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Bids, Bees - and tossing pies

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Liam Twomey is joined by Dom Fifield and Sam Parkin with your second weekly dose of Blues news.

We begin as ever with the latest on the takeover - including a profile of Todd Boehly and a look at how the fortunes of American sports franchises may translate given those in the mix to own the club.

Attention then turns to Saturday's Premier League action - with Chelsea welcoming fellow West Londoners Brentford to Stamford Bridge - with the added threat of Christian Eriksen.

There's a preview of that game, plus a round up of the international break action as Edouard…

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