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KIERAN GILL: Xabi Alonso says he chose a Chelsea squad that had the 'desire to play' and decided he could not select Enzo Fernandez after speaking privately with the Manchester City target. Fernandez was missing from the match-day selection for Thursday's Carabao Cup win over Luton Town. That was despite Alonso insisting the day before that he would use the Argentinian‚ 25. Fernandez's absence immediately sparked speculation that City had opened club-to-club talks surrounding a potential £120million transfer. However‚ Chelsea sources on Thursday night insisted after defeating Luton that they were still awaiting a formal approach.

KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: We love a transfer update in today's world of club-to-club talks and verbal agreements and sources whispering this and that‚ but there is nothing quite as clear as a surprise absentee on a match day. It smacks of something happening behind the scenes‚ and Manchester City target Enzo Fernandez was nowhere to be seen at Stamford Bridge‚ neither in the team nor on the bench nor in the stands supporting his team-mates in this Carabao Cup second-round victory. That was despite Xabi Alonso telling us a day previous that he intended on using him against League One visitors Luton. Chelsea did not need him. They won by two goals‚ with Danny Welbeck scoring and Hakeem Odoffin sending Estevao Willian's shot into his own net. They arguably should have won by six with the chances that Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers had.

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The League One club have shared dressing room footage from their trip to Reading on Saturday‚ which saw the Hatters recover from 3-1 down to win 4-3. Jack Marriott had given Reading their lead with a hat-trick but Luton were level within seven minutes of the restart and Gideon Kodua netted a 97th-minute winner.

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Sky Sports cameras captured an ugly scene in the stands as a Luton Town supporter appeared to punch a fellow fan following the Hatters' League One defeat to Reading on Thursday night. Despite battling back from two goals down to level the match at 2-2 late on‚ Luton were undone when Reading substitute Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan struck a 78th-minute winner. The result left Luton seventh in the table‚ dealing a blow to their promotion hopes. In the immediate aftermath at the Madejski Stadium‚ Luton players Teden Mengi and Cohen Bramall were seen attempting to engage with an agitated group of travelling supporters.

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