Salah - Mane - Firmino broke the BBC trio's scoring record, Man City is the champion in buying players

Salah, Mane, Firmino have 29 goals in Champions League 2017-2018 season

Sadio Mane opened the scoring against AS Roma in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final on the evening of May 2. This was the Senegalese striker's ninth goal in 10 matches, and he is only one goal behind the achievements of his two teammates Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

Mane's strike helped Liverpool's attacking trio make history as the most goalscoring trio in a Champions League season. Mane, Salah and Firmino had a total of 29 goals, one more than the previous record set by Real's BBC trio (Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema) in the 2013-14 season.

Roma denied two penalties against Liverpool

The ball hit Trent Alexander-Arnold's hand after El Shaarawy's shot. Photo: EPA

Roma won 4-2 against Liverpool in the second leg but lost 6-7 on aggregate. The Romans needed just one more goal to send the match into extra time at the Olimpico but the referees helped prevent that from happening.

In the 49th minute, Dzeko was tripped by goalkeeper Karius right in front of an empty goal. The Bosnian striker then protested to the referee but was determined to be offside. However, this was a wrong decision because Dzeko was not in an offside position when he received the ball.

In the 63rd minute, defender Trent Alexander-Arnold handled the ball as it left his body after El Shaarawy's shot. If the tackle was heavy-handed, it would have been a penalty and a red card for the Liverpool player, but the referee also ignored this situation.

Having lost two penalties and been eliminated, Roma President James Pallotta expressed his frustration and asked UEFA to apply video assistant technology (VAR) in the Champions League.

Protected by MourinhoFellaini makes tension with MU

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini claims Manchester United made a mistake in not offering him a contract sooner, warning they could pay a heavy price for it.

MU and Fellaini will meet again to negotiate this week, after Fellaini refused to sign a new contract. The reason is that the Belgian midfielder wanted at least 2 years, but the Red Devils' leadership only offered a 1-year contract (despite offering a salary increase from 80,000 pounds/week to 140,000 pounds/week), because Fellaini is over 30 years old. MU does not have a tradition of signing long-term contracts with stars over the age of 30.

Fellaini claims MU should have signed a new deal with him last year.

Fellaini has attracted interest from many teams such as PSG, Juventus, Monaco, West Ham and Leicester with the prospect of leaving MU at the end of the season, as a free agent. However, Mourinho is keen to see him stay, especially after once again showing his importance with a last-minute goal to help MU beat Arsenal 2-1 in the last Premier League round.

Man City is the champion in buying players in the last 10 years

Statistics on the sheetGazzetta dello SportsThe May 1 issue shows that Man City has spent about $1.9 billion on player purchases over the past 10 years. Barca ranked second with $1.382 billion, while PSG was only slightly behind with $1.381 billion.

The amount that PSG spent was mainly contributed by the purchase of Neymar in the summer of 2017. Including transfer fee and salary, the French team had to spend 502 million to get the Brazilian star.

Man City once spent $68 million just to buy right-back Kyle Walker. Photo:Reuters

The six teams that spent the most money in the last 10 years were Man City, Barca, PSG, Chelsea, Man Utd and Real Madrid, with a total of 8.5 billion. This amount is equivalent to 20% of the market capacity.

Chelsea plots to sign Martial

Chelsea have joined Arsenal in the race to sign Anthony Martial, the striker who is out of favor at Old Trafford.

Chelsea eyeing Martial.

The French striker is quite disappointed with his current situation at MU and is determined to find a new destination to develop his career.

According to Sportsmail, Chelsea's director has contacted Martial's representative in recent days to discuss the transfer issue.

The Blues plan to push out a few "extra" players in the squad such as Drinkwater, Kenedy or Loftus-Cheek to increase the budget to recruit Martial - currently valued by MU at nearly 60 million pounds.

4 players at highest risk of leaving MU

Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind and Matteo Darmian are the four players considered to be at the highest risk of leaving MU this summer.

Martial has told his friends that he will leave United in the next few months and Mourinho is said to be ready to sell the French striker if he asks to leave. Shaw, Blind, Darmian are not in Mourinho's plans for next season at Old Trafford. All three are rarely used by the Portuguese coach because he does not trust them.

Mourinho was also informed by MU's leadership that if he wants to continue shopping this summer, he must first sell players that are not in his plans, and the 4 players mentioned above are listed as having the highest risk of leaving.