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4:00 AM ET Erik ten Hag is set to step up his pursuit of Frenkie de Jong at Manchester United — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Neymar could be on the move. Jump to: PSG soap opera continues amid Neymar talk | Barcelona pushing for mass exodus | Bale, Di Maria snubbed |

4:24 AM ET The Premier League is over for another season. The prizes have been handed out, the tickets to Europe delivered and passports to obscurity in the EFL rubber-stamped. And with it, we draw the curtain on the third season of VAR, and with it another 38 rounds of controversy and arguments over refereeing

5:00 AM ET The quadruple is still alive as Paris prepares to host the Champions League final, but only when it comes to Carlo Ancelotti’s pursuit of a fourth European Cup. The Real Madrid coach can eclipse Liverpool‘s Bob Paisley and his Madrid predecessor, Zinedine Zidane, by becoming the first to win four Champions Leagues

6:48 PM ET An emotional Jose Mourinho celebrated an historic achievement having become the second manager to win five major European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni as his AS Roma side clinched the UEFA Europa Conference League on Wednesday. Mourinho, who had previously won the Champions League, Europa League and the UEFA Cup, completed a unique

6:52 AM ET Well, LaLiga brought no shortage of drama in 2021-22 both on and off the field, with Real Madrid running away comfortable title winners and Barcelona surviving a historic crisis, rallying to finish second despite turbulence and turnover. But what else caught our eye this season? From the brilliant to the profane, from

5:30 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.

4:38 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag has officially started as Manchester United manager, but some more pessimistic supporters have already nicknamed the Dutchman “Erik ten Months.” It’s not that they doubt his ability as a coach — he’s widely viewed as an exciting appointment after an impressive spell at Ajax — but over

9:26 AM ET Djordje Mihailovic is trying not to get carried away. The CF Montreal midfielder is enjoying the best form of his career. His tally of seven goals has almost doubled his previous single-season career high of four and, 13 games into the Major League Soccer campaign, Montreal is firmly inside the playoff places.

1:56 PM ET The Premier League Board has approved the proposed takeover of Chelsea by the Todd Boehly/Clearlake consortium, the league announced on Tuesday. “The purchase remains subject to the government issuing the required sale licence and the satisfactory completion of the final stages of the transaction,” the league said in a statement. “The Board

10:40 AM ET Julien Laurens Alex Kirkland In the end, just like a title race or World Cup final, it was a saga that ran right to the end. After courting astronomical offers from his current club, Paris Saint-Germain, and LaLiga giants Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappe made his choice to stay in the French capital

4:45 PM ET Just a week ago, on the back of fine form from FC Dallas, we pondered whether Southern California’s duopoly of LAFC and the LA Galaxy could soon be threatened by the Texan trident of Dallas, Austin FC and the Houston Dynamo. The answer, following a double game week of action for many

12:59 PM ET Well, that was a fun end to the season, wasn’t it? AC Milan rolled to the Serie A title over Inter Milan, but of course, the biggest stories were Manchester City‘s dramatic comeback to pip Liverpool to the Premier League crown — their fourth in five seasons — and the end to

4:26 AM ET LIVERPOOL, England — There are always what-ifs when a team gets so close to glory. Liverpool may yet end the 2021-22 season as Treble winners if they add the Champions League to the FA Cup and Carabao Cup already won by Jurgen Klopp’s players this year, but when they analyse how they

2:48 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — No one does final day drama like Manchester City. Ten years on from that unforgettable moment from Sergio Aguero at Queen’s Park Rangers, City picked themselves up off the floor again and mustered another late comeback to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and clinch the Premier League title.

10:00 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s LIVE coverage of the final day of the 2021-22 Premier League season! Will Manchester City or Liverpool win the title? Who will reach the Champions League by finishing in the top four — Tottenham Hotspur or Arsenal? Where will Manchester United end up? And will Burnley or Leeds United

3:00 PM ET The game’s hottest young talent is staying at Paris Saint-Germain and not joining the biggest brand in world football, Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappe‘s contract with PSG expires in 40 days and, for much of the past year, it seemed a dead certainty that he would bid the French capital adieu and take

8:30 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Madrid move on from Mbappe snub Following Kylian Mbappe‘s confirmation that he will

1:04 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez LaLiga are considering taking legal action against Paris Saint-Germain over their renewal of Kylian Mbappe‘s contract, sources have told ESPN, after the forward decided to snub a move to Real Madrid and stay in France. ESPN reported on Saturday that Mbappe has informed Madrid president Florentino Perez, as