Real Madrid contacted Manchester City to deny a Rodri agreement, but the deeper story is his unsigned contract and looming back surgery.
Xabi Alonso's £13m Chelsea deal tops a reshuffled Premier League pay table, though the sport's steadiest winners, Guardiola and Slot, just left it entirely.
Chelsea locks 15-year-old US winger Benji Flowers from FC Dallas in a pre-deal worth up to $10 million, joining in 2029 after MLS seasoning.
Anthony Gordon scored against Argentina and set up three World Cup goals for England, testing GOAL's skeptical grade on his 80 million euro Barcelona transfer.
Record 6.8 million fans came anyway as expansion, dynamic tickets and hydration breaks remade the World Cup and pointed straight at 64 teams.
Arsenal's £34 million Tzolis deal caps a five-club chain that left Norwich City with a fraction of the profit Club Brugge and Fortuna Düsseldorf banked.
Club América kicked off Liga MX's Apertura without a single reinforcement, and the delay traces straight back to Spain's run to the World Cup final.
Inter Miami's free transfer for Casemiro pairs him with Messi, but a Galaxy tampering complaint tests whether MLS penalties actually deter repeat offenders.
MLS hands Hall of Famer Eddie Pope oversight of its full player pathway, a system that just sent a record 19 alumni through NEXT Pro to...
Michael Olise wants Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappe is recruiting him, and Jose Mourinho's tactical plan has killed the Rodri transfer. Full summer wire.