Aston Villa made a transfer fee offer of €42-45 million for Rafael Leao and an offer of €7 million salary to the Portuguese player; Rafael Leao's decision is awaited after Milan's agreement with Galatasaray.
After the 2007-2008 season, 2 Turkish teams will be in the Champions League for the first time; Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe will represent Turkey. In that season, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş had taken the stage.
Real Madrid, starting the season under José Mourinho, defeated Real Sociedad 4-1; Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick, Vinicius Jr scored the team's other goal, Bellingham and Arda Güler displayed excellent performances.
Fenerbahçe managed to reach the main group of the Champions League after an 18-year gap following the match against Lyon in the play-off round; the goals in the match were scored by Archie Brown (24), Vedat Muriqi (28) and Fofana (61).
The starting lineups for the La Liga Week 2 clash at the Santiago Bernabeu have been revealed. Jose Mourinho's star-studded team is ready.
Fenerbahce steps onto the pitch to end their 18-year Champions League drought. The starting 11s for the critical match against Lyon have been announced.
Paulo Dybala reduced his guaranteed salary from €8M to €2M to stay at Roma. His new contract is entirely based on performance and appearance bonuses.
Galatasaray claimed the new foreign player rule was implemented as a lifeline for a specific club rather than protecting the shared interests of all teams.
Atletico Madrid made sharp statements about Julian Alvarez: "We are the real victims in the Julian Alvarez case. Serious damage has been done both economically and socially. The possibility of us selling him to Barcelona is zero. This situation is not about money, it is a matter of honour. There is a campaign being carried out over many lies and half-truths, and the only club paying the price for this is Atletico."
Barcelona President Joan Laporta spoke about the Julian Alvarez transfer: "Atletico should know that if they intend to sell Julian Alvarez this summer, we are ready to buy him. Of course, this is valid on the condition that we can reach an agreement over the offer we present to them."
According to Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool has started talks with Ismaila Sarr.
Emiliano Martinez was offered to Chelsea through his agents; the London side is evaluating the possibility of adding the Argentine goalkeeper to their squad.
