kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. the size of their squad, as new manager mauricio pochettino takes over. french midfielder n'golo kante is also leaving stamford bridge. he's moving to the saudi arabian champions al ittihad. it marks the end of a hugely successful run in english football for kante, who helped leicester win the premier league before moving to chelsea and winning the champions league, premier league, europa league and fa cup. defending champions the usa have announced their 23—player squad for the upcoming women's football world cup in australia and new zealand. it includes national team stalwart megan rapinoe, who will be making her fourth world cup appearance aged 37, and alex morgan, 33, another four—time world cup veteran. coach vlatko andonovski says he wants to do something that has never been done before, and win three world cups in a row. we want to do it for the players, for the team, for the community. we want to do it for this country. we want do something that's never been done before. and w