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• Manchester City will have to play Real Madrid in Portugal for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie if they are unable to host the game at the Etihad.
• Jurgen Klopp admitted no other team could "smash us like this" after he watched his Liverpool side fall to a heavy 4-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Man City."We had our moments where we were really close to make something but City were really there. They used our mistakes, we didn't use their mistakes.
• "Congratulations to Liverpool for this year but we definitely showed were ready for next season," says Phil Foden after yesterday's 4-0 win against Liverpool.
• Liverpool to make Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara first summer signing.
• Liverpool fans were fuming at Manchester City's guard of honour for the newly crowned Premier League champions, branding it 'disrespectful'.
• Barcelona skipper Lionel Messi will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of next season, according reports from radio station Cadena SER.
• Roger Torello on Barçelona signing a left back "I think Barça will sign a leftback and I bet it will be Tagliafico from Ajax."
• "We had enough time to psychologically react as a team in a different way. We need to be mentally stronger to cope with situations," says Jose Mourinho after their defeat to Sheffield United.
• Lille intend to make €150m to €160m in player sales in the coming days, per a business plan that was submitted to the French football financial watchdog, the DNCG.
• Good news for fans in Germany.
• Liverpool have still won more trophies (4) than they've lost league matches (3) in the last two seasons.
• Leroy Sane has completed his £54.8m transfer from Manchester City to Bayern Munich. According to their sporting Director Hasan "We are very happy that we've sign Leroy Sane, he is difference player and we will straighten our team with his quality".
• Roy Keane has insisted Jurgen Klopp's frosty post-match interview with Sky Sports was totally understandable after watching his side lose 4-0 to Manchester City."For me, it was nothing to do with the questions he was being asked, it was because his team got beat. He’s obviously gonna defend his team, but no top manager likes to get beat 4-0.
• "Considering they must have been partying without sleeping for the last 3 days, I think Liverpool are playing very well", according to former Chelsea ace Cesc Fabregas
• RB Leipzig have been told that they will fill half of their stadium next season. Germany again showing the way forward.
• Raheem Sterling has scored a Premier League goal against Liverpool for the first time in his career and he waited until they were champions to do it.
• Premier League champions, Liverpool are interested in Trabzonspor and Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir, 24
• Raheem Sterling has sent a warning to Liverpool that Manchester City have laid a marker down for next season."We knew we were behind, we were disappointed at times this season. "We lost some games we knew we shouldn't have lost and we had a test against the current champions to make a point." The manager said we go out here and try to do our best. Next season starts today and I think we did well.”
• Chelsea and Manchester City could turn to Everton's France left-back Lucas Digne, 26, if they cannot prise England left-back Ben Chilwell, 23, away from Leicester.
• Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho says he fears for the future of football after his side were on the wrong end of one of the most controversial VAR decisions of the season in a 3-1 loss at Sheffield United.
• Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has shortlisted Napoli and Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, 29, Villarreal's Spain international Pau Torres, 23, and Benfica and Portugal international Ruben Dias, 23, as he looks to revamp his defence.
• Sergio Ramos hit a late penalty as Real Madrid moved four points clear at the top of the LaLiga table with victory over Getafe.
• Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal cannot sell their prized assets to raise funds for new recruits this summer.“So I don’t know. But if you ask me, we cannot be a team that has to sell his best player to try to bring in and improve our squad.
• Sevilla are lining up a loan move for Chelsea and Spain goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, 25, whose future is uncertain at Stamford Bridge.
• Gian Piero Gasperini felt Atalanta ‘played an excellent match’ against Napoli, only focusing on securing a place in the Champions League next season.
• Goalkeeper Dean Henderson has reiterated that he is prepared to explore 'different avenues' if he does not get a chance in the first team at Manchester United.
• Inter have opened talks with Chelsea to sign Italy left-back Emerson Palmieri.Although no official bid has been made yet, the broadcaster confirms the Beneamata have begun negotiations with Chelsea for the 25-year-old.
• Manchester City gave Liverpool a belated reminder of their power as they thrashed their newly-crowned successors as Premier League champions 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
• Raheem Sterling had to tell Liverpool fans to calm down after Manchester City's 4-0 thrashing of the newly-crowned Premier League champions. Sterling took to social media to express "it's just a game" after online abuse from Reds fans.
• Gennaro Gattuso was ‘furious’ with his Napoli players after their 2-0 defeat to Atalanta, claiming ‘we talked too much and threw away’ the points.
• Chelsea are keen on Lille's 24-year-old French goalkeeper Mike Maignan and his compatriot Alphonse Areola, 27, who is on loan at Real Madrid from Paris St-Germain.
• Getafe goal keeper David Soria admitted Sergio Ramos got the better of him in their mind games battle at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.
• Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is ready to sell around six players this summer in a summer overhaul at the Emirates.The Arsenal boss is set to sell Sead Kolasinac, Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira, Sokratis, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding and even David Luiz.
• Eintracht Frankfurt's Filip Kostic, 27 could leave the Bundesliga side, with Inter Milan and Premier League clubs interested in the Serbia winger.
• Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has praised the patient attitude of his players in their hard fought 1-0 win over Getafe.
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• Jurgen Klopp has elaborated on his decision to substitute Joe Gomez at half-time in Liverpool’s 4-0 loss at Man City, insisting it was not due to his poor performance."it was in fact due to the yellow card his No. 12 picked up in conceding the penalty that opened the scoring".
• Borussia Dortmund believe they have won the race to sign Birmingham City's young English midfielder Jude Bellingham. Manchester United were also interested in the 17-year-old.
• The Versailles Prosecutor’s Office have requested that Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema stands trial for his part in an attempted sex-tape blackmail.
• Mason Greenwood is already looking “like Cristiano Ronaldo” at Manchester United, claims Dimitar Berbatov, with the 18-year-old forward being backed to follow in illustrious footsteps.
• Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cissé has also been involved in the investigation with Karim Zenati, a childhood friend of Benzema’s and three other people.Cissé reportedly failed in his attempts to convince Valbuena so the gang then moved to Benzema, using Zenati as the mutual link.
• Everton defender Mason Holgate has been tipped to leave the club if Manchester City make a move in the upcoming transfer window.
DAILY UPDATES #FRIDAY 3RD JULY 2⃣0⃣2⃣0⃣ EDITION
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TOP HEADLINES
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🎦🎦Sane seals €60m Bayern Munich move
🎦🎦Zidane wants Messi to stay at Barca
🎦🎦Zidane 'proud' of Madrid stars after coming through Getafe test
🎦🎦De Bruyne is the best midfielder in the world – Guardiola
🎦🎦Next season started today! - Sterling
🎦🎦Klopp defends Liverpool display despite Man City hammering
🎦🎦Man City's fight to regain title from Liverpool starts early
🎦🎦Salah: Beating Leicester gave us the belief
🎦🎦Gyan hits back at fans during WC anniversary
🎦🎦Mourinho: VAR is bad for the beautiful game
🎦🎦'VAR is ruining football!' - Fury over disallowed Kane goal
🎦🎦'Solskjaer has silenced his critics'
🎦🎦De Ligt 'in a much better place mentally' after slow Juve start
🎦🎦'Willian would be a wonderful fit for Arsenal'
🎦🎦Serie A matches could have fans before end of season
🎦🎦Chelsea need to sign 'a John Terry' - Hoddle
🎦🎦Madrid & BVB both lose out as Inter sign €40m bargain Hakimi
🎦🎦Inter sign Hakimi from Real Madrid in €40m deal
🎦🎦Barca can’t rely on Messi magic - Rivaldo
🎦🎦‘Firmino perfect for Man Utd, but they’ll never get him’ - Djemba-Djemba
🎦🎦‘Kane would’ve left under Ten Hag, but not Mourinho’
🎦🎦Simeone on Griezmann sub: Three minutes can be decisive
🎦🎦Pogba & Fernandes would be benched under Ferguson - Djemba-Djemba
🎦🎦Dugarry calls Messi 'half autistic' in shocking rant
🎦🎦Klopp is proof that patience works – McManaman
🎦🎦Mane should have beaten Messi to FIFA's Best award - Giresse
🎦🎦‘Nobody will remember Shaqiri in 10 years’
🎦🎦‘Pjanic won’t be jealous of Messi & Barcelona stars’
🎦🎦‘I want to keep Aubameyang happy’ - Arteta
🎦🎦Mourinho: I wouldn't swap Lo Celso for Bruno - or any other player
🎦🎦‘Liverpool could be overhauled if Man City spend well’
🎦🎦Iheanacho: Leicester must ‘fight until the end’
🎦🎦Klopp: I would never compare myself with Dalglish & Shankly
🎦🎦Hakimi masterstroke gives Inter new dimension
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TOP STATISTICS🔥
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🏴🏴#EPL STATS REVIEW
📍#GOALS
1 Jamie Vardy LEI 19
1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS 19
3 Danny Ings SHN 18
4 Mohamed Salah LIV 17
5 Sergio Aguero MCI 16
6 Sadio Mane LIV 15
6 Raul Jimenez WLV 15
8 Anthony Martial MAN 14
8 Marcus Rashford MAN 14
10 Dominic Calvert-Lewin EVE 13
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Kevin De Bruyne MCI 18
2 Trent Alexander-Arnold LIV 12
3 Adama Traore WLV 9
4 Andrew Robertson LIV 8
4 David Silva MCI 8
4 Riyad Mahrez MCI 8
4 Heung Min Son TOT 8
8 Mohamed Salah LIV 7
8 Roberto Firmino LIV 7
8 Sadio Mane LIV 7
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Nick Pope BUR 13
2 Alisson LIV 12
3 Ederson MCI 11
3 Dean Henderson SU 11
3 Kasper Schmeichel LEI 11
3 Rui Patricio WLV 11
7 Vicente Guaita CP 10
7 Martin Dubravka NU 10
7 David De Gea MAN 10
10 Ben Foster WAT 9
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🇪🇸🇪🇸#LALIGA STATS REVIEW
📍 #GOALS
1 Lionel Messi BAR 22
2 Karim Benzema RMD 17
3 Gerard Moreno VIL 15
4 Raul Garcia ATH 13
4 Luis Suarez BAR 13
4 Iago Aspas CEL 13
7 Ante Budimir MLL 12
7 Lucas Ocampos SEV 12
9 Roger Marti LEV 11
9 Lucas Perez ALA 11
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Lionel Messi BAR 17
2 Luis Suarez BAR 8
2 Mikel Oyarzabal RSO 8
2 Santi Cazorla VIL 8
5 Karim Benzema RMD 7
5 Rodrigo Moreno VAL 7
5 Fabian Orellana EIB 7
5 Roberto Torres OSA 7
5 Jose Campana LEV 7
5 Portu RSO 7
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Thibaut Courtois RMD 15
2 Jan Oblak ATM 14
3 David Soria GET 13
4 Unai Simon ATH 12
4 Marc-Andre ter Stegen BAR 12
4 Tomas Vaclik SEV 12
7 Rui Silva GRA 11
7 Sergio Asenjo VIL 11
9 Ruben Blanco CEL 10
9 Jordi Masip VLD 10
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🇮🇹🇮🇹#SERIE A STATS REVIEW
📍#GOALS
1 Ciro Immobile LAZ 29
2 Cristiano Ronaldo JUV 24
3 Romelu Lukaku INT 19
4 Joao Pedro CAG 17
5 Luis Muriel ATA 15
5 Josip Ilicic ATA 15
7 Duvan Zapata ATA 14
7 Edin Dzeko ROM 14
7 Francesco Caputo SAS 14
10 Andrea Petagna 12
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Luis Alberto LAZ 13
2 Papu Gomez ATA 12
3 Lorenzo Pellegrini ROM 9
4 Dejan Kulusevski 7
4 Ciro Immobile LAZ 7
4 Darko Lazovic VNA 7
4 Antonio Candreva INT 7
8 Jose Callejon NAP 6
8 Lorenzo Insigne NAP 6
8 Robin Gosens ATA 6
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Wojciech Szczesny JUV 10
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma MIL 10
3 Juan Musso UDN 9
3 Thomas Strakosha LAZ 9
3 Marco Silvestri VNA 9
6 Samir Handanovic INT 8
7 Bartlomiej Dragowski FIO 7
7 Emil Audero SMP 7
9 Salvatore Sirigu TOR 6
10 Luigi Sepe 5
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FIXTURES AND RESULTS
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❒❒#FIXTURES
📅📅3RD JULY 2020
⏲⏲TIME IN GMT+1/WAT
🏴England - Sky Bet Championship🏴
19:15 Charlton Athletic - Millwall
🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga Santander🇪🇸
20:00 Atletico Madrid - Mallorca
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❏❏#RESULTS
📅📅2ND JULY 2020
🏴England - Premier League🏴
FT Sheffield United 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
FT Manchester City 4 - 0 Liverpool
🏴England - Sky Bet Championship🏴
FT Hull City 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga Santander🇪🇸
FT Eibar 0 - 2 Osasuna
FT Real Sociedad 2 - 1 RCD Espanyol
FT Real Madrid 1 - 0 Getafe
🇮🇹Italy - Serie A🇮🇹
FT Atalanta 2 - 0 Napoli
FT Roma 0 - 2 Udinese
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🎦🎦Huge news in Spain this morning -Lionel Messi plans to leave Barcelona when his contract expires in 2021 (Cadena Ser)
🎦🎦Jude Bellingham has agreed a 5-year contract with Borussia Dortmund; Birmingham City will receive €23m. (Bild
🎦🎦Peter Lim is considering selling Valencia following season of chaos on and off the pitch
🎦🎦Manchester City and Manchester united make enquiries for Antoine Griezmann, but player intends to fight for Barcelona future
🎦🎦Liverpool to make Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara first summer signing (Diario Sport)
🎦🎦Lille poised to make €150m to €160m in player sales in the coming days with Victor Osimhen & Gabriel in very advanced talks to join Napoli for more than €100m, according to RMC.
🎦🎦Versailles prosecutor demands that Karim Benzema stand trial for complicity in the blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena, after the Real Madrid man lost in the Court of Appeals in an attempt to prove that the investigation was unfair in a now 5-year legal battle.
🎦🎦Reports in France and Italy are claiming Lille forward VictorOsimhen is ready to sign with Napoli , but sources close to the player insists he is still not convinced.
🎦🎦Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaning towards leaving AC Milan this summer, with Hammarby his likely destination - Sky
🎦🎦After taking Achraf Hakimi, Inter now open talks with Chelsea FC to sign Italy left-back Emerson Palmieri
🎦🎦Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has been offered to PSG, according to TF1.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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🗣 Mauricio Pochettino: "Ajax had the whole week to prepare for this game, not us, it's unfair."
🗣 Erik ten Hag: “We play in the Eredivisie where we get €10m from TV rights. They play in the Premier League where they get £200m. So you tell me what’s fair?"(TB)
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THE BRITISH PRESS
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📰📰NEWSPAPER REVIEW, #FRIDAY EDITION
DAILY TELEGRAPH
🎦🎦Chelsea are ready to step up their pursuit of Kai Havertz after the attacking midfielder plays for Bayer Leverkusen in Saturday's German Cup final against Bayern Munich.
🎦🎦Andros Townsend has become the first Premier League player to disown Black Lives Matter publicly after his club became the latest to attack the movement's "political agendas".
THE SUN
🎦🎦Manchester United, Manchester City and Wolves all face missing the start of next term because of their delayed European campaigns.
🎦🎦Manchester United could allow Eric Bailly to leave on loan next season - with Valencia showing interest.
🎦🎦Manchester United are likely to miss out on Roma forward Cengiz Under.
🎦🎦Kepa Arrizabalaga could be offered a get-out from his Chelsea misery with a loan move to Sevilla.
🎦🎦Southampton are looking to ship out flop goalkeeper Angus Gunn this summer - two years after paying £13.5m to lure him away from Manchester City.
🎦🎦Bournemouth captain Steve Cook has revealed Eddie Howe's players held crisis talks following Wednesday's 4-1 mauling at home to Newcastle.
DAILY MIRROR
🎦🎦Angel Gomes is eyeing a move abroad after leaving Manchester United at the end of June but does not have a deal yet lined up, according to reports.
🎦🎦Philippe Coutinho is reportedly one of three Bayern Munich loanees who have agreed to halve their wages in order to see out the season with the German champions.
🎦🎦Chelsea and Manchester City are ready to battle for Everton left-back Lucas Digne.
DAILY STAR
🎦🎦Lionel Messi is considering leaving Barcelona in the summer of 2021 despite spending his whole career with the club.
🎦🎦Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann reportedly likes the idea of moving to the Premier League, with Manchester United believed to be interested in the Frenchman.
🎦🎦Mauricio Pochettino's move to Newcastle could be edging closer as the former Tottenham boss has rejected the top job at Benfica.
DAILY MAIL
🎦🎦Celtic have been quoted a price of £5m for AEK Athens goalkeeper Vasilios Barkas.
DAILY EXPRESS
🎦🎦Liverpool are on the verge of securing the signing of Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara
🎦🎦Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Jude Bellingham, according to reports in Germany.
SCOTTISH SUN
🎦🎦Everton are the latest club to join the race for the signature of Rangers star Alfredo Morelos this summer, according to reports in Italy.
🎦🎦Celtic are vying with a host of teams in the UK and abroad to sign Union Berlin's international front man Sebastian Andersson, according to reports in Germany.
🎦🎦Dundee United have made their move to land Tranmere boss Micky Mellon.
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• Manchester City will have to play Real Madrid in Portugal for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie if they are unable to host the game at the Etihad.
• Jurgen Klopp admitted no other team could "smash us like this" after he watched his Liverpool side fall to a heavy 4-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Man City."We had our moments where we were really close to make something but City were really there. They used our mistakes, we didn't use their mistakes.
• "Congratulations to Liverpool for this year but we definitely showed were ready for next season," says Phil Foden after yesterday's 4-0 win against Liverpool.
• Liverpool to make Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara first summer signing.
• Liverpool fans were fuming at Manchester City's guard of honour for the newly crowned Premier League champions, branding it 'disrespectful'.
• Barcelona skipper Lionel Messi will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of next season, according reports from radio station Cadena SER.
• Roger Torello on Barçelona signing a left back "I think Barça will sign a leftback and I bet it will be Tagliafico from Ajax."
• "We had enough time to psychologically react as a team in a different way. We need to be mentally stronger to cope with situations," says Jose Mourinho after their defeat to Sheffield United.
• Lille intend to make €150m to €160m in player sales in the coming days, per a business plan that was submitted to the French football financial watchdog, the DNCG.
• Good news for fans in Germany.
• Liverpool have still won more trophies (4) than they've lost league matches (3) in the last two seasons.
• Leroy Sane has completed his £54.8m transfer from Manchester City to Bayern Munich. According to their sporting Director Hasan "We are very happy that we've sign Leroy Sane, he is difference player and we will straighten our team with his quality".
• Roy Keane has insisted Jurgen Klopp's frosty post-match interview with Sky Sports was totally understandable after watching his side lose 4-0 to Manchester City."For me, it was nothing to do with the questions he was being asked, it was because his team got beat. He’s obviously gonna defend his team, but no top manager likes to get beat 4-0.
• "Considering they must have been partying without sleeping for the last 3 days, I think Liverpool are playing very well", according to former Chelsea ace Cesc Fabregas
• RB Leipzig have been told that they will fill half of their stadium next season. Germany again showing the way forward.
• Raheem Sterling has scored a Premier League goal against Liverpool for the first time in his career and he waited until they were champions to do it.
• Premier League champions, Liverpool are interested in Trabzonspor and Turkey goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir, 24
• Raheem Sterling has sent a warning to Liverpool that Manchester City have laid a marker down for next season."We knew we were behind, we were disappointed at times this season. "We lost some games we knew we shouldn't have lost and we had a test against the current champions to make a point." The manager said we go out here and try to do our best. Next season starts today and I think we did well.”
• Chelsea and Manchester City could turn to Everton's France left-back Lucas Digne, 26, if they cannot prise England left-back Ben Chilwell, 23, away from Leicester.
• Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho says he fears for the future of football after his side were on the wrong end of one of the most controversial VAR decisions of the season in a 3-1 loss at Sheffield United.
• Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has shortlisted Napoli and Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, 29, Villarreal's Spain international Pau Torres, 23, and Benfica and Portugal international Ruben Dias, 23, as he looks to revamp his defence.
• Sergio Ramos hit a late penalty as Real Madrid moved four points clear at the top of the LaLiga table with victory over Getafe.
• Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal cannot sell their prized assets to raise funds for new recruits this summer.“So I don’t know. But if you ask me, we cannot be a team that has to sell his best player to try to bring in and improve our squad.
• Sevilla are lining up a loan move for Chelsea and Spain goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, 25, whose future is uncertain at Stamford Bridge.
• Gian Piero Gasperini felt Atalanta ‘played an excellent match’ against Napoli, only focusing on securing a place in the Champions League next season.
• Goalkeeper Dean Henderson has reiterated that he is prepared to explore 'different avenues' if he does not get a chance in the first team at Manchester United.
• Inter have opened talks with Chelsea to sign Italy left-back Emerson Palmieri.Although no official bid has been made yet, the broadcaster confirms the Beneamata have begun negotiations with Chelsea for the 25-year-old.
• Manchester City gave Liverpool a belated reminder of their power as they thrashed their newly-crowned successors as Premier League champions 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
• Raheem Sterling had to tell Liverpool fans to calm down after Manchester City's 4-0 thrashing of the newly-crowned Premier League champions. Sterling took to social media to express "it's just a game" after online abuse from Reds fans.
• Gennaro Gattuso was ‘furious’ with his Napoli players after their 2-0 defeat to Atalanta, claiming ‘we talked too much and threw away’ the points.
• Chelsea are keen on Lille's 24-year-old French goalkeeper Mike Maignan and his compatriot Alphonse Areola, 27, who is on loan at Real Madrid from Paris St-Germain.
• Getafe goal keeper David Soria admitted Sergio Ramos got the better of him in their mind games battle at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.
• Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is ready to sell around six players this summer in a summer overhaul at the Emirates.The Arsenal boss is set to sell Sead Kolasinac, Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira, Sokratis, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding and even David Luiz.
• Eintracht Frankfurt's Filip Kostic, 27 could leave the Bundesliga side, with Inter Milan and Premier League clubs interested in the Serbia winger.
• Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has praised the patient attitude of his players in their hard fought 1-0 win over Getafe.
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• Jurgen Klopp has elaborated on his decision to substitute Joe Gomez at half-time in Liverpool’s 4-0 loss at Man City, insisting it was not due to his poor performance."it was in fact due to the yellow card his No. 12 picked up in conceding the penalty that opened the scoring".
• Borussia Dortmund believe they have won the race to sign Birmingham City's young English midfielder Jude Bellingham. Manchester United were also interested in the 17-year-old.
• The Versailles Prosecutor’s Office have requested that Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema stands trial for his part in an attempted sex-tape blackmail.
• Mason Greenwood is already looking “like Cristiano Ronaldo” at Manchester United, claims Dimitar Berbatov, with the 18-year-old forward being backed to follow in illustrious footsteps.
• Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cissé has also been involved in the investigation with Karim Zenati, a childhood friend of Benzema’s and three other people.Cissé reportedly failed in his attempts to convince Valbuena so the gang then moved to Benzema, using Zenati as the mutual link.
• Everton defender Mason Holgate has been tipped to leave the club if Manchester City make a move in the upcoming transfer window.
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TOP HEADLINES
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🎦🎦Sane seals €60m Bayern Munich move
🎦🎦Zidane wants Messi to stay at Barca
🎦🎦Zidane 'proud' of Madrid stars after coming through Getafe test
🎦🎦De Bruyne is the best midfielder in the world – Guardiola
🎦🎦Next season started today! - Sterling
🎦🎦Klopp defends Liverpool display despite Man City hammering
🎦🎦Man City's fight to regain title from Liverpool starts early
🎦🎦Salah: Beating Leicester gave us the belief
🎦🎦Gyan hits back at fans during WC anniversary
🎦🎦Mourinho: VAR is bad for the beautiful game
🎦🎦'VAR is ruining football!' - Fury over disallowed Kane goal
🎦🎦'Solskjaer has silenced his critics'
🎦🎦De Ligt 'in a much better place mentally' after slow Juve start
🎦🎦'Willian would be a wonderful fit for Arsenal'
🎦🎦Serie A matches could have fans before end of season
🎦🎦Chelsea need to sign 'a John Terry' - Hoddle
🎦🎦Madrid & BVB both lose out as Inter sign €40m bargain Hakimi
🎦🎦Inter sign Hakimi from Real Madrid in €40m deal
🎦🎦Barca can’t rely on Messi magic - Rivaldo
🎦🎦‘Firmino perfect for Man Utd, but they’ll never get him’ - Djemba-Djemba
🎦🎦‘Kane would’ve left under Ten Hag, but not Mourinho’
🎦🎦Simeone on Griezmann sub: Three minutes can be decisive
🎦🎦Pogba & Fernandes would be benched under Ferguson - Djemba-Djemba
🎦🎦Dugarry calls Messi 'half autistic' in shocking rant
🎦🎦Klopp is proof that patience works – McManaman
🎦🎦Mane should have beaten Messi to FIFA's Best award - Giresse
🎦🎦‘Nobody will remember Shaqiri in 10 years’
🎦🎦‘Pjanic won’t be jealous of Messi & Barcelona stars’
🎦🎦‘I want to keep Aubameyang happy’ - Arteta
🎦🎦Mourinho: I wouldn't swap Lo Celso for Bruno - or any other player
🎦🎦‘Liverpool could be overhauled if Man City spend well’
🎦🎦Iheanacho: Leicester must ‘fight until the end’
🎦🎦Klopp: I would never compare myself with Dalglish & Shankly
🎦🎦Hakimi masterstroke gives Inter new dimension
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TOP STATISTICS🔥
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🏴🏴#EPL STATS REVIEW
📍#GOALS
1 Jamie Vardy LEI 19
1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS 19
3 Danny Ings SHN 18
4 Mohamed Salah LIV 17
5 Sergio Aguero MCI 16
6 Sadio Mane LIV 15
6 Raul Jimenez WLV 15
8 Anthony Martial MAN 14
8 Marcus Rashford MAN 14
10 Dominic Calvert-Lewin EVE 13
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Kevin De Bruyne MCI 18
2 Trent Alexander-Arnold LIV 12
3 Adama Traore WLV 9
4 Andrew Robertson LIV 8
4 David Silva MCI 8
4 Riyad Mahrez MCI 8
4 Heung Min Son TOT 8
8 Mohamed Salah LIV 7
8 Roberto Firmino LIV 7
8 Sadio Mane LIV 7
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Nick Pope BUR 13
2 Alisson LIV 12
3 Ederson MCI 11
3 Dean Henderson SU 11
3 Kasper Schmeichel LEI 11
3 Rui Patricio WLV 11
7 Vicente Guaita CP 10
7 Martin Dubravka NU 10
7 David De Gea MAN 10
10 Ben Foster WAT 9
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🇪🇸🇪🇸#LALIGA STATS REVIEW
📍 #GOALS
1 Lionel Messi BAR 22
2 Karim Benzema RMD 17
3 Gerard Moreno VIL 15
4 Raul Garcia ATH 13
4 Luis Suarez BAR 13
4 Iago Aspas CEL 13
7 Ante Budimir MLL 12
7 Lucas Ocampos SEV 12
9 Roger Marti LEV 11
9 Lucas Perez ALA 11
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Lionel Messi BAR 17
2 Luis Suarez BAR 8
2 Mikel Oyarzabal RSO 8
2 Santi Cazorla VIL 8
5 Karim Benzema RMD 7
5 Rodrigo Moreno VAL 7
5 Fabian Orellana EIB 7
5 Roberto Torres OSA 7
5 Jose Campana LEV 7
5 Portu RSO 7
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Thibaut Courtois RMD 15
2 Jan Oblak ATM 14
3 David Soria GET 13
4 Unai Simon ATH 12
4 Marc-Andre ter Stegen BAR 12
4 Tomas Vaclik SEV 12
7 Rui Silva GRA 11
7 Sergio Asenjo VIL 11
9 Ruben Blanco CEL 10
9 Jordi Masip VLD 10
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🇮🇹🇮🇹#SERIE A STATS REVIEW
📍#GOALS
1 Ciro Immobile LAZ 29
2 Cristiano Ronaldo JUV 24
3 Romelu Lukaku INT 19
4 Joao Pedro CAG 17
5 Luis Muriel ATA 15
5 Josip Ilicic ATA 15
7 Duvan Zapata ATA 14
7 Edin Dzeko ROM 14
7 Francesco Caputo SAS 14
10 Andrea Petagna 12
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📍#ASSISTS
1 Luis Alberto LAZ 13
2 Papu Gomez ATA 12
3 Lorenzo Pellegrini ROM 9
4 Dejan Kulusevski 7
4 Ciro Immobile LAZ 7
4 Darko Lazovic VNA 7
4 Antonio Candreva INT 7
8 Jose Callejon NAP 6
8 Lorenzo Insigne NAP 6
8 Robin Gosens ATA 6
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📍#CLEAN_SHEETS
1 Wojciech Szczesny JUV 10
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma MIL 10
3 Juan Musso UDN 9
3 Thomas Strakosha LAZ 9
3 Marco Silvestri VNA 9
6 Samir Handanovic INT 8
7 Bartlomiej Dragowski FIO 7
7 Emil Audero SMP 7
9 Salvatore Sirigu TOR 6
10 Luigi Sepe 5
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FIXTURES AND RESULTS
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❒❒#FIXTURES
📅📅3RD JULY 2020
⏲⏲TIME IN GMT+1/WAT
🏴England - Sky Bet Championship🏴
19:15 Charlton Athletic - Millwall
🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga Santander🇪🇸
20:00 Atletico Madrid - Mallorca
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❏❏#RESULTS
📅📅2ND JULY 2020
🏴England - Premier League🏴
FT Sheffield United 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
FT Manchester City 4 - 0 Liverpool
🏴England - Sky Bet Championship🏴
FT Hull City 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
🇪🇸Spain - LaLiga Santander🇪🇸
FT Eibar 0 - 2 Osasuna
FT Real Sociedad 2 - 1 RCD Espanyol
FT Real Madrid 1 - 0 Getafe
🇮🇹Italy - Serie A🇮🇹
FT Atalanta 2 - 0 Napoli
FT Roma 0 - 2 Udinese
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🎦🎦Huge news in Spain this morning -Lionel Messi plans to leave Barcelona when his contract expires in 2021 (Cadena Ser)
🎦🎦Jude Bellingham has agreed a 5-year contract with Borussia Dortmund; Birmingham City will receive €23m. (Bild
🎦🎦Peter Lim is considering selling Valencia following season of chaos on and off the pitch
🎦🎦Manchester City and Manchester united make enquiries for Antoine Griezmann, but player intends to fight for Barcelona future
🎦🎦Liverpool to make Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara first summer signing (Diario Sport)
🎦🎦Lille poised to make €150m to €160m in player sales in the coming days with Victor Osimhen & Gabriel in very advanced talks to join Napoli for more than €100m, according to RMC.
🎦🎦Versailles prosecutor demands that Karim Benzema stand trial for complicity in the blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena, after the Real Madrid man lost in the Court of Appeals in an attempt to prove that the investigation was unfair in a now 5-year legal battle.
🎦🎦Reports in France and Italy are claiming Lille forward VictorOsimhen is ready to sign with Napoli , but sources close to the player insists he is still not convinced.
🎦🎦Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaning towards leaving AC Milan this summer, with Hammarby his likely destination - Sky
🎦🎦After taking Achraf Hakimi, Inter now open talks with Chelsea FC to sign Italy left-back Emerson Palmieri
🎦🎦Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has been offered to PSG, according to TF1.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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🗣 Mauricio Pochettino: "Ajax had the whole week to prepare for this game, not us, it's unfair."
🗣 Erik ten Hag: “We play in the Eredivisie where we get €10m from TV rights. They play in the Premier League where they get £200m. So you tell me what’s fair?"(TB)
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THE BRITISH PRESS
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📰📰NEWSPAPER REVIEW, #FRIDAY EDITION
DAILY TELEGRAPH
🎦🎦Chelsea are ready to step up their pursuit of Kai Havertz after the attacking midfielder plays for Bayer Leverkusen in Saturday's German Cup final against Bayern Munich.
🎦🎦Andros Townsend has become the first Premier League player to disown Black Lives Matter publicly after his club became the latest to attack the movement's "political agendas".
THE SUN
🎦🎦Manchester United, Manchester City and Wolves all face missing the start of next term because of their delayed European campaigns.
🎦🎦Manchester United could allow Eric Bailly to leave on loan next season - with Valencia showing interest.
🎦🎦Manchester United are likely to miss out on Roma forward Cengiz Under.
🎦🎦Kepa Arrizabalaga could be offered a get-out from his Chelsea misery with a loan move to Sevilla.
🎦🎦Southampton are looking to ship out flop goalkeeper Angus Gunn this summer - two years after paying £13.5m to lure him away from Manchester City.
🎦🎦Bournemouth captain Steve Cook has revealed Eddie Howe's players held crisis talks following Wednesday's 4-1 mauling at home to Newcastle.
DAILY MIRROR
🎦🎦Angel Gomes is eyeing a move abroad after leaving Manchester United at the end of June but does not have a deal yet lined up, according to reports.
🎦🎦Philippe Coutinho is reportedly one of three Bayern Munich loanees who have agreed to halve their wages in order to see out the season with the German champions.
🎦🎦Chelsea and Manchester City are ready to battle for Everton left-back Lucas Digne.
DAILY STAR
🎦🎦Lionel Messi is considering leaving Barcelona in the summer of 2021 despite spending his whole career with the club.
🎦🎦Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann reportedly likes the idea of moving to the Premier League, with Manchester United believed to be interested in the Frenchman.
🎦🎦Mauricio Pochettino's move to Newcastle could be edging closer as the former Tottenham boss has rejected the top job at Benfica.
DAILY MAIL
🎦🎦Celtic have been quoted a price of £5m for AEK Athens goalkeeper Vasilios Barkas.
DAILY EXPRESS
🎦🎦Liverpool are on the verge of securing the signing of Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara
🎦🎦Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Jude Bellingham, according to reports in Germany.
SCOTTISH SUN
🎦🎦Everton are the latest club to join the race for the signature of Rangers star Alfredo Morelos this summer, according to reports in Italy.
🎦🎦Celtic are vying with a host of teams in the UK and abroad to sign Union Berlin's international front man Sebastian Andersson, according to reports in Germany.
🎦🎦Dundee United have made their move to land Tranmere boss Micky Mellon.
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