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⚽️⚽️Pep: Foden primed to become one of City's best
⚽️⚽️Clattenburg leaves Forest role after VAR backlash
⚽️⚽️Wrexham release 8 players including captain Young
⚽️⚽️ESPN: West Ham, Lopetegui in head coach talks
⚽️⚽️Bayern-linked De Zerbi: I want to stay at Brighton
⚽️⚽️Luton held by Everton in crucial relegation clash
⚽️⚽️Pochettino demands 'stupid' exit rumours stop
⚽️⚽️Arteta: Jesus won't leave Arsenal this summer
⚽️⚽️Reus to leave Dortmund at end of the season
⚽️⚽️Have Liverpool really hired their own Ten Hag in Slot?
⚽️⚽️Russo, Mead & Arsenal can warn WSL by denting City's title bid
⚽️⚽️Transfers LIVE: Man Utd in pole position to land Olise
⚽️⚽️Euro humiliation! How the EPL missed out on a fifth UCL spot
⚽️⚽️Revealed: Man Utd taking drastic action to force Ashworth move
⚽️⚽️Troyes fans turn on City Football Group as match abandoned
⚽️⚽️Mason Greenwood penalty SAVED in Getafe's clash with Bilbao
⚽️⚽️Thiago Silva tipped for shock Man Utd move after Chelsea exit
⚽️⚽️Reece James sends message to Chelsea's Acheampong after debut
⚽️⚽️Raya wins Golden Glove after Pickford concedes vs Luton
⚽️⚽️Madrid's Nacho has heart set on MLS move this summer
⚽️⚽️Kyle Walker moves back in with partner Annie Kilner
⚽️⚽️'Frustration' - Babel fires warning to Liverpool about Slot hire
⚽️⚽️'A disgrace!' - Ratcliffe on Man Utd facilities
⚽️⚽️FC Cincy's Boupendza suffers broken jaw in bar altercation
⚽️⚽️Bayern consider move for Lopetegui despite West Ham talks
⚽️⚽️Kicking off! TNT Sports' hilarious response to Klopp rant
⚽️⚽️New job? German clubs eye Real Madrid icon Raul
⚽️⚽️Ten Hag confirms Man Utd's failed De Jong bid
⚽️⚽️Klopp wants Amnesty's intervention over 'insane' PL fixture list
⚽️⚽️PSG's Hernandez suffers ACL rupture - ruled out of Euro 2024
⚽️⚽️‘Above his station’ – Bellingham accused of disrespecting Kane
⚽️⚽️Madrid on course to beat Barcelona in race for Mastantuono
⚽️⚽️McKennie victim of social media hack involving Man Utd kit
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■#FIXTURES
📆📆 MAY 2024
⏰⏰TIME IN GMT+1/WAT
🏴🏴Premier League
Arsenal 12:30 Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle
Sheff Utd 15:00 Nottm Forest
Man City 17:30 Wolves
🏴🏴Scottish Premiership
Aberdeen 15:00 St. Johnstone
Celtic 15:00 Hearts
Dundee 15:00 St. Mirren
Motherwell 15:00 Livingston
Ross County 15:00 Hibernian
🏴🏴Championship
Birmingham 12:30 Norwich
Coventry 12:30 QPR
Ipswich 12:30 Huddersfield
Leeds 12:30 Southampton
Leicester 12:30 Blackburn
Middlesbrough 12:30 Watford
Plymouth 12:30 Hull
Rotherham 12:30 Cardiff
Stoke 12:30 Bristol City
Sunderland 12:30 Sheff Wed
Swansea 12:30 Millwall
West Bromwich 12:30 Preston
🇪🇦🇪🇦Primera División
Real Sociedad 13:00 Las Palmas
Real Madrid 15:15 Cádiz
Girona 17:30 Barcelona
Mallorca 20:00 Atlético
🇩🇪🇩🇪Bundesliga
Bremen 14:30 M'gladbach
Dortmund 14:30 Augsburg
Stuttgart 14:30 Bayern München
Wolfsburg 14:30 Darmstadt 98
Köln 17:30 Freiburg
🇨🇵🇨🇵Ligue 1
Le Havre 14:00 Strasbourg
Monaco 16:00 Clermont
Metz 18:00 Rennes
Brest 20:00 Nantes
🇮🇹🇮🇹Serie A
Monza 17:00 Lazio
Sassuolo 19:45 Inter
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▶#RESULTS
📆📆3RD MAY 2024
🏴🏴Premier League
Luton 1 - 1 Everton
🇪🇦🇪🇦Primera División
Getafe 0 - 2 Athletic Club
🇩🇪🇩🇪Bundesliga
Hoffenheim 1 - 1 Leipzig
🇨🇵🇨🇵Ligue 1
Toulouse 1 - 2 Montpellier
Lens 2 - 0 Lorient
🇮🇹🇮🇹Serie A
Torino 0 - 0 Bologna
SOCCER_WORLD_CORNER
⚽️⚽️Barcelona are reportedly intensifying efforts to secure the signing of Manchester City's versatile midfielder, Bernardo Silva, as per Sport.
⚽️⚽️Marcus Rashford will reportedly sit down with Sir Jim Ratcliffe for showdown talks over his future amid transfer links to Paris Saint-Germain.
⚽️⚽️Arsenal are reportedly fighting tooth and nail to fend off interest from Harry Kane's Bayern Munich for their 16-year-old wonderkid Chido Obi-Martin.
⚽️⚽️West Ham United are on the brink of securing Julen Lopetegui as their new manager, signalling a potential departure for current boss David Moyes, according to The Guardian.
⚽️⚽️Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim is not ruling out talks with Chelsea after appearing to miss out on jobs at Liverpool and West Ham. (Mirror)
⚽️⚽️Inter Miami are in talks to bring former Real Madrid and Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria to the Major League Soccer franchise. (ESPN Argentina, via Marca)
⚽️⚽️Barcelona have made Arsenal and Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey their top transfer target this summer. (Caught Offside)
⚽️⚽️Manchester City are considering a move for Lazio goalkeeper Christos Mandas, with Manchester United also interested in the 22-year-old Greek stopper. (Corriere dello Sport, via Teamtalk).
⚽️⚽️Everton hope to persuade Jarrad Branthwaite to stay at Goodison Park for one more year but Manchester United are confident a bid of £60-70m for the English centre-back would be accepted. (Football Insider)
⚽️⚽️Tottenham will listen to offers for Brazil forward Richarlison this summer. (Telegraph)
⚽️⚽️Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has made Newcastle and Sweden striker Alexander Isak his top target this summer. (Independent)
⚽️⚽️RB Leipzig and Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko is a cheaper alternative in Arsenal's striker pursuit. (Football Transfers)
⚽️⚽️Arsenal have opened contract talks with Brazilian centre-back Gabriel in a bid to fight off interest from Europe's top clubs. (Football Insider)
⚽️⚽️Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti has suggested the Serie A champions may challenge Manchester United and Arsenal for the signature of Bologna's 22-year-old Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee. (Mirror)
⚽️⚽️Manchester United have made contact with the agent of France international midfielder Adrien Rabiot whose contract at Juventus runs out this summer. (Team Talk)
⚽️⚽️Fulham's in-demand English centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo is leaning towards joining Newcastle when his contract is up in the summer. (Mail)
⚽️⚽️Bayern Munich's former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is among Manchester United list of potential replacements for Erik ten Hag should the Dutchman leave in the summer. (Times)
⚽️⚽️But Tuchel has opened the door to staying at Bayern Munich after this season despite it being announced in February he would leave. (Florian Plettenburg)
⚽️⚽️Manchester United are looking for a fee of around £50m to part ways with winger Jadon Sancho in the summer, reports Ben Jacobs.
TOP GOSSIPS TODAY
🗞🗞NEWSPAPER REVIEW, #SATURDAY'S EDITION
THE TIMES
⚽️⚽️Thomas Tuchel is on a list of managers under consideration at Manchester United should the club decide to part company with Erik ten Hag.
⚽️⚽️The FA's new director of women's football, Sue Day, is coming from the RFU, where she was paid a salary package including pension contributions of £506,000 according to its latest annual report.
THE SUN
⚽️⚽️Kyle Walker is considering a move away from the Premier League to Saudi Arabia.
⚽️⚽️Premier League clubs have been put on alert after Jan Oblak was reportedly put up for sale.
⚽️⚽️West Ham fans have launched a petition to stop the club appointing Julen Lopetegui as manager.
⚽️⚽️Chelsea's issues around finding a front-of-shirt sponsor are set to resurface with no deal so far announced for next season, which sources say means they have missed the deadline for kit manufacturers Nike to include a new brand on the shirt.
⚽️⚽️The leading referee Anthony Taylor will have another feather in his cap after it was announced he has been selected to take charge of the cup final in Albania.
⚽️⚽️Arsenal are reportedly prepared to offer Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee a £115,000-a-week contract.
⚽️⚽️Diogo Dalot was a surprise name in the voting for the Footballer of the Year.
⚽️⚽️Manchester United could reportedly sign Vitor Roque on a free transfer due to a little-known rule.
⚽️⚽️Wrexham's promotion heroes have been treated to a trip to Las Vegas for the second year running.
⚽️⚽️Manchester United's Brandon Williams has been banned from driving after racking up 30 points on his licence.
⚽️⚽️Richard Keogh has announced his retirement - just days after Forest Green Rovers' relegation to the National League.
DAILY MAIL
⚽️⚽️Dougie Freedman is down to the final three candidates for the role of Newcastle's sporting director.
⚽️⚽️Chelsea are reportedly planning a £47m bid for Brazilian wonderkid Estevao Willian.
⚽️⚽️Wrexham director Humphrey Ker hasn't ruled out the possibility of the Red Dragons making an audacious move for Jamie Vardy, with the striker out of contract at the end of the campaign.
⚽️⚽️If Newcastle do commit to a tour of Japan this summer, they are in line to play at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
DAILY MIRROR
⚽️⚽️Ruben Amorim has refused to rule out talks with Chelsea after appearing to miss out on both the Liverpool and West Ham jobs.
THE ATHLETIC
⚽️⚽️Sir Jim Ratcliffe has sent an email to all Manchester United staff to highlight the lack of tidiness in parts that he witnessed of the club's Old Trafford stadium and Carrington training facilities, describing one area as a "disgrace".
⚽️⚽️Manchester United will be covering Dan Ashworth's legal costs if he takes Newcastle United to arbitration.
⚽️⚽️Real Madrid's squad will not celebrate at Cibeles, in the centre of the Spanish capital, should they secure the title in La Liga this weekend.
⚽️⚽️Arsenal will pay tribute to Daniel Anjorin, the 14-year-old supporter who was killed in a samurai sword attack in north east London, ahead of their match against Bournemouth on Saturday.
⚽️⚽️Xavi says Barcelona will assess the future of forward Vitor Roque at the end of the season.
DAILY STAR
⚽️⚽️Wrexham CEO Fleur Robinson is to leave the club after their second successive promotion.
EVENING STANDARD
⚽️⚽️Crystal Palace have opened talks with seven players out of contract this summer, including captain Joel Ward.
DAILY RECORD
⚽️⚽️Dundee are fighting Rangers' claim for compensation over their twice-postponed Dens Park clash.
⚽️⚽️Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin and assistant Darian MacKinnon are believed to have agreed long-term contract extensions with the club.
SCOTTISH SUN
⚽️⚽️Former officials are "raging" after their Scottish Cup Final hospitality tickets were axed.
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