The draw for the FA Cup fourth round was conducted on Monday night.

Holders Manchester City have been drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur. The Premier League champions have neither scored nor won a fixture at the ground since it was opened.

The lowest-ranked side left in the competition, Maidstone United, travel to Championship high-flyers Ipswich.

Chelsea host Aston Villa and Newcastle go to Fulham are two of six potentially six all-Premier League ties.

The games will be played across the weekend of January 27.

FA Cup fourth-round draw in full

Watford vs Southampton

Blackburn vs Wrexham

Bournemouth vs Swansea

West Brom vs Brentford or Wolves

West Ham or Bristol City vs Nottingham Forest or Blackpool

Leicester vs Hull or Birmingham

Sheffield Wednesday vs Coventry

Chelsea vs Aston Villa

Ipswich vs Maidstone United

Liverpool vs Norwich or Bristol Rovers

Tottenham vs Manchester City

Leeds vs Plymouth

Crystal Palace or Everton vs Luton or Bolton

Newport or Eastleigh vs Wigan or Manchester United

Sheffield United vs Brighton

Fulham vs Newcastle

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UEFA have said that Chelsea will not be able to sell tickets for any future Champions League matches at Stamford Bridge, as long as Roman Abramovich is still owner of the club.

This follows the sanctions imposed on Abramovich by the European Union (EU).

The Blues will have to play any future home European games behind closed doors.

Chelsea are away to Lille in the round of 16 second leg on Wednesday night, boasting a 2-0 advantage from the first leg.

If Thomas Tuchel’s men make it into the quarter-final, then whichever leg is at home will be played in front of no supporters.

A UEFA statement on Tuesday read: “UEFA is fully committed to always implementing relevant EU and international sanctions. Our understanding is that the present case is assessed in the context of the licence issued in the UK which allows Chelsea FC to continue minimum football activity whilst providing a safeguard that no financial gain will result for Mr Abramovich.

“We will work with the EU and relevant member states to ensure we have full clarity and remain in lockstep with all relevant and applicable measures in line with latest developments.” Dailypost 

Chelsea is facing the prospect of losing some of their academy starlets – including highly rated Xavier Simons – on free transfers.

This is due to the sanctions imposed by the UK government.

The Blues are currently unable to offer contracts to players due to the terms of their special operating license.

The UK Sun reports that six academy youngsters could leave at the end of this season as a result of the restrictions imposed on the club.

One of them is 19-year-old midfielder Simons, who is very highly rated by Chelsea and captained the U-23 team in the UEFA Youth League.

He was handed a start by Thomas Tuchel in a 2-0 win over Brentford in the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup in December. Simons was also part of the matchday squad for their third-round FA Cup tie with Chesterfield a month later.

England U-17 World Cup winner George McEachran, who has been at Chelsea since the age of eight, is also in the final months of his contract.

Forward Thierno Ballo, midfielder Dion Rankine and defenders Sam McLelland and Josh Brooking will also free agents at the end of the campaign. Dailypost 

Former Leeds United striker, Noel Whelan has urged Chelsea to get striker Romelu Lukaku out of Stamford Bridge in the summer.

Whelan believes Lukaku has not done enough in Chelsea shirt, adding that the West London club should cut their losses by selling the former Manchester United star.

Chelsea signed Lukaku last summer from Inter Milan for a club-record fee to end their issues in front of goal.

But the Belgium international hasn’t been at his best and has failed to create the desired impact the Stamford Bridge faithful expected.

And Whelan believes Chelsea should instead use Kai Havertz to replace Lukaku permanently in Thomas Tuchel’s squad.

“With the way Havertz is playing – it becomes a very easy decision for Chelsea. I think he has proven that he can be the number nine for them. He’s been brilliant and has shown real quality,” Whelan told Football Insider.

“We all know that he’s a different style of player to Lukaku, but I think there’s been too much controversy with Lukaku. The interview was just disrespectful, but if that is what he wants – then get him out of the football club and off the wage bill.

“They can then go out there, start again, and get someone who can give you the right attitude to fight and succeed in England and in Europe.

“The whispers don’t lie. He’s very lucky to still get the applause he does at Stamford Bridge because he hasn’t shown anywhere near enough in a Chelsea shirt.” Dailypost 

Chelsea star, Andreas Christensen, is close to joining Barcelona this year.

According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona has accelerated their interest in Christensen ahead of his contract expiring during the summer transfer window.

Christensen alongside AC Milana’s Franck Kessie is top of Barcelona’s wish list as they look to improve their squad.

The Danish international joined Chelsea from Brondby in 2012, so a move would see his 10-year stay at Stamford Bridge come to an end.

The 25-year-old has gone on to make more than 150 appearances for Chelsea, helping them win multiple trophies, including last season’s Champions League.

Speaking about his Chelsea contract situation last week, Christensen said: “Things can still be done. Being part of a winning team is all that I want to be as a football player.

“It is hard because of all the talks between the club and my guys, I try to keep it away because I want to focus and it has not changed for me.

“I go on the pitch every day not really thinking about it. I leave that to the club and my guys, and I can focus on playing football.” Dailypost 

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel is disappointed by the club’s decision to sell Antonio Rudiger, Daily Express reports.

The Blues’ director Marina Granovskaia is ready to sell Rudiger, who has emerged as one of Tuchel’s most trusted stars in January

The German centre-back – along with Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christensen – have become the pillar of Chelsea’s defence.

All three players are, however, out of contract next summer. But while Azpilicueta and Christensen will soon commit to new deals, there is less certainty over Rudiger.

Rudiger is attracting interest from Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Juventus.

If the 28-year-old does not sign a new deal by June 2022, he will leave the club as a free agent, a situation Chelsea do not want.

There is also a feeling at Stamford Bridge that Rudiger is unwilling to extend his contract.

And if there is no resolution by January 1, Granovskaia will put Rudiger up for sale.

As a result, Chelsea will look to rekindle their efforts to bring in Jules Kounde from Sevilla. Dailypost

At the third time of asking, Romelu Lukaku is set to receive a royal welcome at Chelsea. 

The Belgian first arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2011 as a little-known 18-year-old attacker from Anderlecht.

After taking the Eurostar train between Brussels and London, Lukaku was presented to the press alongside another promising young signing, Oriel Romeu, who had been prised away from Barcelona.

Lukaku failed to make an impact in west London, though, and was allowed to join Everton on a permanent transfer in 2014, for £28m ($39m).

So impressively did he perform at Goodison Park that Chelsea tried to buy him back just three years later. However, Manchester United won the race for his signature having made Lukaku feel more wanted.

As the summer of 2021 began, though, Chelsea knew that they desperately needed a world-class No.9. They have have just won the Champions League but it was clear that they were still lacking a prolific goalscorer.

Thanks to two sensational seasons at Inter after a dismal end to his Old Trafford career, Lukaku was quickly identified as a target, featuring on an ambitious shortlist that also included Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland, Tottenham's Harry Kane and Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski.

However, despite their financial problems, the Nerazzurri initially made it clear that their star centre-forward wasn't for sale.

As far as the Serie A side were concerned, Achraf Hakimi was the only key player in last season's Scudetto success would would be allowed to leave this summer in order to ease their monetary concerns.

So, Chelsea continued to explore other options. Crucially, though, they maintained an open dialogue with Lukaku's agent Federico Pastorello, who informed them earlier this month that Inter were now willing to negotiate.

A first bid of £85m ($117m) was turned down but Lukaku, who had pledged his allegiance to the Serie A champions earlier in the window, was beginning to open up to the idea of returning to Chelsea.

A phone call from Blues boss Thomas Tuchel effectively sealed the deal, with the German convincing Lukaku that the peak years of his career would be best spent with the European champions than a club struggling to make ends meet.

All that remained was for a fee to be agreed, and Inter eventually accepted an offer of £98 million ($136m). Chelsea, of course, had only paid £10m ($14m) for the striker's services a decade ago but that was of no concern Tuchel.

He admired Lukaku has a player and had never heard anything but good things about the Belgium international from those who had previously worked with him. 

Tuchel was only further convinced that Lukaku was the right man to lead his team after their one-one-one. During that call, he got a sense of the drive and determination that turned Lukaku into the player he is today.

He come from humble beginnings in Antwerp. Life was never easy for Lukaku or his brother Jordan, both of whom became professional footballers not just because of their talent, but also their tenacity. 

"It’s a relief when you make it after so many years. We also wanted to help out our parents as our family wasn't doing well financially when we were kids," Jordan Lukaku told Goal.

"It was rough, so we were motivated to do more. It’s not normal to have two from a family make it. That’s what pushed us."

Indeed, Yannick Ferrera, one of Lukaku's former coaches at youth-team level at Anderlecht, revealed to Goal that the attacker had a drive that separated him from his peers.

"What was great with him was that he was so hungry," Ferrera explained. "He wanted to train, he wanted to learn, he wanted more.

"He never thought 'I am better than the others.' He thought 'I want to become better than the others, so I must train and work hard.' 

"From day one, he was a great kid and I am sure that he is a great man now."

Amid all of the excitement surrounding Lukaku's return, he still has his doubters in England.

He flopped at Manchester United, they say. He doesn't do it in big games, apparently. But that Premier League-centric thinking ignores the massive improvement he enjoyed working under Antonio Conte at Inter.

“He arrived at the right club, at the right time, with the right coach and has developed this incredible maturity," Belgium boss Roberto Martinez told Goal.

“He is no longer just the goalscorer that we all know. He is someone that can affect the game, he can lift players around him. He can really, really influence what you're going to do on the pitch.

“He is still only 28 and his goalscoring record is amazing, but I think Romelu has, most importantly, become a very mature footballer in the last 14 months."

Everything seems to have finally fallen into place for both Lukaku and Chelsea. 

The boy who arrived at Stamford Bridge 10 years ago hoping to emulate his idol Didier Drogba looks perfectly placed to belatedly realise his dream.

As the 'King of Chelsea' tweeted after Lukaku's return was confirmed, "He's coming home!"

And a fittingly royal welcome awaits. (Goal)