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Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have been named in Paris Saint-Germain’s 22-man squad to face Reims on Sunday night.
It could be Messi’s first appearance as a PSG player
Fulham moved three points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-0 win against Stoke.
Aleksandar Mitrovic set up Harry Wilson for the Cottagers’ opener after five minutes, had a shot saved from which Bobby Decordova-Reid scored the rebound for Fulham’s second, before getting on the scoresheet himself with a simple tap-in to make it three.
Borussia Dortmund are confident they can agree a deal to sign Diogo Dalot but only if Manchester United are able to sign a replacement right-back before Tuesday.
Sky Sports News reported earlier this week that Dortmund are in talks to sign the 22-year-old before the transfer window closes on August 31.
Celtic have reached an agreement with Shamrock Rovers to sign defender Liam Scales.
The 23-year-old will sign a four-year deal at Celtic Park, subject to receiving international clearance.
Celtic have sought to sign Scales, who has represented Republic of Ireland at U21 level, for several weeks, with the fee believed to be in the region of £500,000.
Cristiano Ronaldo has said his goodbyes to his Juventus team-mates and will miss training on Friday as he nears an exit from the club.
The 36-year-old spent an hour and a half at Juve’s Continassa training ground on Friday morning to empty his locker and bid farewell to the squad before they took to the pitch for a training session.
Liverpool winger Harvey Elliott has received his first call-up to the England U21 squad ahead of their international games in September.
Elliott, 18, made his full Premier League debut in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Burnley on Saturday and is among a number of new inclusions in a 24-man squad – the first named by head coach Lee Carsley.
Manchester City have been offered the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus.
Ronaldo is out of contract next summer and Juventus want to sell him to save on the £500,000 a week wages they pay him plus tax.
Norwich City are in talks with Real Betis over signing Portugal midfielder William Carvalho.
The Canaries want to sign a midfielder ahead of Tuesday’s summer transfer window deadline, with Carvalho one of a number of targets the newly-promoted Premier League club are targeting.
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker thinks Saturday’s match with Chelsea is an early showdown between two of the leading contenders for the Premier League title.
The two clubs are among the five who have won both of their first two Premier League games this season – but someone will have to drop points on Saturday when the
Real Madrid have made a £137m (€160m) bid to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain.
The La Liga club made the offer on Sunday and Paris Saint-Germain are yet to respond to their proposal.
Mbappe is out of contract at the Parc des