Manchester United make £113m offer for Kylian Mbappe as Manchester City go in at £105m, while Real Madrid have £118m lined up to sign Monaco starlet.                    Kylian Mbappe is set to reject a move away from Monaco this summer despite reported world-record offers from European giants Real Madrid, Manchester City and Manchester United.

Mbappe, 18, is the hottest striking property around after a brilliant breakthrough season and Madrid-based AS, working off reports from Monaco's Radio Montecarlo, claim there have already been offers approaching £118million for his services.

Tuesday morning's front page of AS references that €135m gambit from Real, their third offer for the France international, while United and City are said to have bid £113m and £105m respectively.                                                                                                                                                     His club, who won their first title in 17 years this season, will offer a new and improved contract to reflect Mbappe's status as the world's leading teenage centre forward prospect.

Arsenal have also shown interest in Mbappe, whose 26 goals this season pricked the attention of Europe's giants as the spearhead of Monaco's surprise drive to the Champions League semi-finals.           

Pepe has written a heartfelt farewell note to Real Madrid after confirming his 10-year Santiago Bernabeu stay will soon come to an end.                                                             The combative central defender revealed on Monday he would not be extending his stay when his contract expires this month, having only been offered a deal for one more year instead of the two he was hoping for.

He has been linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain, while rumours of a Premier League switch also abound, but on Tuesday the Portugal international was in the mood for nostalgia.

The 34-year-old wrote on Instagram: "On July 12, 2007 I arrived at Real Madrid with the illusion of a boy who arrived where he had dreamed every day of his childhood.

"Today, 10 years later, I have to stop wearing this badge. Every day I wore this shirt, I did it with the illusion of always.

"Today I can only thank all of you who have supported me, that you have written this beautiful story with me. Thanks to each one of you, who accompanied me. Thanks to all the friends and colleagues I know will stay wherever I go.

"I say goodbye also to this city, which has seen the birth and growth of my daughters. I am very happy for what I have achieved and I will carry your affection in the heart!                                                                                                                                          "And I say it again ... The best of these 10 years ??? To train every day, to live with each and every one of the employees of this club ... Treading the Santiago Bernabeu and feeling your support was always magic!

"In my heart I keep your affection, and this feeling of duty fulfilled ... Real Madrid and your affection will always be part of my history, my life! Thanks and Until Always! ".

The Ivorian was training with second-tier Chinese side Beijing Enterprises, who he joined in February, when he passed out and was rushed to hospital. 

But emergency treatment failed to revive him, and it was later confirmed that he had passed away.                                                                                                                                                           The Beijing Enterprises midfielder was just 30, leaving a sport in mourning as it tried to digest the tragedy. 

And clubs and players joined to pay their respect to the former Newcastle United man, who will be sorely missed. Dark clouds gathered over the football world on Monday with the tragic news that Cheick Tiote had passed away after collapsing during a training session.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              R.I.P

Chelsea star Eden Hazard faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a fractured ankle in Belgium training.                                                                                                                                         Hazard twisted his ankle during Sunday's training session and was quickly ruled out of Belgium's upcoming internationals, although the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) was initially unable to provide any details on the extent of the injury.

Nevertheless, they later followed up their initial statement on Hazard's physical misfortune with an update that he has suffered a fractured ankle.

"Eden Hazard is out of #belcze and #estbel due to injury after twisting his ankle today in training (individual action). More news in 48h," a brief statement on the official Twitter account of the national team read. The winger will consequently miss the upcoming international friendly against the Czech Republic and the World Cup qualifier with Estonia.  the 26-year-old will be out of action, but the injury could endanger his availability for the start of the 2017-18 campaign as Chelsea look to defend their Premier League title.
Belgium currently sit first in Group H with 13 points from five games. They hold a two-point lead over second-placed Greece, with Bosnia-Herzegovina in third on 10 points.                                                                                    

Former Newcastle United player Cheick Tiote has died after collapsing during a training session on Monday.                                                                                                                                    The Ivorian was training with second-tier Chinese side Beijing Enterprises, who he joined in February, when he passed out and was rushed to hospital. 

But emergency treatment failed to revive him, and it was later confirmed that he had passed away.

Tiote's representative Emanuele Palladino said: "It is with deep sadness that I confirm that my client Cheick Tiote sadly passed away earlier today after collapsing in training with his club Beijing Enterprises.

"We cannot say any more at the moment and we request that his family's privacy be respected at this difficult time.

"We ask for all your prayers."

A statement from Beijing Enterprises also confirmed the news of Tiote’s death.

It read: “At 6pm on June 5th, Mr Cheick Tiote fell unconscious to the ground during training.

“He was immediately taken to hospital, but unfortunately died at 7pm on June 5th. We have informed his relatives of his death.

“After joining Beijing Enterprises Group FC on February 5th 2017, Mr Tiote has made a great contribution to the club and has received plaudits from the coaching staff and team-mates for his superb ability and professionalism. Tiote had been a mainstay for Beijing Enterprises, starting all 11 matches to date this season. The midfielder started his career in Belgium with Anderlecht and also represented Twente and Roda JC in the Netherlands, as well as making 52 international appearances for Ivory Coast.                                                                                                                                                                         

The Argentine forward will be the subject of a themed development in Nanjing which is due to throw open its doors to the public in 2019.                                                         As one of the most famous faces in world sport, Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi is now getting his own theme park in China. There will be 20 attractions on offer, spread out over 500,000 square feet of indoor space and 130,000 square feet of outdoor play.

Messi’s park will use virtual and augmented reality technology to offer football training clinics, entertainment activities and displays featuring some of Messi’s career highlights.

The Chinese firms backing the plans, who intend to rival Disneyland, claim The Messi Park Experience will offer: “The most cutting-edge technology, enabling visitors to immerse themselves in all things Messi by combining the latest-generation attractions with the very best advances in content and multimedia attractions.”

Messi has been in China to launch the park during a four-day visit to the Asian nation.

He said: "I hope to provide them the experience they never had before and to inspire them to pick up the sport early on.

"Hopefully, they will feel that I am around when visiting the park."                                                                                                                                                 Spanish firm Mediapro, who will run the attraction alongside Chinese broadcaster Phoenix Group, says the Messi Experience Park will offer “a unique global experience”.

While Messi is currently promoting his interests away from the field, he has also been quizzed on football matters.

The 29-year-old will be working under a new manager at Barcelona next season, with Ernesto Valverde confirmed as the successor to Luis Enrique.

Chelsea attacker Eden Hazard would consider a move to Real Madrid if the Champions League winners were to make an approach.                                                                             The Belgium international played a key role in Chelsea's successful 2016-17 campaign, scoring 16 goals in 36 Premier League outings to help them to the title

His sublime performances have reignited speculation that Madrid are interested in signing the 26-year-old and Hazard is keeping his options open.

"Of course, I would consider it if Madrid made an offer," Hazard told reporters.

"I am keen to win trophies. It would be great to win the Champions League. But Chelsea's goal is to win the Champions League as well. Honestly, I do not know what will happen.                                                                                                                           "I only know that I still have a contract with Chelsea for three seasons and that we just had an amazing 2016-17 campaign. We want to continue on this path and want to build on this in the Champions League.

"I am feeling very well at Chelsea. But you never know what will happen.

"I have not met with the board yet to discuss a new deal. I have two games with Belgium coming up first and I am off on my holiday after that. I want to think about football as little as possible."

Barcelona congratulated Real Madrid on their arch-rivals clinch the Champions League crown.                                                                                                              Barcelona congratulated bitter La Liga rivals Real Madrid on successfully retaining the Champions League trophy.

No team had won titles back-to-back in the Champions League era but that changed on Saturday when the title holders defeated 10-man Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero at the Principality Stadium, scoring twice to move a step closer to matching Lionel Messi's record of five Ballons d'Or.

Juventus Champions League glory but they ended up losing their sixth of eight finals.                                           Sadly, there was to be "no happy ending to the fairy tale" for Buffon and Juventus, just the same old sad story.  This defeat hit hard, primarily because it was supposed to be different this time. Juventus were supposed to win this time. They didn't. They lost. Again.

Perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised by Real Madrid's 4-1 victory over the Bianconeri.

After all, the side with the worst record in European Cup finals had gone up against the side with the best record in European Cup finals.                                                                                                                  However, Juve had supposedly learned from their surprise appearance in the 2015 final, a 3-1 loss to Barcelona.

They had matured, they told us, and strengthened their squad in the interim, last summer's €90m signing of Gonzalo Higuain was viewed as a sign that now they could not only compete with Europe's elite on the field but off it too.

The signs were encouraging. Juve had reached the final undefeated, and having conceded just three goals in 12 games.

On a demoralising night in Cardiff, they shipped four in 90 minutes. It was probably the most jarring statistic on a shocking night for Juve.

They had started strongly, with Higuain testing Keylor Navas twice in the opening five minutes.

After being rocked by a classic Cristiano Ronaldo counter-punch 20 minutes in - Real's first shot on target - they responded wonderfully.

             

Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute to his Real Madrid side, describing their campaign as “amazing” after helping them to a record 12th European Cup triumph.       Zinedine Zidane’s men swept aside Juventus 4-1 at the Millennium Stadium to claim the trophy to become the first team to retain the crown since AC Milan in 1990.

Ronaldo was inevitably to the forefront as he scored their first and third goals of the evening. Casemiro grabbed the second after Mario Mandzukic had equalised in stunning style, while Marco Asensio added a fourth in stoppage time.

Speaking after the match, Ronaldo commented: “It's been incredible, another amazing season. To finish the year with the Champions League and the record, I'm very happy.”                                                                                                          Ronaldo became just the second player to score in three European Cup finals in Wales, having previously struck in 2008 and 2014, while Madrid also became the first side to reach 500 goals in the competition since its rebrand in 1992-93.

During the last calendar year, the Portuguese has also won Euro 2016 with his country and the Primera Division title. On an individual basis, he claimed both the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA Best Player award.     

Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi to the Champions league top scorer award after netting twice in the final against Juventus.                                                 Madrid beat Juve 4-1 in Cardiff on Saturday, the Portugal international getting his side's opener after 20 minutes and later scoring their third after 64.

That means Ronaldo finishes the tournament on 12 goals, one clear of Messi after the Barcelona forward did not play since the quarter-finals, when his side lost to Juve.

Ronaldo has now either won or shared the award for five consecutive seasons – a record - and has six overall top scorer triumphs.

Messi is one behind on five wins. He was outright winner for four straight years from 2009-2012, before sharing the accolade in 2014-15 with Ronaldo and Barca team-mate Neymar, when they all struck 10 times in that campaign. His 600th career goal.                                                                                                                             Ronaldo was nine adrift of Messi going into the quarter-finals this season, but eight goals in two ties against Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid brought him back into contention before the Juve clash.   

This Real Madrid and Ronaldo has taken strides towards immortality after beating Juventus 4-1                                 A player of a generation; a team of a generation. That is the only way to describe Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid following the club’s 12th Champions League victory.

Into the bargain Zinedine Zidane has bettered every Real Madrid coach since 1958. Luis Carniglia equalled the feats of Jose Villalonga a year previous in winning a league and European Cup double. No Madrid coach since then could do it until now.

And it took 27 years for a team to match the feat of Arrigo Sacchi’s AC Milan side. This Real Madrid have no comparison in the modern era.

The path to the final these days is so fraught with danger and teams such hostages to fortune that it is hard for any side to fulfil their destiny as favourites.

There is such a pervading expectation of success around Madrid, however, and they have broken through that glass ceiling.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Madrid’s sense of calm, their ease at coping with pressure, these things don’t come easily. They only come for a team so used to winning – and so sure of it – that every final can be treated as no big deal.

Before the game as the Juventus XI went through a detailed and rigorous pre-match warm-up, the Real Madrid contingent could be seen engaging in an easy-going rondos session and exchanging hugs and smiles. They have been here, seen it and done it. They don’t come to Champions League finals to compete, they come to fulfil a script.

Credit to Juventus. They flew out of the blocks and threatened to disrupt the rhythm of the team in purple but it couldn’t last. Not even one of the greatest Champions League final goals from Mario Mandzukic could knock them from their stride. Indeed, it was appropriate that it required magic to earn Juve some parity because their normal game was sure as hell not good enough to get close. Juventus came here believing and hoping but all it took was one swipe of the Portuguese genius’s boot to smash their expectations back into the earth.

That’s four Champions Leagues for Ronaldo for those keeping score at home. Three for Real and one more for Manchester United. He has scored in three finals including two goals here. He has scored 10 knockout goals this season; many strikers would be satisfied with that over the course of a career.

Comparisons will always be made with Lionel Messi but now it’s time to start thinking about Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas in the Real Madrid context. He is extra-terrestrial; we will never see his like again.

Eden Hazard believes Chelsea can make a big impression in next season's Champions League if they can bring in a couple of key additions.                                    Eden Hazard believes Chelsea can make a big impression in next season's Champions League if they can bring in a couple of key additions

Chelsea romped to the Premier League title in Antonio Conte's first season at the helm, making up for a dismal campaign in 2015-16 that saw them finish 10th.

The Blues will have a more congested fixture list next term having secure a return to European football's top table, but Hazard is confident they can cope with the demands if the squad is bolstered. 

"The Champions League is a very difficult competition with many good teams who are capable of reaching the semi-finals and the final," Hazard told Chelsea's official website.

"You never know, but if we continue with the way we've been playing this season we can go far.

"Maybe with a couple of new players to take the level even higher we can do well, but it's not just about quality, you also need a bit of luck."

Hazard was one of Chelsea's primary underperformers in 2015-16, but he was back to his best under Conte, praising the Italian's tactics for aiding his resurgence.

He said: "I started to play a bit more centrally, like a number 10. [Marcos] Alonso was close to me so he was able to help when we didn't have the ball, just like [N'Golo] Kante, [Nemanja] Matic and [Cesc] Fabregas.   

                                                                                       "The manager said to me I have to try to find Diego Costa. When I play I always try to pass to him, or look for him to make a run which opens up the space for me to come inside.

"I always try to be close to him because I know it makes it difficult for defenders when there is two of you, or even three when Pedro or Willian are there as well.

"When we remain static it makes it easier for them to mark us, so I tried to stay close to him and play one-touch football, which worked well."

A haul of 16 goals represented Hazard's best return in a Premier League season, but he insisted that collective objectives are his main focus.

The Argentina international will be determined to ensure that it is Juve who are victorious on Saturday night, as it would not only bring joy to the Bianconeri fans who have taken him to their hearts, but also Barca supporters everywhere.                                                                              Paulo Dybala hardly needed any extra motivation after helping Juventus reach the Champions League final but then, 24 hours after the Bianconeri had seen off Monaco in Turin, Real Madrid survived a scare against city rivals Atletico to book their place in Cardiff.

It was Los Blancos, after all, whom Dybala had gone to see get beaten by Barcelona at Camp Nou in March 2015. The Argentine had been a long-time admirer of the Catalan club.

He publicly admitted that Blaugrana were of two clubs he nearly always picked when playing football games on the Playstation - interestingly, Manchester City were the other - and, just months before his first Clasico, he confessed that he would "swim to Barcelona and play without a contract" if they wanted to sign him from Palermo.                                                                                                                                                                                                           As a result, Barca's reported interest, coupled with the Camp Nou selfie, sparked speculation that the forward's "dream" might just come true.

Two months later, Dybala was in Berlin, where Barca completed a treble with a 3-1 victory over Juve, but he was there as a guest of the Old Lady, after agreeing a €40 million transfer to Turin.

The 23-year-old has since become a huge fan favourite at the Juventus Stadium, his popularity only enhanced by his stunning two-goal salvo during Juve's blitz of Barca in the first leg of this year's Champions League quarter-finals.However, having eliminated his beloved Blaugrana, one can be sure that Dybala will be even more determined to ensure that he remains in the Catalan's good books by taking down their great rivals in Cardiff this weekend.

It would still be slightly bittersweet for Dybala because as well as being a childhood fan of Real coach Zinedine Zidane – admitting that he would have relished the opportunity to play alongside the iconic No.10 – he remains close with former Juve striker Alvaro Morata, as underlined by the fact that he ‘liked’ an Instagram photo of the Spaniard celebrating his side qualifying for the Cardiff final.

Earlier this season, there were even reports that Real were keen to reunite Morata and Dybala in Madrid, only for the latter to commit his future to Juve by signing a new contract in April.

Gianluigi Buffon may be "the best goalkeeper in history", but he has little chance of preventing Cristiano Ronaldo from winning another Ballon d'Or, according to former Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos.                                           Ronaldo is the current holder of the coveted individual award and is aiming to win it for the fifth time to pull level with Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

While the Portugal icon remains at the top of the game, there is growing support for Buffon, 39, to be named the world's player of the year for his role in Juventus' journey to Saturday's Champions League final against Madrid and winning another Serie A title.                                                                                                                                                            And while Carlos believes Buffon's place in history is secure, he feels Ronaldo will continue to dominate titles and individual accolades.

"Of course, Buffon is the best goalkeeper in history but for what Cristiano is doing, it’s difficult to take the Ballon d’Or from him. He is the best in the world," Carlos told Goal ahead of the clash in Cardiff which sees the two go head-to-head. 

The 44-year-old, who enjoyed a trophy-laden 11-year spell at the Santiago Bernabeu, also expressed hope that Juventus ace Paulo Dybala, who has been linked with a host of top clubs, can make a move to Madrid in the future.  Maybe one day he can wear the t-shirt of the biggest club in the world!" 

Meanwhile, Dani Alves has been key for Massimiliano Allegri's side's run to the Champions League final. Despite having enjoyed a stellar career as a right-back, Carlos feels the former Barcelona man hasn't eclipsed the achievements of Cafu, another great Brazilian full-back.