Sources: Chelsea start agent talks, Kovacic update, Pochettino's fitness specialist, Spurs like Frank, United like Rice

A collection of random bits of sourced news!

A bit of a first for this site today, I have got enough randomly collected bits of source new to do a sourced roundup on a number of different situations.

The majority are Chelsea related, of course, but I have some other snippets as well that isn’t directly related to Chelsea.

Let’s go through it.

Kovacic contract talks dead

I’m told that new contract talks between Mateo Kovacic and Chelsea are dead at the moment, nothing happening there. Expectation is he will leave, and sources say it would take a miracle now for things to turn around. As I reported here MANY months back now, Kovacic has been weighing up his options and considering his future for a long time. Many clubs interested, including from the Premier League.

Chelsea starting agent talks