May 2016 - Soccer Wiretap

Pedro: Bench Role For Spain 'Not Worth' His Time
Pedro has played less than 10 minutes so far in the tournament as Vicente del Bosque has preferred Nolito and David Silva on the flanks.

Press Association

Paul Pogba's Agent Confirms Talks Between Juve, Real Madrid
Paul Pogba could cost Real Madrid as much as €150 million.

Marca (via Lucas Navarrete/Managing Madrid)

Juventus Holding Out For €160M For Paul Pogba
Zinedine Zidane left Juventus for Real Madrid in 2001 and he has interest in signing Paul Pogba.

Gazzetta dello Sport

Mauro Icardi Intends To Remain With Inter Milan
Mauro Icardi has said he is focused on staying at Inter Milan.

ESPN

Roy Hodgson Could Get Extension If England Reaches Euro Quarters
Roy Hodgson could get a contract extension as manager of England if they reach the quarterfinals of Euro 2016.

The Guardian

Wenger Expects Jamie Vardy To Reject Arsenal Move, Stay With Leciester
Arsene Wenger expects Jamie Vardy to remain with Leicester City despite Arsenal activating his trigger clause and offering him an improved contract.

The Guardian

Leicester City, Everton, West Ham Pursuing Transfer For M'Baye Niang
M'Baye Niang was the subject of a €16 million bid from Leicester in January.

Ed Aarons/The Guardian

Sime Vrsaljko Prefers Transfer To Atleti
Sime Vrsaljko is currently with Sassuolo and Atleti is prepared to pay around €15 million.

Dermot Corrigan/ESPN

Neymar Receiving Interest From Three Big Clubs
There have been rumors that Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or Manchester United could pay Neymar's €200 million release clause.

Dermot Corrigan/ESPN

Liverpool Hoping To Sell Mario Balotelli To Besiktas
Liverpool paid £16 million to sign Mario Balotelli from Milan in August of 2014.

Mark Dobson/The Guardian

Martin Skrtel Leaving Liverpool For Fenerbahce On £5.5M Transfer
Martin Skrtel signed a new three-year contract with Liverpool last summer but fell out of favor with Jurgen Klopp.

Andy Hunter/The Guardian

United States Expecting Strong Homefield Advantage In Seattle
If the United States advances, they will play either Argentina or Venezuela in Houston.

David Waldstein/New York Times

Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann Unhappy Not To Be In XI
Didier Deschamps didn't include Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann in his starting XI for France against Albania.

Amy Lawrence/The Guardian

Villarreal Signs Denis Cheryshev From Real Madrid
Denis Cheryshev is a 25-year-old winger who signed with Real Madrid in 2008.

FourFourTwo

Brazil Fires Dunga, Hires Tite As Replacement
Tite had been manager of Corinthians in Brazil.

RealGM Staff Report

Jan Kozak: Marek Hamsik Deserves To Be At Bigger Club Than Napoli
Marek Hamsik joined Napoli from Brescia in 2007.

ESPN

Arsenal-Liverpool On Opening EPL Weekend, Manchester Derby On Sept. 10
Arsenal will host Liverpool on the opening weekend of the 16-17 English Premier League season.

ESPN

Dortmund Won't Sell Henrikh Mkhitaryan To United, Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund will not allow Henrikh Mkhitaryan to leave on a transfer despite a reported €24 million offer from Manchester United.

Stephan Uersfeld/ESPN

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Agrees To Deal With Manchester United
Manchester United and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have agreed upon provisional terms with his move to be completed following Euro 2016.

Miguel Delaney/ESPN

Gareth Bale: No England Players Would Feature For Wales
Wales will play England on Thursday in Lens in a Group B match.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Dortmund Dismisses Report Of Marco Reus Missing Six Months
Dortmund believes Marco Reus is expected to be fully fit by mid-August.

FourFourTwo

City Interested In Victor Valdes
Victor Valdes previously played for Pep Guardiola with Barcelona.

Sid Lowe/The Guardian

Aymeric Laporte Extends With Athletic Amid Strong City Interest
Aymeric Laporte had been strongly linked with a move to Manchester City this summer as Pep Guardiola identified him as a top target to improve their center back position.

Press Association

Dunga To Meet With Brazil FA Chief About Future
Brazil only scored against an overmatched Haiti side in their second fixture.

ESPN

Joao Teixeira Leaving Liverpool For Porto On Free Transfer
Joao Teixeira joined Liverpool from Sporting Lisbon in 2012, but struggled to break into the first team with Liverpool.

Peter O'Rourke/ESPN

USA-Paraguay Becomes FS1's Highest Rated Men's Soccer Match Ever
With the win, the United States advanced to the quarterfinals of Copa America.

Richard Deitsch/Sports Illustrated

Sevilla Confirms Departure Of Unai Emery, Open Talks With Sampaoli
Sevilla will begin talks with Jorge Sampaoli, who has been out of a job since stepping down as manager of Chile in January.

Reuters

United States Advance To Knockout Stage With 1-0 Win Over Paraguay
Clint Dempsey scored in the 27th minute and the United States played nearly the entire second half with 10 men after DeAndre Yedlin was sent off.

RealGM Staff Report

Klinsmann: Christian Pulisic Wouldn't Have Been Given Chance In MLS
Jurgen Klinsmann believes Christian Pulisic may not have ascended to the United States' national team had he developed in the MLS instead of Borussia Dortmund.

Doug McIntryre/ESPN

Real Madrid Could Include Isco As Makeweight To Juve For Pogba
Juventus' sporting director Fabio Paratici has considered Isco the perfect trequartista for their club.

Carlos Forjanes/AS.com