Former Chelsea attacking midfielder Gael
Kakuta has agreed to join his former club Lens, the newly-promoted Ligue
1 side announced on Thursday.

DR Congo international Kakuta, 29,
who came through the Lens academy before joining the Blues as a
teenager, will join his new outfit on loan for the season from Amiens.

“Here’s where it all started. I always wanted to play for Lens’ first team. It was my childhood dream,” Kakuta said in a club statement.

He failed to help his parent side avoid the drop to Ligue 2 despite scoring two goals and making five assists last term.

His deal at the four-time French champions includes an option to buy.

Lens return to the top-flight next term after relegation in 2015.

Borussia Dortmund
would turn to the transfer market should they lose England winger Jadon
Sancho to Manchester United next month, the Bundesliga runners-up have
revealed.

“If Jadon were to leave, we would once again be active
in strengthening our attack,” sports director Michael Zorc told magazine
Kicker on Thursday.

“There are certainly one or two players we have our sights on.”

Riyad Mahrez hailed
Manchester City’s goalscoring power after the dethroned Premier League
champions swept Newcastle aside 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

The
Algeria international found the net along with Gabriel Jesus, David
Silva and Raheem Sterling, while City benefited from a Federico
Fernandez own goal in the victory.

The rout took City’s goal tally
in the Premier League this season to 86 from 34 games – 11 more than
champions Liverpool, who they hammered 4-0 last week.

Paul Pogba has applauded Manchester United’s
“beautiful” attack, relishing his role in the team’s push for a
Champions League spot after a season ravaged by injury.

The French
World Cup winner’s return to fitness has been a key factor in United’s
run of four wins and a draw in five games since the restart.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men, who play Aston Villa on Thursday, are fifth in the Premier League, four points behind Leicester with a game in hand, and on a 16-game unbeaten run in all competitions.