KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: The Norwegian waited until the 84th minute to introduce Lukaku, the £75million striker who has fallen down the pecking order since Jose Mourinho left.

THE NUMBERS GAME: Man City gave Guardiola time – and money – and are now reaping the rewards. Sadly for Sarri, he is unlikely to be afforded the same luxury at hire-and-fire Chelsea.

THE NUMBERS GAME: After being named in the Premier League’s Team of the Year for four successive seasons, the simple stuff suddenly seems to be posing problems for De Gea.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: A cold wet Wednesday night in Stoke has long been the benchmark when it came to the question of whether Lionel Messi could deliver in England.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Signed from Napoli for £57m, Jorginho became the poster boy for 'Sarri-ball'. But what happens to the midfielder now his mentor has left Chelsea?

KIERAN GILL: 'It has been a long journey to get here,' said Danny Drinkwater on the day he signed for Chelsea in 2017, 'but I am very happy and looking forward to helping the club win more trophies'.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Next time you raise an eyebrow at someone showing their support by wearing a full kit, spare a thought for how much it set them back to look like that.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed never to speak again to Mr Gove- but the two men buried the hatchet over whisky sodas and red wine at an exclusive private members' club in London.

The new Orwell Award, named after former pupil George Orwell, will offer a dozen boys from non-selective state schools the chance to study at Eton College (pictured).

In a keynote speech in London, Sajid Javid said Nigel Farage 'deserved credit' for leaving Ukip as it lurched to the far-Right when taken over by Gerard Batten and Tommy Robinson.

Love Island forgot one of the golden rules of television, and life in fact. Never tell the British public who to like - who they should like or even who they do like - and certainly not who to vote for.

The Prime Minister is said to have hired Isaac Levido as his director of politics and campaigning. He was a former deputy to Mr Crosby, who oversaw David Cameron's win four years ago.

The Conservatives could lose more than half the constituencies they need to defend against the resurgent Liberal Democrats.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Cameron isn't the only one who has been coining it since leaving Downing Street. So, too, has his former Tory Party chair Andrew Feldman.

David Cameron was spotted on the beach in Cornwall yesterday in a scene which draws direct comparison to Daniel Craig appearing in the 2006 James Bond movie Casino Royale.

PETER OBORNE: Jeremy Corbyn has been a disappointment. This is not because he's too radical and Left-wing. It's because he has shown no leadership whatsoever.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on a private cabinet paper that former leader, Oxford-educated David Cameron was a 'girly swot'.

David Cameron said Boris Johnson and Michael Gove 'left the truth at home' with claims that EU membership cost £350million a week and that Turkey would join the bloc.

The incendiary promise - which would see a former Prime Minister actively working against his own party - comes amid furious backlash over the publication of Cameron's explosive memoirs.

The Conservative former prime minister (pictured) said Mr Johnson privately claimed there could be a 'fresh renegotiation, followed by a second referendum' - which he now says he opposes.

The former prime minister singled out Boris Johnson's new chief of staff, the then Ukip leader Mr Farage and Mr Banks, the Leave.EU chief and controversial businessman.

The monarch made a surprise plea to Scots to 'think very carefully' about how they would vote, just a week before the 2014 vote. The No campaign went on to win the vote 55 per cent to 45 per cent.

Mr Cameron has been scathing about the comments made on immigration by the then employment minister in the run-up to the June 2016 vote.

Michael Gove famously sabotaged the current UK Prime Minister's first leadership bid in 2016 by launching his own rival campaign, forcing Boris Johnson (pictured together) to pull out.

Michael Gove assured the then-PM that he would 'make one speech and that's it' after he came out in favour of Brexit, Mr Cameron (pictured in an ITV interview today) has revealed.

David Cameron (pictured in an ITV interview which aired last night) also criticised Mr Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament, accusing him of 'sharp practice'.

SARAH VINE: They were not bound by class or school, but by something else: real friendship, not just as individuals, but also, and perhaps even more so, between their wives.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The image of David Cameron and Ivan sledging near their home in Oxfordshire, can be revealed ahead of the publication of the former PM's memoir.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron said he was left 'scratching his head' by some of the rulings that John Bercow (pictured) made as Speaker of the Commons.

The Brexit row severed a close friendship between the Gove and Cameron families which extended well beyond politics and saw the two families share the school run and holiday together.

David Cameron has urged Boris Johnson to forgive the 21 Remainer rebels he stripped of the Tory whip as the former PM failed to guarantee he will vote Conservative if there is a No Deal Brexit.

Alex Salmond who spearheaded the Yes Scotland campaign for independence in 2014 has said it was improper and desperate for the former PM to have asked the Queen for help.

STEPHEN GLOVER: David Cameron's memoir suggests Boris Johnson 'didn't believe' in Brexit and Michael Gove is a 'floam-flecked Faragist'. Will be a hit with those who wish the Tory party ill.

HARRY COLE: Sir Lynton Crosby may have masterminded Boris Johnson's successful bids for City Hall and helped to put him in No 10, but I hear he will not be running his Election campaign.

David Mellor (pictured), who was pro-Europe for much of his career but voted for Brexit in 2016, said he often woke thinking 'it would have been better if he [Mr Cameron] had never lived'.

Dr Denzil Douglas was detained at the airport by UK Border Force three weeks ago but he could not explain why he was attempting to leave the country with the cash.

Carrie Symonds, 31, was the picture of laid back style as she joined boyfriend Boris Johnson, 55, on the steps of Number 10 this morning, hours after the Tories' landslide victory.

US President Donald Trump tweeted this morning that a 2020 reelection win will be greater than Brexit as he quoted the former British Prime Minister's director of strategy.

The London-born wife of former prime minister David Cameron shared a snap of her modelling a new blue maxi dress for her fashion range Cefinn on Instagram, praising its loose, relaxed fit.

ROB DRAPER AT ANFIELD: Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp don't quite play the same roles in life experience. Yet the line fits in terms of respective career trajectories.

GUY ADAMS: In June, Bercow will be paid an undisclosed sum, thought to be in the region of £10,000, to headline its annual conference in Istanbul.

Emily Sheffield, a former deputy editor of fashion bible Vogue, was awarded the money for her app - ThisMuchIKnow - after successfully navigating a bizarre interview process.

Camila Morrone looked effortlessly stylish in flared trousers as she stepped out with her mother, Lucila Sola, in Barcelona for the 080 Barceleona fashion show on Tuesday.

Jake Feldwhere, 29, has died after a super-yacht crash in Monaco. The captain drove at 'three times the limit' to 'show off the boat's performance' when they hit a yacht and Mr Feldwhere was killed.

The French actress, 66, cut an elegant figure as she got out of the taxi boat in a beige blazer and turned-up denim jeans as she arrived in Venice for the Film Festival on Monday.

The St Germain Penthouse, which dominates the top floor of Paris' Lutetia Hotel, was designed by Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola.

She's a two-time Oscar winner, a notoriously political and outspoken activist, and she's the star of a hit Netflix series that's currently in its sixth season.

Saturday Night Live mainstay Kate McKinnon introduced Ellen with a moving speech championing the entertainer's decision to publicly come out as gay in 1997.

Michelle Pfeiffer sizzled in a black cinched-in gown alongside husband David E. Kelly in a black tuxedo at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The couple has kept their relationship mostly secret since they began dating in 2017. They've been spotted together on several occasions, but have not made a red carpet appearance.