Messi surpasses Ronaldo and Pele, becoming the greatest in history; Ronaldo receives a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Ronaldo received a two-year suspended prison sentence and a £12.1 million fine.

Before he could even celebrate finding a new club at Juventus, Ronaldo faced a harsh reality check for tax evasion related to his image rights. After a lengthy investigation, the 33-year-old star was fined £12.1 million and given a two-year suspended prison sentence by the Spanish authorities. In addition, Ronaldo had to pay £4.7 million in legal costs.

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

Trouble with the tax authorities was also partly responsible for Ronaldo's departure from Spain and move to Juventus. The former Manchester United striker is now selling his £4.8 million mansion in Madrid and has ended all business activities in Spain.

Milan's ban from European competitions has been lifted.

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

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

Thanks to this, CAS listened to the explanations of Milan's representatives and ultimately decided to overturn the ban previously imposed by UEFA, meaning the Rossoneri will be allowed to participate in the Europa League 2018/19 season.

MU announces new captain.

Manager Jose Mourinho announced that Antonio Valencia will be the new captain of Manchester United for the 2018/19 season.

Valencia is Manchester United's number one captain for the new season.

Michael Carrick was Manchester United's captain last season, but because he was often on the bench, the Red Devils' captain's armband was frequently shared, with Valencia wearing it most often.

Mourinho said: "Valencia also wore the captain's armband last season. And he will be the captain of MU for the new season. When Valencia isn't playing, then we will decide who will take on that responsibility."

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

Man City are ready to sell Raheem Sterling.

According to the Daily Star, Manchester City are willing to sell Raheem Sterling within the next year if the 23-year-old striker does not agree to sign a contract extension.

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

Sterling's current contract runs until June 2020, and negotiations for a renewal have taken place between the two parties. However, Sterling's side wants to negotiate a higher salary than his current £170,000 per week.

The striker had hoped to achieve his goal through the 2018 World Cup campaign in Russia. However, fate was not on his side; while England performed quite successfully, reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, Sterling himself caused great disappointment and received considerable criticism.

Messi surpasses Ronaldo and Pele, becoming the greatest in history.

5 Ballon d'Or awards, 637 matches, 552 goals, 239 assists, and 32 titles. His career is still long, but these numbers make Messi the greatest player in history, according to a poll by Sportbible.

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

Mane is Liverpool's new number 10.

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

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

Liverpool also announced that fans who bought Mane's number 19 shirt would be able to switch to the number 10 shirt at no extra cost.

Conte sues Chelsea

The Times (UK) reports that manager Antonio Conte is initiating legal proceedings to sue Chelsea. Conte is angered by Chelsea's prolonged delay in deciding his dismissal. He continued to appear at training sessions with "The Blues," preparing for the new season before leaving to make way for Maurizio Sarri.

Upon leaving, Conte received £9 million in compensation for the remaining two years of his contract. However, Conte's legal team wants Chelsea to pay him an additional year's salary because the Blues' delay in dismissing him is leaving him unemployed, as managerial positions at top European clubs are already 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." "Thank you for the medal, but I didn't play in Russia," Sportske Novosti quoted Kalinic as saying in his refusal of the award.

At the 2018 World Cup, Kalinic cited a back injury as the reason for refusing to play in the final minutes of the match against Nigeria. Believing the striker's attitude was lackluster, coach Zlatko Dalic sent him home. Croatia then had an impressive journey, reaching the World Cup final and finishing as runners-up.

Chelsea have finalized the Rugani deal, and Higuain is next.

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

Unless something unexpected happens, Chelsea will pay Juve £44.2 million to officially acquire Rugani within the next 48 hours. The personal terms between Rugani and Chelsea have also been announced. Accordingly, the Italian central defender will receive a salary of £77,000 per week at Chelsea and sign a five-year contract.

According to Corriere dello Sport, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is in Milan to help The Blues complete their signing of striker Gonzalo Higuain this July.

Reportedly, Chelsea's negotiating expert, Fali Ramadani, has also been "lying low" in Milan for the past week and has had several meetings with Juventus' sporting director, Fabio Paratici, to finalize the Higuain deal.

According to Corriere dello Sport, Juventus has offered £89 million (€100 million) for the Rugani-Higuain duo and is awaiting Abramovich's approval.

Negotiator Ramadani, who has a very close relationship with Juventus, has been working hard on negotiations for days, and the appearance of the Russian billionaire is believed to be a sign that the negotiations have reached the stage of signing a contract.