Here are the latest Premier League headlines for Satuday, May 28.
Abramovich exit message
Outgoing owner Roman Abramovich says it has been an "honour of a lifetime" to be part of Chelsea as he prepares to hand over to Todd Boehly. The Premier League club confirmed an agreement to sell to US magnate Boehly and expect the transaction to be completed on Monday for what will be a sports franchise record deal of £4.25billion.
It will bring to an end a 19-year reign at Stamford Bridge for the Russian-Israeli billionaire, during which he led the Blues to 21 trophies and changed the face of English football forever. Abramovich put the club up for sale on March 2, amid Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine.
The 55-year-old was then sanctioned by the UK Government on March 10, with Downing Street claiming to have proven his links to Vladimir Putin. He has reflected fondly on his stay in west London and is confident Boehly and the Clearlake Capital consortium can take the club in the right direction.
"It has been an honour of a lifetime to be a part of this club - I would like to thank all the club's past and current players, staff, and of course fans for these incredible years," Abramovich said in a statement on Chelsea's website. "It has been nearly three months since I announced my intention to sell Chelsea FC. During this time, the team have worked hard to find the right custodian for Chelsea FC that would be best positioned to successfully lead the club into its next chapter.
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"The ownership of this club comes with great responsibility. Since I came to Chelsea nearly 20 years ago, I have witnessed first-hand what this club can achieve. My goal has been to ensure that the next owner has a mindset that will enable success for the men's and women's team, as well as the will and drive to continue developing other key aspects of the club, such as the academy and the vital work of Chelsea Foundation.
"I am pleased this search has now come to a successful conclusion. As I hand over Chelsea to its new custodians, I would like to wish them the best of success, both on and off the pitch. I am proud that as a result of our joint successes, millions of people will now benefit from the new charitable foundation which is being established. This is the legacy which we have created together."
Conte to stay with Spurs
Antonio Conte is set to remain in charge of Tottenham next season. The Italian, who is contracted until next summer, has been coy about his future, regularly refusing to commit himself to being at Spurs for the long run and insisting it would be decided by a meeting with the club at the end of the recent campaign.
But Conte, who has been on holiday in his homeland, had already signalled his intent to carry on by the time that meeting with managing director of football Fabio Paratici took place in Italy on Friday and the PA news agency understands he will remain in the role for the 2022/23 season.
Tottenham's qualification for the Champions League and the promise that the majority of the £150million ploughed into the club by owners ENIC this week would be used in the transfer market has been enough to remove any doubts Conte had about their ambition.
Conte had regularly spoken about how he was not prepared to be involved in another scrap just for fourth place and that he wanted to challenge for the top honours and Spurs have listened. The Turin summit with Paratici, who was his director of football at Juventus, was understood to be focused on player recruitment, with Conte wanting up to six new arrivals this summer.
As well as the £150m cash injection, Conte will also have funds from player sales at his disposal, with the club willing to offload Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso, Harry Winks and Sergio Reguilon among others. That should be enough to give Conte the tools to build a squad that he feels can challenge on all four fronts. Conte's commitment to the club will also be well received by the Spurs players, who have been unanimous in their praise of the former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss since he came into the club last November.
Harry Kane has publicly said he was excited to carry on working with the 52-year-old, while Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier both implored the club to back him. Conte staying means that Spurs are in for a much smoother summer than last year, when their managerial search - which included Conte turning the job down - descended into farce and ended up with the appointment of Nuno Espirito Santo, while Kane's attempts to leave also left a black cloud over the club.
Kane's England target
Harry Kane hopes to become England's top goalscorer at this winter's World Cup. The Three Lions skipper is four goals behind Wayne's Rooney's tally of 53, tied on 49 with Sir Bobby Charlton.
It is only a matter of time until Kane surpasses that number and it could even happen for the Qatar World Cup, which starts in November, as England have six Nations League matches to play. But he says it would be nice to do it at the main event this winter.
Speaking as a guest on the Jimmy Fallon show in America, Kane said: "I'm excited, the last World Cup was really special. We got to the semi-final, which was the first we'd got to in 30 years as a nation, and the country was going pretty mad.
"We fell that one step short, but I am really looking forward to this one. We have a great team, really good players, really good coach, and we have been building nicely to this World Cup and I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully I can try and break that goal record while we're there."
