Good morning football fans!
Tonight the UEFA Champions League get underway as Manchester City host Real Madrid at the Etihad. Will Pep Guardiola guide Manchester City to a dominating first leg win or will Real Madrid show us why they're the champions of Spain and spring a surprise way from home? Only time will tell. Any other stats, trivia or interesting bits of information we find throughout the day we'll bring to you right here!
XI | Ederson, Stones, Dias (C), Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Jesus
SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Grealish, Fernandinho, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Palmer, McAtee, Lavia
#ManCity
Aston Villa have announced that Jacob Ramsey has signed a new deal with the club until 2027.
L’Est Républicain report that the second round of the French presidential election this Sunday saw 10 votes cast in favour of Paris Saint-Germain striker, in the eastern village of Tallenay.
The Ligue 1 top scorer’s supporters – 10 of the 348 voters registered there – had printed out pre-prepared ballot papers and placed them in their envelope.
The ballot papers were nevertheless invalid.
Understand Kovacic and Hudson-Odoi are on course to play again this season. Both are getting close to a return.
John Stones and Kyle Walker led the press to believe they would be missing from tonight's team sheet as they chose to join training after the press had left.
Manchester United have been long-term admirers of the defender.
Manchester United and Manchester City are both interested - Chelsea have also sent their scouts to follow him.
Declan Rice is not a transfer target for Manchester City.
The young Saints fullback has damaged his ACL. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Tino Livramento is expected to be sidelined for 8-9 months after sustaining a suspected ACL injury against Brighton.
#saintsfc
[Mail]
[@iPaperSport]
Some very impressive figures here.
Legally Blonde star Reece Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the Nashville SC ownership group for the MLS side.
Tottenham travel to Ibrox for a pre-season friendly against Rangers on Saturday 23 July.
📅 Sat 23 July
⏰ 3pm
🏟️ Ibrox Stadium
We will welcome @premierleague Tottenham Hotspur to Ibrox for a fantastic pre-season friendly on Saturday, July 23 at 3pm. All the info 👇
Juventus have been in contact with Chelsea midfielder Jorginho's representatives about a move to Turin this summer.
The new deal runs until 2026.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are prioritising signing a striker this summer with Valencia's Goncalo Guedes and Reims' Hugo Ekitike high on their list of targets.
Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte would reportedly want his salary doubled to join Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
Former Croatian international Slaven Bilic revealed that he told Luka Modric that Iniesta and Xavi were not better than him.
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo is set to sign a new deal with the club until 2026 this week.
Release clause for €1b will be included in the new contract.
Liverpool's understudy left-back Kostas Tsimikas is reportedly wanted by Juventus this summer.
What a strike this is.
What are your thoughts on this?
They are both eager to have him at the club but others in the MUFC hierarchy aren't convinced.
He's been a massive part of Celtic's bounce-back title defence this season.
I want to thank my family, team-mates, managers, fans & all the clubs I have played for.
To say it's been a privilege is an understatement. It's been a dream❤️ #ThisGame
Giorgio Chiellini announced that his last game for Italy will be on June 1st when they play Argentina at Wembley.
A lot can happen in six years. Great Britain left the European Union, Donald Trump was leader of the free world and we’ve had a global pandemic. But football also moves on at a rapid pace, at least for some clubs, yet history has a way of repeating itself.
