Chelsea passed over Bayern Munich to draft Genk goalkeeper Mike Penders last month. They signed him before accepting to loan him back to Genk for the campaign. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Bayern scouted Mike for months, but the Blues swooped in.  Chelsea signed Penders for €20m and then loaned him back to Genk.  Last week, Genk teammate Tolu Arokodare while speaking to Tribalfootball said about Penders: “He is a good person, a good professional  and he is very hardworking. We should expect the best from him. “I must admit that it is difficult to score against him in training and we do our best to help one another improve. “We should expect nothing but the best from him and talking about our reaction when Chelsea signed him. Well,  we were not really surprised because we know the qualities he possesses.”

Borussia Dortmund’s chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke bears no ill will towards Jurgen Klopp. This week, Watzke sent good wishes to Klopp, who has gotten a new job. The former Liverpool manager will become the new global head of soccer at Red Bull, working for RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg.  Watzke told Sky Sports: “For me, it was no surprise because we had spoken about it personally. I wish Jurgen, as always, good luck in his new job.” Klopp said about the Red Bull project in 2017: ” I’m a football romantic and I like tradition in football and all that stuff.  “In Germany, only two clubs sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ before the game and that is Mainz and Dortmund.”