Godbye, Zlatan ⚽️ 🐐

Fixtures We’re Watching

• Vasco da Gama v Flamengo

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces retirement from football after AC Milan exit (MS)

• Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid as an all-time great (GSFN)

• Central Coast Mariners shock Melbourne City to become A-League Men champions (TG)

• PSG lose over 1.5 million Instagram followers following announcement of Lionel Messi’s departure (GFFN)

• Clint Dempsey criticizes USA's search for a permanent head coach after another interim hire (DM)

• Napoli’s Kvaratskhelia Serie A MVP and Spalletti coach of the season (FI)

• Saudi Soccer League Creates Huge Fund to Sign Global Stars (NYT)

• UEFA open disciplinary proceeding against Jose Mourinho for insulting Anthony Taylor (GIFN)

Transfer Rumors

• AC Milan star Rafael Leao signs new five-year contract extension (DM)

• Manchester United fight Barcelona for Fiorentina’s Amrabat (FI)

• Reports Inter have deal with Real Madrid defender Nacho (FI)

• Liverpool linked with surprise move for 25-year-old winger, Federico Chiesa (CO)

• Pair of European giants keen on signing Roma defender Roger Ibanez (GIFN)

• Sporting CP hoping to sign Coventry's Viktor Gyokeres (FLW)

• Wolfsburg show interest in FC Twente forward Václav Černý (GGFN)

• Real Madrid to release Eden Hazard (SKY)

• Olympiacos among clubs interested in Marseille’s Dimitri Payet (GFFN)

• Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey in transfer talks with Besiktas (FLW)

• Chelsea reject £30m Brighton bid for Levi Colwill and have no plans to sell (TG)

• Hoffenheim star Christoph Baumgartner could be set for RB Leipzig move (GGFN)

Data Based

• 12 outstanding stats from Man City’s history-making FA Cup final victory (PF)

• Phil Neville at Inter Miami: What went wrong, by the numbers (TA)

Offsides

• Fan dies after fall from stand at River Plate game (ESPN)

• Tayvon Gray suspended amid ongoing MLS investigation (90MIN)

• French club Ajaccio 'strongly condemns' attack on boy with brain cancer at game with Marseille (BBC)

• Former West Ham players walk off over alleged racial abuse at US tournament (TG)

• YouTube star and Manchester United fan Speed attacked during FA Cup final (TS)

On The Ball

• FIFA’s top World Cup 2026 executive departs in blow to hosts (WST)

• Lionel Messi's lucrative Inter Miami offer includes deals with brands like Apple and Adidas (DM)

• Giuntoli aims to leave Napoli and join Juventus by this week (FI)

• Chilean league looks to private equity markets for new money (IWF)

• Zilliacus confirms ‘certainly interested if Inter want to sell’ (FI)

Coaches Box

• Ajax sack John Heitinga and start the search for a new head coach (GFNB)

• Ange Postecoglou tells Celtic he wants to become the new Tottenham boss (DM)

• Davide Ancelotti, son of Carlo, a surprise candidate to replace Didier Digard as Nice manager (GFFN)

• How Marco Rose lifted RB Leipzig to UEFA Champions League qualification and DFB Cup glory (BN)

• How Javier Pereira’s tactics have propelled Shanghai Port to the summit of the CFA Super League (TFA)

Throw Ins

• Dominant Porto dispatch Braga to lift Portuguese Cup (PG)

• Why do Manchester City fans have inflatable bananas? (MS)

• Diego Simeone sets sex minimum for Atletico Madrid squad (FE)

• ‘Women are expected to put up and shut up’: the toxicity of attending men’s football (TG)

Injury Time

• Abraham’s dreadful season ends with severe knee injury (FI)

• Chelsea forgotten man Armando Broja set to return for pre-season in huge boost that could save club millions in transfer market (SUN)