Legal - Soccer Wiretap

Liverpool Denies Report Of Rejecting $2 Billion Amanda Staveley Bid
The report claimed the deal was "killed at the eleventh hour" by Fenway.

ESPN

Stan Kroenke Attempting To Buyout Alisher Usmanov
If Stan Kroenke is successful in buying out Alisher Usmanov, he could force out the remaining minority shareholders and could make Arsenal a privately owned business.

Amy Lawrence/The Guardian

Premier League Big 6 Seeking Bigger Share Of International TV Money
Manchester United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are proposing an end to the system in which international television rights are split equally.

David Conn/The Guardian

Chelsea Again Under FIFA Investigation For Signing Youth Players
Chelsea is under investigation by FIFA for a third time in eight years.

David Hytner/The Guardian

Turner To Air Most Champions League Matches On Paid Streaming Service
Turner will begin televising the Champions League for the 18-19 season.

Kevin Draper/New York Times

MLS Teams Worth $223M On Average
The Galaxy generated $63 million in revenue last season.

Chris Smith/Forbes

Premier League Chief Relieved Neymar Wasn't Bought By English Club
Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore is glad Neymar didn't join his league at the type of fee Paris Saint-Germain paid.

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MLS Rejects $4 Billion Media Deal Requiring Promotion, Relegation
The offer would have quadrupled the annual rate of the current deal.

Jeff Carlisle/ESPN

Barcelona Earns Sports Record $770M In Revenues During 16-17 Season
Barcelona allocated 66 percent of its expenditures for "payment of salaries to athletes."

Kurt Badenhausen/Forbes

Kingsley Coman Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
The case will be tried at the end of summer and Kingsley Coman is expected to plead guilty.

Mark Lovell/ESPN

Antonio Conte Cleared Of Wrongdoing In Match-Fixing Scandal
Antonio Conte will manage Italy in Euro 2016 and then join Chelsea in the summer.

The Guardian

International Players Union Wants To Abolish Current Transfer Rules
The international soccer player union would like to end the 125-year-old tradition of clubs acquiring talent from other clubs via transfer fees.

Alex Duff/Bloomberg

Barcelona's Bartomeu Indicted On Tax Fraud On Neymar Signing
The judge said Neymar cost at least €83.3 million, but Barcelona insists they paid €57 million.

AP

Real Madrid Under Investigation By FIFA
The investigation is centred on the signing of two 12-year-olds, Manuel Godoy and Fernando Macías, brought from Venezuela in 2012.

Ian McCourt/The Guardian

Wenger: Work Permit Prevented Arsenal Signing Di María As Teenager
Arsène Wenger has called for English football’s “politically correct” work permit system to be abolished.

Paul Doyle/The Guardian

FA Seeks Significant Reduction Of Non-EU Players In English Football
Under the proposals, only players from the top 50 Fifa-ranked countries in the world could be signed unless the transfer fee is more than a pre-defined figure, which could be set at £10 million or £15

Owen Gibson/The Guardian

Zlatan: Rival Clubs Afraid, Jealous Of PSG's Growth
Zlatan Ibrahimović said that rival clubs are putting pressure on UEFA to use Financial Fair Play to hold Paris Saint-Germain back.

Ian Holyman/ESPN

PSG: FFP Ruling Will Have No Impact On Future Operations
Paris St Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi believes UEFA's Financial Fair Play ruling won't have an impact on how the club operates.

PA

Man City Accepts $82M Fine, Reduced Squad For Champions League
Manchester City has agreed to pay an $82 million fine while also reducing their squad for the Champions League next season as part of a settlement for violating Financial Fair Play rules.

ESPN

City Earns $161.8M In TV Money For Winning EPL
Manchester City earned $161.8 million in television rights money, a huge increase from $102 million Manchester United received last season as champions.

PA

Real, Barça, United, Bayern Ranked As World's Most Valuable Clubs
Bayern Munich rose 41% in value to $1.85 billion and now rank fourth.

Mike Ozanian/Forbes

Wenger Lauds City While Backing FFP Sanctions
Arsène Wenger praised Manchester City for being on the cusp of another Premier League title, while also endorsing UEFA's plans to sanction the club for failing to comply with Financial Fair Play rule

Kevin Palmer/ESPN

City Faces $83.5M Fine, Reduced Squad For UCL Over FFP
City could be limited to a 21-man Champions League squad instead of 25 players next season.

PA Sport, Richard Jolly/ESPN

Paris Saint-Germain To Receive Quadruple FFP Sanctions
PSG has Europe's highest wage bill at 240 million euros.

Ian Holyman/ESPN

Man City, PSG Found In Breach Of FFP Rules
UEFA doesn't expect either club to be excluded from the Champions League next season.

BBC

Barça Cleared By LFP Of Wrongdoing In Neymar Transfer
Barcelona has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the signing of Neymar by the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP).

FourFourTwo

Barcelona's Transfer Ban Lifted For Summer Window
Barcelona is now free to sign players in the summer transfer window after a FIFA ban over the signing of youth players was suspended to let the appeal process play out.

Owen Gibson/The Guardian

City, PSG Will Be Found Guilty Of FFP Violations
Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will this week be found guilty of failing to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.

Ben Rumsby/The Telegraph

Thibaut Courtois Cleared To Play For Atleti Against Chelsea
Thibaut Courtois signed a five-year contract with Chelsea in 2011, but he's never played for the club.

BBC

Xavi: Barça's Transfer Ban 'Disproportionate, Unjust'
Xavi believes FIFA's 14-month transfer ban for Barcelona is unfair.

Joe Wright/Goal.com