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Man United secure Champions League football, Another top coach spurns Spurs, Barcelona drop ticket prices for next season, Zidane turns down €150m from the Saudis, USMNT expected to name new coach by end of summer, Real Madrid accused of ulterior motives with racial abuse, Wrexham gets a stadium sponsor, and Tupac might still be alive if Chelsea’s players were the shooters.

Let’s get on with it.

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Table Tops

Fixtures We’re Watching

• Sampdoria v Sassuolo

Full schedule + where to watch

Starting Lineup

• Man Utd secure Champions League football with comfortable win over Chelsea (FM)

• Barcelona announce major reduction in season ticket prices for next season’s switch to Montjuic (FE)

• USSF aims to hire USMNT coach by summer's end (90MIN)

• Real Madrid accused of taking advantage of racial abuse to tarnish La Liga’s image (FE)

Transfer Rumors

• Manchester United to start working on deal to sign Harry Kane (CO)

• PSG agree to personal terms with Manuel Ugarte & Lucas Hernandez (FM)

• Liverpool to move for Bayern Munich defender, Benjamin Pavard (CO)

• AC Milan make offer to sign Georges Mikautadze from Metz (FLW)

• Fulham and Bournemouth open negotiations with Lyon’s Romain Faivre (GFFN)

• Bayern Munich want to sign Julian Alvarez and Adrien Rabiot this summer (DM)

• Real Sociedad interested in three Barcelona players as part of possible swap deal for Martin Zubimendi (FE)

• Rennes target Nottingham Forest’s Serge Aurier (GFFN)

• Brighton make 4-year contract offer for Benfica forward Luís Semedo (SW)

• Arsenal and Tottenham set to battle it out for Bayer Leverkusen defender, Edmond Tapsoba (CO)

• Niclas Füllkrug could yet remain at Werder Bremen (GGFN)

Data Based

• How Nottingham Forest Survived: The Four Tactical Phases of Their Season (OA)

• Messi & Salah among the 5 players with the most goals & assists in 2022-23 (PF)

Offsides

• Cadiz’s Ivan Alejo caught biting Villarreal defender Aissa Mandi (FE)

• Hooded thugs 'assault Justin Kluivert's partner and steal £160,000 in jewelry and watches' (DM)

• Gillingham charged by FA over racist and sexist crowd abuse (BBC)

• Premier League star struggled in games after being stalked by Orla Melissa Sloan who falsely claimed to be pregnant (SUN)

On The Ball

• 49ers could help out with Radrizzani plans at Sampdoria – Leeds owner trying to seal deal ‘by tomorrow morning’ (SW)

• Wolves owners Fosun Sports Group seeking new investment as they look to stay competitive (DM)

• AS Monaco promise to push Web3 digital boundaries with Rarecubes hook-up (IWF)

• Wrexham announce first-ever stadium sponsor, renamed SToK Racecourse (ESPN)

• FC Köln to receive bonus if Borussia Dortmund win the Bundesliga (GGFN)

Coaches Box

• Arne Slot rules himself out of Tottenham job, vows Feyenoord stay (ESPN)

• Zinedine Zidane turns down €150m offer to manage Al Nassr (FE)

• Brighton’s De Zerbi turns down Napoli approach – ‘Not interested, at least for now’ (SW)

• PSV monitoring Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson after van Nistelrooy exit (FLW)

• Ronny Deila leaves Standard Liege and signs three-year deal with Club Brugge (GFNB)

Throw Ins

• The LaLiga relegation battle with two games to go – fixtures, needs and narratives (FE)

• Roberto Firmino generously prepared 200 gift boxes for friends and staff as he says farewell (DM)

• If football cannot deliver change then its drive to tackle racism has no credibility (TG)

• The top-selling jerseys in Major league Soccer (MLS)

Injury Time

• Real Sociedad veteran David Silva ruled out for rest of the season as Champions League goal nears (FE)

• Man United star Antony is a doubt for FA Cup final after being stretchered off against Chelsea (CO)

• Eric Dier to miss Tottenham’s final game of the season after undergoing surgery (MS)

• Gory Karim Benzema foot injury revealed after Rayo Vallecano win (FE)

• Chelsea loanee Malang Sarr undergoes surgery, won’t play for Monaco again (GFFN)

Rankings

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