May the 4th Be With You

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Flip flop City’s back atop, and with it Haaland nets his 35th Premier League goal to set the record for goals in a season, Bayern’s a mess, Aston Villa’s making moves, Boehly speaks on Chelsea plans and desire to win, Xabi Alonso emerges as a frontrunner for Spurs job, the Top 50 most valuable clubs in the world, 3 footballers top the Forbes highest paid athlete list, and since Haaland is clearly a Jedi we would be remiss if we didn’t say May the 4th be with you!

Let’s get on with it.

Table Tops

Fixtures We’re Watching

• Brighton v Man United

• Udinese v Napoli

• Athletic Club v Real Betis

• Girona v Mallorca

• Sevilla v Espanyol

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup

• Haaland nets PL single-season record 35th goal and gets epic guard of honor (ESPN)

• Deco to meet with Barcelona next week as Director of Football move gathers pace (FE)

• Bayern's self-inflicted mess could cost them the Bundesliga (ESPN)

• Snaffling Barcelona's transfer guru Mateu Alemany a sign of Aston Villa's intent (DM)

• “We want to win” – Todd Boehly speaks about football’s impact on the world and the plan for Chelsea’s future (CO)

Transfer Rumors

• Real Madrid close to signing Bellingham, says report (WST)

• Brighton's Milner move 'all but done' after being impressed by De Zerbi (SKY)

• Atletico Madrid linked with Romelu Lukaku (SN)

• Liverpool enter race for in-demand Eredivisie midfielder, Orkun Kokcu (CO)

• Rennes interested in Reims midfielder Dion Lopy (GFFN)

• Borussia Dortmund line up Lorient’s Enzo Le Fée as potential Jude Bellingham replacement (GFFN)

• Arsenal could pull off crazy swoop for two AC Milan players this summer, Tomari and Tonali (CO)

• Barcelona begin renewal talks with star forward, Dembele, after first meeting with agent (FE)

• De Vrij facing contract ultimatum at Inter (FI)

• Issa Kaboré to return to Manchester City after Marseille loan spell (GFFN)

Data Based

Offsides

• Former Marseille, Malaga Rayo Vallecano, and MLS forward, ‘Koke’, sent to prison for 6 years in drug bust (FE)

• Female journalist reports sick threats to police after she is targeted by vile trolls over question to Real Madrid boss (SUN)

• PSG fans insist that Neymar “get lost” by showing up at his house (GFFN)

On The Ball

• The Top 50 most valuable clubs in the world (SCO)

• Ronaldo back atop Forbes' highest paid athlete list; football players make up top 3 (WST)

Coaches Box

• Spurs target Alonso for managerial job | Kompany & Nagelsmann in running (SKY)

• PSG in talks with José Mourinho (GFFN)

• Tuttosport: Inzaghi will leave Inter; Pochettino at top of list but has promised himself to Chelsea (FI)

• Allardyce: 'I'm up there' with Pep, Klopp, Arteta (ESPN)

Throw Ins

• Goal machines from English football’s top flight – in pictures (TG)

• Red Bull launch Four 2 Score football tournament with help from Trent Alexander-Arnold (90MIN)

• Tickets for Wrexham vs Chelsea sell out in four days (WST)

• Why German football has the best fans in the world (BN)

• Statue of Manchester United great Jimmy Murphy unveiled at Old Trafford (FM)

Injury Time

• Bad news for Jurgen Klopp as key Liverpool star Thiago to miss rest of season after surgery decision (CO)

• PSG’s Nuno Mendes out for rest of the season with hamstring injury (GFFN)

• Juventus lose De Sciglio to torn cruciate ligament (FI)

• Luka Modric resumes partial training with Real Madrid ahead of Copa del Rey final (FE)

Rankings

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