Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia has emerged as a doubt for their Club World Cup quarter-final tie against Palmeiras. However, the Blues could hand a debut to Joao Pedro. Pedro completed his £60m transfer from Brighton earlier in the week, and has been added to the Blues’ squad having been signed before the new registration deadline.

Chelsea will also face Estavao, who is headed to join the Blues once this tournament wraps up, but in what could be his final game for Palmeiras, there's still a job to do. Here are storylines, how you can watch the match and more: This will only be the second time that Chelsea and Palmeiras have faced each other with them meeting in the Club World Cup final.

Tonight’s FIFA Club World Cup Quarterfinal action has Londoners Chelsea F.C. facing Brazilian side Palmeiras in the FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals.

Chelsea and Aston Villa have been fined by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's financial rules. The two clubs could be prevented from registering new players for Uefa competitions for the forthcoming season unless they have a positive transfer balance by the end of the summer transfer window.

Chelsea were fined €20 million for breaking financial monitoring rules and Barcelona ordered to pay €15m by UEFA on Friday.

(Reuters) -Chelsea have been fined 31 million euros ($36.50 million) by UEFA for breaches of its financial rules, while Aston Villa, Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais were also levied with large fines,