April 2018 - Soccer Wiretap

Antonio Conte: I Showed I'm A Serial Winner
Antonio Conte is widely expected to leave Chelsea this summer.

David Hytner/The Guardian

Roman Abramovich Waiting For UK Visa To Be Renewed
Roman Abramovich returned to Russia after his visa ran out and did not attend Saturday's FA Cup final at Wembley.

Liam Twomey/ESPN

Real Madrid Hope To Sign Young Goalie, Retain Keylor Navas
Roma is unlikely to sell Alisson without a huge fee.

Lucas Navarrete/Managing Madrid

Bayern Offers $70.7M To Leverkusen For Leon Bailey
Leverkusen has been holding out for a fee closer to €100 million and prefer to sell him to Real Madrid.

Raphael Honigstein/ESPN

Bojan Krkic Opens Up About Anxiety Issues
Bojan Krkic was widely called the next Lionel Messi when he made his debut with Barcelona at the age of 17.

Sid Lowe/The Guardian

United Would Buy Back Cristiano Ronaldo If Offered
Jose Mourinho doesn't believe Real Madrid is interested in selling him.

Rob Dawson/ESPN

PSG Offers Two-Year Contract To Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon has announced he will leave Juventus this summer but will not retire.

Jonathan Johnson/ESPN

Arsene Wenger: I Am Still In A State Of Shock
Arsene Wenger has managed his last of 1,235 matches with Arsenal and the reality has yet to set in for him.

Darren Tulett/The Guardian

Pep Guardiola Signs Two-Year Extension With City
Pep Guardiola's existing deal had one more season remaining.

Daniel Taylor/The Guardian

Gianluigi Buffon Leaves Juventus, Will Consider Other Offers
Gianluigi Buffon's last match for Juventus will be on Saturday against Verona.

The Guardian

Antoine Griezmann: Not The Moment To Talk About My Future
Antoine Griezmann dodged questions about his future following his two-goal performance in Atletico Madrid's Europa League winning match against Marseille.

Dermot Corrigan/ESPN

Atleti Beats Marseille 3-0 To Win 2018 Europa League Final
Antoine Griezmann scored in the 21st and 49th minutes while Gabi scored in the 89th minute.

RealGM Staff Report

Lionel Messi Motivated By Seeing Real Madrid In UCL Final
Barcelona last was in the Champions League Final in 2015.

Sam Marsden/ESPN

Wenger Laments Arsenal Being Unable To Afford Cristiano Ronaldo In '03
Arsene Wenger said Arsenal was close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo in 2003.

Mattias Karen/ESPN

Everton Fires Sam Allarydce, Hopeful Of Appointing Marco Silva
Sam Allardyce had a disappointing six-month tenure as manager of Everton.

Andy Hunter/The Guardian

West Ham Parts Ways With David Moyes
West Ham has interest in appointing Paulo Fonseca and Rafael Benitez while also opening informal talks with Manuel Pellegrini.

The Guardian

Eden Hazard Waiting On Transfers Before Committing To Extension
Eden Hazard's current deal runs to 2020 and he expects to be at Chelsea next season.

Dominic Fifield/The Guardian

Mikel Arteta Emerges As Favorite For Arsenal Job
Mikel Arteta has had productive talks with the club.

David Hytner/The Guardian

Barcelona Opening Theme Parks In United States, Asia
The 3,000- to 10,000-square meter indoor parks will be found in city centers and will be dedicated exclusively to Barcelona.

Sam Marsden/ESPN

Joe Hart Left Out Of England's World Cup Roster
Joe Hart spent the season on loan at West Ham.

Dominic Fifield/The Guardian

Joachim Loew Signs Extension With Germany Until 2022
Joachim Loew had been linked to replacing Arsene Wenger as manager of Arsenal.

Reuters

Gianluigi Buffon Expected To Announce Retirement
Juventus was eliminated from the Champions League in the quarterfinals in which Gianluigi Buffon was sent off with a red card.

As.com

Thomas Tuchel Appointed Manager Of Paris Saint-Germain
Thomas Tuchel was most recently the coach at Borussia Dortmund but parted ways in May 2017.

Jonathan Johnson/ESPN

Mauricio Pochettino Links Spurs' Future To Transfer Fund Availability
Mauricio Pochettino was asked whether he would definitely be at the club next season.

David Hytner/The Guardian

Barcelona's Unbeaten Quest Ends On Last Day Of Season
Lionel Messi was left at home to rest.

Sam Marsden/ESPN

City Expects To Keep Sergio Aguero Unless He Asks To Leave
Sergio Aguero is reportedly a target of Atletico Madrid.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Raheem Sterling, City Open Extension Talks
Raheem Sterling earns about £170,000 a week on a deal that has two years remaining.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Dani Alves Ruled Out Of World Cup Due To Knee Injury
Dani Alves suffered the injury in the French Cup final.

The Guardian

United Targeting Ajax's Justin Kluivert
Justin Kluivert scored 10 goals in 30 league games this season.

Jamie Jackson, Jacob Steinberg/The Guardian

Mohamed Salah Expected To Sign Improved Contract With Liverpool
Mohamed Salah sees his future as being at Liverpool.

Andy Hunter/The Guardian