Juventus has fired Massimiliano Allegri following his "certain behaviors" at the Coppa Italia final, which were deemed "incompatible with the values of Juventus."

Allegri return to Juventus in 2021.

Allegri was sent off late into stoppage-time after furiously removing his jacket and confronting the fourth official before being given his marching orders on the touchline.

In a statement on the club website Juventus said: “Juventus announces that it has relieved Massimiliano Allegri of his role as coach of the men’s first team. The dismissal follows certain behaviors during and after the Italian Cup final which the club deemed incompatible with the values of Juventus and with the behavior that those who represent it must adopt.

“A period of collaboration ends, which began in 2014, restarted in 2021 and ended after the last three seasons together with the Italian Cup Final. The company wishes Massimiliano Allegri good luck in his future projects.”

Thiago Motta is a target for Juventus as his replacement. 

Barcelona is again debating the possibility of parting ways with Xavi as manager. Xavi announced earlier in the season that he would leave at the end of the season, but the two sides recently reversed course.

There is reportedly tension between Xavi and president Joan Laporta. There are several internal and external pressures pushing for Barcelona to fire Xavi. 

Sources insist Laporta never trusted Xavi and part of their decision to keep him was a lack of available alternatives to replace him.

Lionel Messi is Major League Soccer's highest-paid player with a total guaranteed compensation of $20.45 million.

The salary is not comprehensive of his earnings, however, as he also benefits from other revenue streams such as his endorsement deal with Adidas and a revenue-sharing agreement with Apple. Messi could earn up to $150 million over his 2.5 year contract signed with Inter Miami and the MLS last year. 

Toronto FC forward Lorenzo Insigne ranked second with a guaranteed compensation of $15.44 million, followed by Messi's Inter Miami teammate Sergio Busquets at $8.77 million.

Chicago Fire forward Xherdan Shaqiri, the league's top earner at this time a year ago, is in fourth position at $8.15 million followed by Austin FC forward Sebastián Driussi at $6.72 million.

Messi's $20.4 million salary is more than the entire payroll of 25 other MLS clubs. 

Total guaranteed compensation per team:

1. Inter Miami - $41.68 million

2. Toronto FC - $31.41 million

3. Chicago Fire - $25.13 million

4. Nashville SC - $21.4 million

5. FC Cincinnati - $18.71 million

6. Austin FC - $18.41 million

7. New England Revolution - $18.32 million

8. LA Galaxy - $17.93 million

9. New York Red Bulls - $17.11 million

10. Houston Dynamo - $16.77 million

11. Atlanta United - $16.66 million

12. Seattle Sounders - $16.58 million

13. New York City FC - $16.54 million

14. Colorado Rapids - $16.33 million

 
15. FC Dallas - $16.23 million

16. D.C. United - $16.17 million

17. LAFC - $15.9 million

18. Sporting Kansas City - $15.87 million

19. Portland Timbers - $15.37 million

20. Vancouver Whitecaps - $15.2 million

21. Columbus Crew - $15.19 million

22. Orlando City - $15.07 million

23. Minnesota United - $14.91 million

24. Philadelphia Union - $14.82 million

25. Charlotte FC - $14.53 million

26. San Jose Earthquakes - $13.63 million

27. Real Salt Lake - $13.6 million

28. CF Montréal - $12.05 million

29. St. Louis City - $11.79 million

Bayern Munich are attempting to reach agreement with Thomas Tuchel for him to extend his tenure as manager. Bayern has struggled to replace Tuchel with multiple preferred candidates.

Bayern announced in February that Tuchel would exit as manager at the end of the season.

While Bayern was unable to compete with Bayer Leverkusen to win the Bundesliga, they did advance to the Champions League semifinals and narrowly lost to Real Madrid.

Canada has hired Jesse Marsch as manager on a deal that will run through the 2026 World Cup.

Marsch previously managed Leeds and RB Leipzig.

"This team is going to be something that the entire Canadian community is going to be so excited about and ready to support," Marsch said during the announcement. "We're going to play with power and inspiration, and we're going to go for it.

"I can't wait to get started."

Canada is grouped with World Cup champions Argentina, Peru and Chile at this summer's Copa America. 

Olivier Giroud has signed with LAFC and will join the club after the Euros this summer.

LAFC’s general manager, John Thorrington, said the club has been eager to add Giroud since last year.

Gareth Southgate has declined an opportunity to confirm he will remain as manager of England beyond the 2024 Euros. Southgate's contract with England expires in December.

The Football Association would like to extend Southgate for the 2026 World Cup. Southgate has managed England since 2016.

Southgate is a serious candidate to become manager of Manchester United.

In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Southgate said: "I think '26 will be an amazing World Cup. I'm old enough to remember '94 [in the U.S.] I didn't go and obviously England didn't qualify.

"But you know that any sporting event the U.S. are involved in hosting -- and clearly Mexico '86 I also remember -- that will be an amazing tournament, which will be a different sort of challenge.

"If you think about the travel and the time zones compared to the last World Cup, it couldn't be more different. Temperature changes, altitude and everything else that you could face. So that would also be an amazing tournament."

Southgate was asked whether the World Cup will tempt to remain as manager of England.

"That will depend on playing well, getting results and wanting to stay. Any number of things would be wrapped up in that. But that's for after this summer, really."

Kylian Mbappe has publicly confirmed he will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the conclusion of the current season. PSG was eliminated from the Champions League this week after they lost in the semifinals to Borussia Dortmund.

Mbappe is widely expected to sign with Real Madrid.

"Hi everyone, it's Kylian. I wanted to speak to you, I've always said that I would speak with you when the time comes and so I wanted to announce to you all that it's my last year at Paris Saint-Germain," said Mbappe.

"I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks. I will play my last game at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.

"It's a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and the great honour to be a member of the biggest French club, one of the best in the world which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player of course, by being alongside some of the best in history, some of the greatest champions, to meet a lot of people, to grow as a man as well with all the glory and the mistakes I've made."

Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Monaco on a transfer worth €180 million. Mbappe went on to win the World Cup with France the next season and were the runners up in 2022. 

While PSG enjoyed great success in Ligue 1 during Mbappe's tenure, they were unable to accomplish their goal of winning the Champions League.

Sergino Dest will return to Barcelona after PSV Eindhoven declined to exercise their option to sign him permanently. 

Dest, 23, has been a mainstay in the PSV side this season as they won the Eredivisie.

Dest tore his ACL in training last month and faces an extended recovery. 

Todd Boehly has backed Mauricio Pochettino as manager of Chelsea amid speculation around his future, saying he has been impressed by the team's upturn in form and "beautiful football."

"We've seen the last two and a half games, at least in the second half at Aston Villa [2-2 draw] and Tottenham and West Ham where we played just beautiful football," Boehly said.

"It was so fluid, it was exactly the way we drew it up, when we came out of the back, built up and moved up the pitch, [it was] very organised and the number of shots we had on board. In those two and a half games, you could really start to see what we were working on coming together.

"Even the commentary has changed over the last two and a half games. I've never seen anything change so quickly."

Pochettino guided Chelsea to the League Cup final in February, which they lost 1-0 in extra time to Liverpool, and also to the semifinals of the FA Cup last month, where Manchester City beat them 1-0.