Chelsea host Aston Villa in the opening match of the Women’s Super League season at Kingsmeadow to mark the start of a new era for the Blues under Sonia Bompastor. The Blues won the WSL for a fifth consecutive season last campaign under the departing Emma Hayes and Bompastor has big shoes to fill after arriving from Lyon for a new era in the women’s game.

The Blues won the WSL for a fifth consecutive season last campaign under the departing Emma Hayes and Bompastor has big shoes to fill after arriving from Lyon for a new era in the women’s game. The Chelsea squad has also seen several changes, with England international Lucy Bronze the pick of the new signings.

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Arsenal play Europa League winners Atalanta on Thursday in their opening match of this season's Champions League - a competition that Chris Sutton believes the Gunners "could go really far in". The former Chelsea and Celtic striker told BBC Radio 5 Live's Champions League Debrief: "Mikel Arteta is in his fifth [full] season now,