May 2019 - Soccer Wiretap

Arsenal To Play Chelsea In Europa League Final
The two European finals will feature four Premier League teams.

RealGM Staff Report

Atletico Madrid Have Deal In Place For Hector Herrera
Atletico Madrid are working to get Herrera his EU citizenship.

Football Espana

English Football League Sets 60-Year Attendance Record
Sunderland's Boxing Day match against Bradford City drew a League One record 46,039 fans.

BBC Football

Frenkie De Jong On Spurs Loss: A Fairy Tale With A Bad Ending
De Jong said that they had the neutral support with their outsider status.

Bart Vlietstra/The Guardian

Leeds Will Not Kick Ball Out For Injury, Says Bielsa
The response comes after Leeds scored a controversial goal against Aston Villa.

Louise Taylor/The Guardian

Chelsea, Real Madrid Close To Eden Hazard, Mateo Kovacic Deals
Real Madrid and Chelsea must now agree on a transfer price for Hazard.

Santiago Siguero/Marca

James Rodriguez Targeted As Potential Neymar Replacement
Rodriguez is unlikely to get a long-term move with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

Marca

Mauricio Pochettino After Comeback: 'Thank You Football'
Pochettino turned emotional describing Tottenham's comeback.

Alan Dawnson/Business Insider

Harry Kane Says He's 'Hopeful' Of Return In Champions League Final
Kane has been out since early April with an ankle injury.

BBC Sport

Spurs Pull Off Comeback Against Ajax To Play Liverpool In UFC Final
Lucas Moura recorded a hat-trick for Spurs, scoring in the 55th, 59th and 95th minute.

RealGM Staff Report

Julen Lopetegui, Erik Ten Hag Linked With Bayern Munich
Ten Hag worked with the Bayern youth academy under Pep Guardiola.

Carlos Carpio/Marca

Matthijs De Ligt Likely To Join Barcelona
De Ligt reportedly turned down a chance to join Manchester United.

Marca

Edu Agrees To Become Arsenal Technical Director
Edu is currently the director for the Brazil national team.

Fabrizio Romano/The Guardian

Erik Ten Hag: Time To Prove That Ajax Is Right
Ten Hag said he never expected to be in the Champions League semifinals at the start of the season.

Ed Aarons/The Guardian

Barcelona Certain To Sell Philippe Coutinho In Summer
Phillipe Coutinho's poor performance in both legs of the Champions League semifinals against Liverpool finalized Barcelona's intent to sell him.

Moises Llorens, Sam Marsden/ESPN

Lionel Messi Inconsolable In Locker Room After Barcelona's Loss At LFC
After the match, Lionel Messi was selected for a drug test by anti-doping officials and then was confronted at the airport by Barcelona fans.

Andy Hunter/The Guardian

Mauricio Pochettino Suggests He Could Leave Spurs If They Win UCL
Mauricio Pochettino said he could leave the club and "go home" if Tottenham Hotspur win the Champions League this season.

David Hytner/The Guardian

Timbers Sign Brian Fernandez For Club-Record Fee
Fernandez has scored 12 goals in 15 games for Necaxa this season.

Jeff Carlisle/ESPN

FC Cincinnati Fire Alan Koch After 11 Games
FC Cincinnati are winless in their last 7 matches.

Tom Bogert/mlssoccer.com

Diego Godin To Leave Atletico Madrid Over Summer, May Join Inter
Godin has played 387 matches for Atletico Madrid.

BBC

Sergio Busquets Apologizes Following Champions League Loss
Busquets admitted that Liverpool were the better side.

Marca

Ernesto Valverde After Loss: Liverpool Were Better, No Excuses
Valverde said he was surprised by Liverpool's 4th goal.

Ramiro Aldunate/Marca

Jurgen Klopp On Liverpool Comeback: 'I Will Remember It Forever'
Klopp called Alexander-Arnold's corner kick "genius."

Liverpool Pulls Off Historic Comeback Against Barca To Reach UCL Final
Divock Origi scored the first goal in the seventh minute and the winner in the 79th, while Georginio Wijnaldum scored in the 54th and 56th minute.

ESPN

Eusebio Di Francesco Is Favorite For Sevilla Job
Monchi and Di Francesco worked together at Roma.

Alberto Fernández/Marca

Pep Guardiola: I Told Vincent Kompany Not To Shoot
It was Kompany's first goal from outside the penalty area in his 11 years with the club.

BBC

Napoli President Wants To Scrap Champions League
De Laurentiis proposed a new tournament featuring 80 teams.

As.com

Xabi Alonso Offered Coaching Role At Real Sociedad
Alonso would gain experience managing the youth sides before eventually taking over the senior team.

Roberto Ramajo/As.com

Miralem Pjanic: 'All Players Are Ready To Go' To PSG
Pjanic has been linked with moves to Real Madrid and PSG.

As.com

Napoli Target James Rodriguez For Summer Move
Napoli are planning a big-name transfer move this summer.

Rob Train/As.com