Buenos Nachos, Goat 🐐 🤗

Fixtures & Competitions We’re Watching 📺️ 

• Women’s World Cup

• Brazil Serie A

• Argentina Primera Division

• Club Friendlies

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup 📋️ 

• Messi's magical debut for Inter Miami like a movie (ESPN)

• Mbappe dropped from PSG tour and put up for sale | 'PSG feel betrayed' (SKY)

• Players’ union set to intervene in Kylian Mbappé-PSG saga (GFFN)

• Mexico's Liga MX Femenil having impact at Women's World Cup (ESPN)

• Man City legend David Silva set to retire from football due to ACL injury in Real Sociedad training (TS)

Transfer Market: News, Links, & Rumors 🪟 

• Kylian Mbappe offered Cristiano Ronaldo contract by Saudi club with Real Madrid clause (MN)

• Chelsea are losing patience with Romelu Lukaku, striker unwilling to move to Saudi Arabia - despite £43m interest from Al-Hilal (DM)

• Lautaro Martinez rejects Saudi mega offer to stay with Inter (FI)

• Borussia Dortmund reach agreement to sign Bayern Munich’s Marcel Sabitzer (GGFN)

• Man United hold talks with Eintracht Frankfurt for Kolo Muani (CO)

• Zaha arrives in Turkey ahead of move to Galatasaray from Palace (SKY)

• Chelsea make Michael Olise transfer bid, set to trigger release clause (MN)

• Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé rejects €200m offer from Saudi Arabia (GFFN)

• Inter no longer convinced on signing Alvaro Morata, Folarin Balogun emerges as primary target (GIFN)

• Moussa Dembélé agrees to join Al-Ettifaq (GFFN)

• Bayern enter race for Liverpool star Fabinho who is close to moving to Saudi Arabia (CO)

• Manchester City turn down PSG offer for Bernardo Silva and set €100m asking price (GFFN)

• Giuntoli wants to bring Lille’s Jonathan David to Juventus (FI)

• Danilo to Rangers transfer on verge of collapse as Feyenoord irked by 'low ball' offers (DR)

• Fulham agree deal with Ajax to sign Calvin Bassey for £18.2m despite the defender wanting to stay and fight for his place (DM)

• Luton Town sign Manchester City defender Issa Kaboure on loan (BBC)

• Lazio sign Castellanos from NYCFC for record fee (ESPN)

On The Ball 💼 

• How Messi will help Apple expand business in Latin America (WST)

• How Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson's enormous Al-Ettifaq salaries will be funded (MN)

• Barcelona set for €4.5m payment as former player Malcom prepares to make €60m move to Saudi Arabia (FE)

• Chelsea place technical director Christopher Vivell on gardening leave (TG)

• Cristiano Ronaldo overtakes Kylie Jenner and earns staggering amount per Instagram post (MN)

Data Based 📊 

Coaches Box 🏟️ 

• Marco Silva turns down £40m offer to manage Saudi side Al Ahli to stay at Fulham (TS)

• Carlo Ancelotti turns down multimillion-dollar offer to manage in Saudi Arabia (FE)

• Luciano Spalletti turns down Al-Ahli; looks to replace Massimiliano Allegri at Juventus (GFFN)

Throw Ins ⚽️ 

• From AI-powered offside tracking to CGI adverts, the futuristic technologies powering the Women's World Cup this month (DM)

• Premier League clubs ripping off fans as teams hike price of shirts (MN)

• Welcome to Wrexham season two set for September debut (WST)

• CONCACAF release list of top clubs - only one MLS team makes it into top 10 (MN)

• Juventus’ Paul Pogba launches fund to tackle poverty (SKY)

Offsides 👀 

• Club president slept with referee’s wife as revenge for biased performance that helped rivals win (CO)

• Four arrested after masked men in hearses storm football pitch during Gateshead vs Dunston clash (SUN)

• Las Palmas President rant at journalist revealed: ‘I’ll smash your head in if I see you’ (FE)

• DC United duo suspended after racial slur, altercation (WST)

Injury Time 🤕 

• Raheem Sterling reveals reason for injury problems that have blighted Chelsea career but says he’s now in ‘great place’ (SUN)

• Paul Pogba unlikely to be fit for Juventus’ Serie A opener (GIFN)

• Daniel Farke confirms Tyler Adams & Jack Harrison Leeds blow (FLW)

• Roma forward Solbakken suffers muscle injury (FI)