Messi surpasses Ronaldo and Pele, greatest in history; Ronaldo receives 2-year suspended sentence

Ronaldo receives 2-year suspended sentence, fined 12.1 million pounds

Before he could rejoice at finding a new home at Juventus, Ronaldo received bitter consequences for his image rights tax evasion. After a lengthy investigation, the 33-year-old star was fined £12.1 million and given a two-year suspended sentence by the Spanish government. In addition, Ronaldo also had to pay £4.7 million in legal fees.

Ronaldo did not have to go to jail because this was his first offense, and Spanish law allows for suspended sentences of 2 years or less.

Trouble with the tax authorities was also part of the reason why Ronaldo left Spain and moved to Juventus. The former Manchester United striker is now selling his £4.8 million mansion in Madrid and ending all business activities in the land of bulls.

Milan's European ban lifted

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has accepted AC Milan's appeal against its two-season ban from European competition.

Accordingly, Milan will soon be transferred to the American Elliott Fund. The new owners have a long-term plan to restore Milan's financial situation.

Thanks to this, CAS listened to the explanations of Milan representatives and finally decided to reject the ban imposed by UEFA earlier, meaning that Rossoneri will be allowed to participate in the Europa League in the 2018/19 season.

MU announces new captain

Captain Jose Mourinho announced that Antonio Valencia will be the new captain of MU for the 2018/19 season.

Valencia is the number 1 captain of MU in the new season.

Michael Carrick was the main captain of MU last season, but because he was often on the bench, the Red Devils' captain's armband was often shared and the person who wore it the most was Valencia.

Mourinho said: "Last season Valencia also wore the captain's armband. And he will be the captain of MU next season. When Valencia is not playing, then we will decide who will take that responsibility.

It depends on who is on the pitch. If it's Chris Smalling then it's him, Ashley Young then it's Ander Herrera or Juan Mata. If they're both on the pitch then we'll pick."

Man City ready to sell Raheem Sterling

Daily Star said that Man City is ready to sell Raheem Sterling within the next year, if the 23-year-old striker does not agree to sign an extension.

Man City are said to be ready to sell Sterling if the striker continues to act up.

Sterling's current contract runs until June 2020 and there have been talks between the two sides about a new contract. However, Sterling wants to "raise the price" in order to receive a higher salary than the £170,000/week he currently receives.

The striker had hoped to achieve his goal through the 2018 World Cup campaign in Russia. However, the heavens did not favor him, while the England team played quite successfully, reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, Sterling himself caused great disappointment and received a lot of criticism.

Messi surpasses Ronaldo and Pele, the greatest in history

5 Ballon d'Or, 637 matches, 552 goals, 239 assists and 32 titles. His career is still long, but those numbers help Messi become the greatest player in history according to the vote of Sportbible.

This vote for the greatest player in history attracted nearly 30,000 participants. 44% of them chose Messi. Coming in second place after Messi was Cristiano Ronaldo with 36%. Legendary Pele came in third with 15% of the votes and Diego Maradona came in fourth with 5%.

Mane is Liverpool's new number 10

After Philippe Coutinho moved to Barca, Liverpool's number 10 shirt remained vacant. Many fans believe that this shirt will be given to Mohamed Salah, the player who currently wears number 11.

However, on the official website, Liverpool announced that Sadio Mane will take over the team's number 10 shirt from next season. This is the number 10 that has been worn by John Barnes, Joe Cole, Luis Garcia, Michael Owen and Andriy Voronin.

Liverpool also said that fans who have bought Mane's number 19 shirt will be able to change to number 10 at no additional cost.

Conte sues Chelsea

The Times (UK) reported that coach Antonio Conte is taking legal action against Chelsea. Conte was angry when Chelsea delayed the decision to fire him. He still appeared on the training ground with “The Blues”, preparing for the new season before leaving to give the seat to coach Maurizio Sarri.

When he left, Conte received £9 million in compensation for the remaining two years of his contract. But Conte's legal team wants Chelsea to pay him an additional year's salary because the delay in firing "The Blues" is pushing Conte into unemployment because at this time the coaching positions at top European clubs are all filled.

Croatian striker sent home refuses to accept medal

Croatian media reported that striker Nikola Kalinic refused to accept his World Cup silver medal because he felt “undeserving”. “Thanks for the medal but I did not play in Russia,” Sportske Novosti quoted Kalinic as saying.

At the 2018 World Cup, Kalinic refused to play in the final minutes of the match against Nigeria, citing back pain. Coach Zlatko Dalic dismissed the striker for his lackluster performance. Croatia then had an impressive run, reaching the World Cup final and finishing as runners-up.

Chelsea closes Rugani, Higuain coming soon

According to the Telegraph, Chelsea have agreed basic terms to sign centre-back Daniele Rugani (Juventus) on a five-year contract, with a transfer fee of up to 44 million pounds. After completing the Rugani deal, The Blues will also welcome Gonzalo Higuain before the end of July.

If nothing extraordinary happens, Chelsea will pay Juve £44.2 million to officially own Rugani in the next 48 hours. Personal agreements between Rugani and Chelsea have also been announced. Accordingly, this Italian midfielder will receive a salary of £77,000 per week at Chelsea and sign a 5-year contract.

Corriere dello Sport reported that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was in Milan to help The Blues buy striker Gonzalo Higuain this July.

It is known that Chelsea's negotiation expert, Fali Ramadani, has also been "undercover" in Milan all week and had several meetings with Juventus' sporting director, Fabio Paratici, to finalize the Higuain deal.

Corriere dello Sport confirmed that Juventus have offered £89 million (€100 million) for the duo Rugani - Higuain and are waiting for Abramovich to nod.

Negotiator Ramadani, who has a very close relationship with Juventus, has been trying to negotiate for many days, and the appearance of the Russian billionaire is believed to be a sign that the negotiation process has reached the stage of signing the contract.