May 2015 - Soccer Wiretap

United Won't Let David De Gea Force Move To Real Madrid
Manchester United remains relaxed about the possibility of David De Gea leaving next summer for Real Madrid on a free transfer.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Arsenal Interested In £40M Transfer For Karim Benzema
Karim Benzema's place with Real Madrid is unclear under Rafa Benitez.

Press Association

Real Madrid Buys Kiko Casilla From Espanyol For €6M
Real Madrid had retained a 50 percent ownership of Kiko Casilla, who was a product of their youth academy.

Reuters

Barcelona Has €600M In Revenue During 14-15 Season
The club earned a profit of €15m after taxes during that time.

AP

Pablo Aimar Retires At Age 35
Pablo Aimar won two La Liga titles under Rafa Benitez at Valencia.

ESPN

Wayne Rooney Interested In Someday Joining MLS
Wayne Rooney signed a five-and-a-half year extension with United in February 2014.

FourFourTwo

Juve Considering Draxler, Cuadrado, Sandro To Replace Vidal
Juventus are looking to replace Vidal with one of Schalke's Julian Draxler, Chelsea's Juan Cuadrado or Porto's Alex Sandro.

Marcus Christenson, Fabrizio Romano/The Guardian

Bayern Finalizing $43.6M Transfer With Juve For Arturo Vidal
Arturo Vidal joined Juventus from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011.

Marcus Christenson, Fabrizio Romano/The Guardian

Stoke City Completes Deal For Barcelona Teenager Moha El Ouriachi
Moha El Ouriachi with fellow ex-Barça players Bojan and Marc Muniesa.

The Guardian

Liverpool To Meet Villa's £32.5M Release Clause For Christian Benteke
With QPR taking part of Raheem Sterling's transfer fee, Liverpool has essentially swapped him for Christian Benteke and £3.5 million.

Press Association

Van Gaal: Valdes Won't Stay At United, Doesn't Follow Philosophy
Louis van Gaal criticized Victor Valdes for not following his "philosophy" as he expects the keeper to leave Manchester United.

Chris Davie/Goal.com

United Allowing Angel Di Maria To Pursue Transfer To PSG
If Angel Di Maria remains unmoved in his desire to depart he could be used as part of any deal for Edinson Cavani.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Bayern, Juventus Discussing Arturo Vidal Transfer
Pep Guardiola has identified Arturo Vidal as the midfielder he would like to replace Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Romeo Agresti/Goal.com

Sterling: Aguero In Same World-Class Category As Suarez
Raheem Sterling played some of his best football with Luis Suarez and he now joins Aguero at Manchester City.

Richard Jolly/ESPN

Barça Trio, Five Juve Players, Ronaldo, Hazard On Europe Shortlist
Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez of Barcelona are up against Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard and five Juventus players for UEFA's 2014-15 Best Player in Europe award.

Galaxy Acquire Giovani Dos Santos On $7M Transfer
Giovani dos Santos has joined the Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy from Villarreal.

ESPN

David De Gea, Real Madrid Agree On Deal For 16-17
Manchester United has been resisting selling David De Gea this summer even as he enters the final season of his contract.

J.I. Garcia-Ochoa

Kevin De Bruyne Interested In Move To City
Wolfsburg would like to keep Kevin De Bruyne and are offering him a five-year deal.

David Anderson/Mirror

Real Madrid Insists Sergio Ramos Not For Sale
Sergio Ramos is set to be named captain of Real Madrid with Iker Casillas leaving for Porto.

Adriana Garcia/ESPN

Jozy Altidore Out For Rest Of Gold Cup
Jozy Altidore is dealing with a hamstring injury.

ESPN

El Clasico For 15-16 Set For Nov. 8th, Apr. 3rd
La Liga has announced their fixtures for the 15-16 season.

RealGM Staff Report

Raheem Sterling Signs Five-Year Deal With City
Raheem Sterling will wear the No. 7 shirt for City.

The Guardian

Hughes: Shaqiri Took Stoke City's Pursuit Seriously
Mark Hughes went to meet with Xherdan Shaqiri, but was unable to convince him to join the club.

The Guardian

Xavi Criticizes Real Madrid's Treatment Of Iker Casillas
Florentino Perez has been accused of forcing Iker Casillas to leave.

Reuters

Thiago Motta Seeks Transfer From Paris Saint-Germain
Thiago Motta has been linked to a move to Atletico Madrid or Inter Milan.

Peter McVitie/Goal.com

Pedro's Buyout Clause Drops Dramatically
Pedro has played down links of a potential move from Barcelona to Chelsea.

FourFourTwo

Monaco, AC Milan Complete €16M Transfer For Stephan El Shaarawy
In 2012-13, Stephan El Shaarawy was Serie A's top scorer at the season's midpoint with 14 goals.

AP

Barcelona Agrees To Buy Gerson From Fluminense For €3.6M
Barcelona paid €3.6 million to acquire Gerson, who has been compared to Paul Pogba.

AS.com

Wenger Denies Juventus Link To Mesut Ozil
Arsene Wenger has denied a report from Tuttosport linking Mesut Ozil to an August transfer to Juventus.

ESPN

Claudio Ranieri Named Manager Of Leicester City
Claudio Ranieri has previously been in charge of Chelsea, Juventus, Inter Milan and most recently Greece.

The Guardian