Manchester City will accelerate plans to rebuild their squad and Kalidou Koulibaly could form the centre-piece of their new plans.

Jose Mourinho will speak with Serge Aurier and allow him to decide whether or not he can face Newcastle United on Wednesday night after the right-back’s brother was shot dead.

No handshakes, no spitting, regularly disinfected footballs and socially-distanced spectating all form part of proposals that could see grass-roots football restart this week for adults and children.

Manchester City will throw money at strengthening their squad after their European ban was scrapped on Monday.

Manchester City had a legal team as strong as their playing squad to overturn Champions League ban and were preparing for the CAS case before the original UEFA ban had even been handed down.

Premier League clubs have told fans they expect the Government to allow them to attend matches next season as the EFL cancelled plans for a limited trial of supporters in stadiums next week.

Jack Grealish will not face any retrospective action from the Football Association for diving, leaving him available for Aston Villa’s crucial relegation run-in.

Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has thrown cold water over speculation of Neymar moving to the Nou Camp but confirmed transfer talks with Lautaro Martinez.

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kanté is likely to return from a hamstring injury for the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United on Sunday.

Members of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team will delay their arrivals in Budapest this week due to the heightened quarantine restrictions that are affecting UK citizens in Hungary.

Eddie Jones and the RFU’s executive management team are to extend their pay cuts indefinitely as the union braces itself for potential lost revenue of up to £107m over the next year.

Wales are in talks with the RFU about staging their autumn internationals at Twickenham after warnings from the Welsh government that fans are unlikely to be permitted at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

Chelsea have made Jan Oblak their No.1 goalkeeper target this summer.

Manchester City will offer boss Pep Guardiola a lucrative new long-term deal after overturning their Champions League ban.

Bayern Munich are reportedly closely monitoring Tanguy Ndombele’s situation at Tottenham as they consider making a bid for the player this summer.

Jurgen Klopp has responded to Adebayo Akinfenwa’s request to “hit me up” by sending the striker a congratulatory video message following Wycombe’s promotion to the Championship.

Swiss league leaders St Gallen could jump ahead of Rangers and offer Florian Kamberi a passport into the Champions League.

Celtic have kicked off talks to keep Ryan Christie until at least 2023.

Everton could be set to launch a bid to sign Rangers kid Cole McKinnon.