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HEADLINES

Eintracht Frankfurt win Europa League on penalties

Verratti: Mbappe’s transfer reports have made me sick

Vieira to speak to Kouyate after Gueye controversy

Aubameyang retires from international football

Rumours: Leicester want Lookman permanently

Azpilicueta ‘at the end of a cycle’ at Chelsea

Trapp the hero as Frankfurt win UEL

Bellerin will return to Arsenal, says Betis president

Mikel Arteta takes blame for Arsenal’s slump in form

Erik ten Hag responds to Hakim Ziyech Man Utd reunion links

BRITISH   PRESS

PSG have offered Mbappé to be the owner of their sporting project. They’ll allow him to CHANGE coaches, players as he wishes, including the HUGE economic offer. 

Robert Lewandowski’s agent was in Barcelona yesterday.
 Lewandowski’s agent has bought 10 Barça shirts with the name of “Lewandowski” on the back at the official Barcelona store.

Manchester United have informed Barcelona that they will not pay €82m for Frenkie de Jong. Barça want more than the €76m that they paid for him.

Around 65,000 fans are expected at the pre-season ‘El Clasico’ in Las Vegas, this summer. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has retired from international football after 13 years representing Gabon. He captained his nation since 2014 and leaves as the all-time top scorer (30). 

Achraf Hakimi: “I will always be grateful to Real Madrid. It’s my HOME. Let’s see what happens in the future.” 

Hakimi: “Real Madrid gave me a chance, when I was young, I learned everything there. I owe everything to Real Madrid.”

Erik ten Hag arrives in London with assistant Mitchell van der Gaag prior to taking over as Manchester United manager and the duo could be in attendance for the Red Devils’ final game of the season at Crystal Palace

French defender Samuel Umtiti is set to leave Barcelona in the summer and could be heading to Arsenal, according to reports.

Marco Verratti jokes Kylian Mbappe’s possible summer move to Real Madrid ‘makes him sick’.

Juventus want to complete the arrivals of Ángel Di María and Paul Pogba quickly. 

Gabriel Jesus’ representatives are in no rush to sort the player’s future after Arsenal’s collapse in the race for Champions League football.

Manchester City look set to join Manchester United in the race for Kalvin Phillips. Pep Guardiola is keen on the Leeds midfielder to be a long-term successor for Fernandinho.

Antonio Conte is set to receive a bonus of around £2.5m if Tottenham secure the final top four spot in the Premier League.

Tottenham are interested in signing Paulo Dybala and could make a late move to try and hijack his move to either Roma or Inter Milan. 

Thomas Tuchel has confirmed Andreas Christensen pulled out of Chelsea’s FA Cup final clash with Liverpool the morning of the game, adding that it was not the first time the defender has left a matchday squad at short notice. 

Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev after becoming the first ambassador of a charity established by the country’s president following the Russian invasion.

Chelsea have put plans in place to sign Jules Kounde as soon as Todd Boehly’s takeover is complete. The defender has a verbal agreement to join the club this summer.

Everton are looking to sell Dele Alli this summer. They want £20m for the Englishman, who only joined in January. He hasn’t start a single match for the Toffees.

Chelsea want to open talks with Ousmane Dembélé over a potential free transfer this summer as soon as the takeover is complete.

Barcelona will hold another meeting with Ousmane Dembele’s agent Moussa Sissoko next week after falling short with their latest contract proposal.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has stated that the club would have never signed Kylian Mbappé due to the Frenchman’s extortionate financial demands. “Even if we could sign Mbappé, we wouldn’t. He is asking between €40-50 million net salary per season.”

PSG’s Idrissa Gueye refused to play on Saturday in a shirt featuring a rainbow supporting LGBTQ+ rights, according to @BBCSport. The French FA’s ethics board has called for Gueye to issue a public apology if his reported reason for missing the game is true. 

Cheikhou Kouyate and Ismaila Sarr have sparked fury at their clubs Crystal Palace and Watford after appearing to back Senegal team-mate Idrissa Gueye for allegedly refusing to wear rainbow colours for PSG. 
 Marquinhos has signed for Arsenal for a fee of €3.5M from Sao Paulo! The winger has put pen to paper on a 5-year contract. 

Chelsea announce two more friendlies in the U.S. alongside their trip to Orlando to face Arsenal this summer:
vs. Charlotte FC in Charlotte
vs. Club América in Las Vegas

Manchester City, Manchester United and Real Madrid are all in the three-way battle to sign Enzo Fernández from River Plate. The 21-year old midfielder has a £17m release clause.

PSG are the big favourites to sign Sadio Mané, should he decide to leave Liverpool. The salary offered by the French club makes the forward hesitate to extend his deal with the Reds.

Juventus want to complete the arrivals of Ángel Di María and Paul Pogba quickly. 

Robert Lewandowski is willing to take a £100,000-a-week wage cut to join Barcelona from Bayern Munich.

Paul Pogba has a deal on the table from PSG worth £350,000-a-week. The French club believe the midfielder could help them finally conquer Europe. 

Manchester United are interested in bringing Lisandro Martínez with Erik Ten Hag from Ajax. The defender, who won Ajax’s POTY award, would be expected to cost at least €30m.

Leicester City are looking to complete a £14m permanent transfer to sign Ademola Lookman from RB Leipzig.

Napoli are interested in signing Miralem Pjanić on a loan deal this summer! 

Marcelo’s representatives met with Real Madrid this morning to discuss the potential of a one-year contract extension.

Luka Modric after receiving the @marca Leyenda award: “Hopefully I will retire in Madrid – Real Madrid is my home, this club means everything to me. I feel part of this club and I’m a Madridista forever.”

Thomas Tuchel remains confident the takeover of Chelsea will go through soon as he looks to repair the damage done by Government sanctions.

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