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Chelsea have confirmed Serbian duo Nemanja Matic and Slobodan Rajkovic will spend the season on loan at Dutch Eredivisie outfit Vitesse Arnhem.

Vojvodina Novi Sad goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic was the unlucky man to miss out as Serbia coach Radomir Antic today trimmed his 24-man party down to the final 23 names who will make the trip to South Africa.

Chelsea’s Serbian defender Slobodan Rajkovic has launched an appeal against his one-year ban from football, imposed after he spat in the direction of a referee at the Olympics.