The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…

CHELSEA

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter are open to selling their stakes in Chelsea to majority owner Clearlake Capital in a deal that would value the club at more than £5bn – The Telegraph

Chelsea are in off-field turmoil amid claims co-owners Todd Boehly and Mark Walter are set to sell their stakes – The Sun

The Chelsea chair, Todd Boehly, and director Mark Walter are considering selling their shares in the club to the majority owners, Clearlake Capital, in a deal that would give the private equity company complete control at Stamford Bridge – The Guardian

PREMIER LEAGUE

Galatasaray are prepared to double Bruno Fernandes’ wages in a bid to lure the Portugal midfielder away from Manchester United – The Telegraph

Galatasaray, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and AC Milan are among the clubs who have been weighing up making an offer for Bruno Fernandes – Daily Mail

Manchester City face having to pay Chelsea more than £120m to land Enzo Fernandez if the club try to sign him in the final two weeks of the transfer window – The Telegraph

Manchester City are hoping to complete the transfer of the £85m-rated Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi in the next few days after agreeing to sell Rodri to Barcelona – The Times

Manchester City are closing in on a deal for Morocco and Lille defensive midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi and want it completed this week – ESPN

Chelsea star Cole Palmer has revealed he accidentally poisoned himself by botching his cooking of a salmon dish – The Sun

The Premier League has observed and evaluated ball chip technology in competitive matches as the league considers its possible future use – The Athletic

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

Rangers have had a £7m offer rejected for Brighton forward Amario Cozier-Duberry – The Scottish Sun

Celtic’s Adam Montgomery is set to join Livingston on loan again – Daily Record

Dundee United have now tabled their contract extension to Will Ferry – Daily Record

LALIGA

Real Madrid’s lack of commitment and concerns over the harmony in their squad were among the factors that convinced Rodri to snub his dream move to join rivals Barcelona – Marca

Barcelona are set to sign Joao Cancelo for a third time after the full-back agreed to terminate his contract with Al Hilal – ESPN

FIFA

A letter has been sent to FIFA’s Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee calling for the organisation to rule Gianni Infantino ineligible to stand for another term during next year’s FIFA presidential elections – The Athletic

In what could end up being a massive blow to the New York Yankees’ starting rotation, co-ace Max Fried returned to the 15-day injured list Monday with a left elbow bone bruise — the same injury that sidelined him for two months earlier this summer.

The move was a surprise and came just hours after news broke that lefty Carlos Rodón (elbow inflammation) was expected to return from the injured list Tuesday and start on the road vs. the Baltimore Orioles.

Fried seemed fine Thursday after his last start, in which he gave up one run over five innings in a 1-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners. It was his fifth start since coming off an IL stint with the same injury that had him out from May 13 until July 22.

In that start, Fried didn’t show any signs of injury and his average fastball velocity (93.3 mph) was near what it had been all season (93.2 mph). But he did describe the outing as “a grind” and said that he “didn’t necessarily have my best stuff.”

“I was a little erratic,” he said at the time. “But I was able to make some big pitches.”

He added that he “wasn’t as in rhythm as I wanted to be. The execution was good at times, but I felt like I was in and out of it and didn’t really have a good rhythm to be able to maintain it from Pitch 1 to where I came out.”

A potential saving grace for the Yankees? The club didn’t put Fried on the 60-day injured list, which would have ended his season. The Yankees appear to be holding out hope that he could still return by only putting him on the 15-day IL.

Fried is 4-4 with a 2.81 ERA in 15 starts this season. It’s fair to wonder if last season’s workload has caught up to him. In 2025 — his first season with the Yankees — he threw a career-high 195 1/3 innings in 32 starts, also a career-best.

Fried is in the second year of an eight-year, $218 million deal.

The Yankees had hoped to head into October with a rotation fronted by Cam Schlittler, Gerrit Cole and Fried. That might now be in jeopardy, though they have coverage in Rodón and lefty Ryan Weathers, who has been especially good of late (2.56 ERA over his last 11 starts).

The sudden departure of Fried makes it even more important that the rest of the Yankees’ stars return healthy — and soon.

Over the weekend, manager Aaron Boone said left fielder Cody Bellinger (left hamstring strain) could begin a rehab assignment either Thursday or Friday. Designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (right calf strain) has been hitting and running the bases, though Boone said he didn’t know when Stanton might attempt a rehab assignment. Boone added that Aaron Judge (first right rib stress fracture) began playing catch at Yankee Stadium on Friday.

Fried’s injury also should keep righty Will Warren in the rotation for now. The return of Rodón seemed sure to bump Warren to the bullpen or to Triple A at some point. It even seemed likely that Rodón would piggyback Tuesday’s start with Warren entering after him. But Warren likely will keep his spot in the rotation with Fried on ice.