in a competitive league. Other World Cup hosts have varying over the years, from being left out on the first stage to winning the tournament, as Sportsmail examines how every country has fared when being on the home team.

One thing is that not many of their players are from Qatar. This isn't unusual - of course, players don't have to play for their country of residence. Consider Raheem Sterling, Marcel Desailly... Erling Haaland. However, not many of their squads were born in the country, and no one in Qatar was ever born in the region. Sportsmail have had a closer look at those that could line up for the nation this winter in an attempt to answer the question: are any of Qatar's players actually from Qatar?

Gary Neville (left) and John Terry (inset, left) will lead a star-studded punditry crew for beIN SPORTS in Qatar at the World Cup, with 2,000 international caps included in the broadcaster's all-star panel. However, the broadcaster is being chastised for selecting former Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika (inset, right) despite his strong views on homosexuality. On beIN, a clip of Aboutrika, who is supposed to only be focused on their Middle East and North Africa coverage, showed that homosexuality is against human race.

If France takes on Tunisia in the final match of Group D of the Qatar World Cup, it will be the second time the two teams have met in a friendly match. The first and only previous meeting took place in October 1971, just over 51 years ago, when the Eagles of Carthage triumphed 2-1 in the Mediterranean Games group stage in Izmir, Turkey. Since then, four friends have followed, but the November 30 match is expected to have the most riding on it, with a fiery atmosphere.

Chelsea made history by securing a £271.1 million over the summer after being the Premier League's top spending players in a single transfer window. Thomas Tuchel's side paid 11 players before the window slammed shut at 11 p.m. on Thursday night, with their most expensive recruit - £69.5 million Wesley Fofana - joining Leicester on the penultimate day, led by new co-owner Todd Boehly. Fofana is one of Denis Zakaria's most popular teenagers, including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£60 million), Marc Cucurella (£54 million), Kaleidou Koulibaly (£34 million), and a slew of youngsters rising in the Premier League this summer.

BY CRAIG HOPE (exclusive) inTERVIEW: Zinedine Zidane scored two goals and Brazil's Ronaldo lost the game after France was World Cup champions in 1998. We'll never forget this. Marcel Desailly was sent off by the end of the final and is often forgotten in the midst of the contest's memory. What happened next to the French defender is what is less known right now. I was admitted to a doping room because I was on the list to be tested,' says the former Chelsea star, who was handed his second yellow card after 68 minutes in Paris with his team leading 2-0.' 'No, I can not be locked away!' I could not be in a room with no TV, not knowing what is going on, thinking the whole country is going to knock on the door because it is my fault they lost the World Cup! I had the trepidation, large time. I was enraged, and I caused a smattering of things.