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Transfer Talk: PSG won’t offer Messi a new deal amid suspension drama

The transfer window may be closed around Europe, but teams are looking ahead to the summer and there’s plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! Following Paris Saint-Germain’s shocking decision to suspend Lionel Messi for two weeks, L’Equipe have reported that the club will not renew the star player’s contract. Sources confirmed to ESPN on…

Transfer Talk: Manchester United see Lautaro Martinez as a striker option

The transfer window may be closed around Europe, but teams are looking ahead to the summer and there’s plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! Manchester United have identified Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez as a potential summer signing, with the Serie A side willing to let him leave, according to Football Insider. Inter’s decision…

Man United in pole position for top four, but can’t take their eyes off Liverpool

Diogo Jota not only kept Liverpool’s season alive with a 94th-minute winner in Sunday’s dramatic 4-3 victory in the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur, his goal also put more pressure on fourth-placed Manchester United as they attempt to secure a return to the Champions League. Even though they are seven points clear with a game in hand, United can’t take their eyes off Liverpool; if they do, they could surrender…

Sources: Wrexham rewarded with Vegas trip

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are sending the club’s players to Las Vegas as a reward for their success in winning promotion to the English Football League (EFL), sources have told ESPN. The National League champions are due to show off their title-winning trophy to the team’s supporters in a homecoming parade through the streets of Wrexham on Tuesday after ending the season with a record 111 points…

Haaland equals PL goal record as Man City go top

Manchester City claimed top spot in the Premier League for the first time since February as Erling Haaland reached yet another milestone in a 2-1 victory at Fulham on Sunday. Haaland tucked away a penalty in the third minute for his record-equalling 34th Premier League goal in an extraordinary debut season in England. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) – When can Man City win the Premier League…

Mason: Boot to Skipp’s head ‘clear red’ for Jota

Ryan Mason said Diogo Jota should have been sent off before scoring Liverpool’s stoppage time winner in a 4-3 victory against Tottenham Hotspur, claiming that the forward deserved a red card for “endangering an opponent” with a foul that left midfielder Oliver Skipp with a gashed head. Jota’s goal four minutes into stoppage time came seconds after Richarlison had capped a Spurs fightback from 3-0 down to equalise and seemingly…

Juve drop points in tight Serie A top-4 race

A second-half goal by Arkadiusz Milik helped Juventus salvage a 1-1 draw at Bologna in Serie A on Sunday, leaving Massimiliano Allegri’s side winless in five consecutive games across all competitions. Juventus remain third on 60 points from 32 games, one point behind second-placed Lazio who suffered a 3-1 loss at Internazionale earlier on Sunday. Presumptive champions Napoli were made to wait to celebrate their Scudetto win after a surprise…

Toulouse rout Nantes to win 1st-ever French Cup

Toulouse hammered holders Nantes 5-1 in the French Cup final after scoring four first-half goals at the Stade de France to secure the club’s first major trophy on Saturday. Defender Logan Costa and striker Thijs Dallinga both netted twice inside the opening 31 minutes, with forward Zakaria Aboukhlal adding a fifth in the second half. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Nantes had won consecutive finals in 1999…

Benzema hat trick leads Real Madrid to 4-2 win

Karim Benzema scored a first-half hat trick as Real Madrid recovered from a disappointing midweek loss at Girona by beating lowly Almeria 4-2 at home in LaLiga on Saturday. With six-games remaining, second-placed Real maintained their slim title hopes by moving up to 68 points, cutting Barcelona’s lead to eight points. Barcelona host sixth-placed Real Betis later on Saturday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) – Kirkland: Madrid…

Roma, Milan trade late goals in battle for UCL

AS Roma and AC Milan shared the points in a 1-1 draw at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday after a stoppage-time goal by visiting winger Alexis Saelemaekers cancelled out a Tammy Abraham strike three minutes earlier as the Serie A top-four race intensifies. Milan remain fourth in the standings, level on 57 points with Roma in fifth, with both sides two points behind third-placed Juventus who travel to Bologna on Sunday.…