Ronaldo receives offer to sign for Juventus – source

Hennessey signs new deal

MADRID, July 4, (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo has received an offer to leave Real Madrid and join Italian champions Juventus, a source close to the player told Reuters on Wednesday.

Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in 2008 for a then world record 80 million pounds ($105.65 million), is the Spanish club’s alltime top scorer with 451 goals in all competitions and has won two La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies with them.

Despite the glut of silverware, however, the five-times world player of the year has had frequent fallouts with Real and has declared on several occasions that he wants to leave the club.

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Welsh international goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey has not been deterred by Crystal Palace bringing in Spaniard Vincente Guaita, signing a new three year contract with the Premier League club on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old — capped 76 times and a key member of the Wales side which reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals losing to eventual champions Portugal — joined Palace from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014.

Barcelona denied on Wednesday that they illegally bought a transplant liver for their former defender Eric Abidal.

Contacted by AFP, a Barcelona court said it had investigated a possible crime of organ trafficking for more than a year before deciding not to proceed because of a lack of evidence.

Inter Milan has Argentina forward Martinez from Racing.

The Serie A club paid a reported 22 million euros ($25.7 million) for Martinez, with the player penning a five-year contract.

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on Wednesday denied media reports they have made a bid for Paris SaintGermain’s teenage striker Kylian Mbappe, who is emerging as one of the biggest stars of the Russia World Cup.

Social media user Baptiste Ripart, who identifies himself as a journalist and editor, said in a Twitter posting that the Spanish Champions League holders had agreed a world-record 272 million euro ($316 million) fee for the French 19-year-old.

Fulham have appointed former captain Scott Parker as a firstteam coach in manager Slavisa Jokanovic’s backroom staff, the promoted Premier League club said on Wednesday.

The former midfielder returns to Craven Cottage after ending his playing career at the London club at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.

Dimitri Payet, who could have been preparing for a World Cup quarter final, will be absent on Thursday when Marseille start pre-season training because he is having dental surgery.

Payet reinjured a thigh as Marseille lost the Europa League final to Atletico Madrid on May 16.

After impressing at the World Cup, Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson has been sold by Danish team FC Randers to Azerbaijan champion Qarabag.

Iceland exited the tournament at the group stage but Randers’ sporting director Soeren Pedersen says the performance of the 34-year Icelander “hasn’t gone unnoticed.”

Napoli full back Faouzi Ghoulam has had a third operation on his right knee but the Algeria international should be fit to take part in pre-season training.

Ghoulam missed most of last season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in November and fracturing his kneecap in training in February.

Long-standing Atletico Madrid captain Gabi Fernandez will join Qatari top division side Al Sadd on a two-year contract, the La Liga side has said.