Unai Emery puts Gunners through their paces ahead of the new Premier League season

                                                                                     Arsenal's players were in buoyant spirits in training on Friday as new manager Unai Emery stepped up preparations for the forthcoming season.

A host of first-team players including Alexandre Lacazette and Hector Bellerin took part in a varied session at the club's London Colney base, while summer signing Matteo Guendouzi also participated after his £7million move from Lorient this week.

Ronaldo has touched down in Beijing where he was afforded a hero's welcome

                                                                                               The Portugal captain made his way to the famous Lama Temple in the city, where he showed off his skills with a dazzling silver football.

Ronaldo took to his social media accounts to share photos of him performing the freestyle tricks at the sacred location, for his 136million Instagram followers to enjoy.

Captioning the snap, Ronaldo wrote: 'Excited to be back in China! Ready to inspire the future of football.' The former Real Madrid and Manchester United man was then called up onto a stage which had been specifically erected for his visit, branded all over with his 'CR7' signature logo.

Manchester United's new pink away kit for the 2018-19 season

                                                                                              Man United  new home kit may be making headlines for its excessive cost, but their away strip looks set to cause an even bigger stir, albeit for very different reasons.

Several pictures have emerged of a previously unseen Manchester United kit on sale in a Taiwanese adidas shop. They appear to confirm what has been rumoured for many weeks, that the away strip will be pink next season.

It is a bold move for both adidas and the club, who are reputedly paying tribute to the now-extinct Football Pink section of the Manchester Evening News, which was printed on light-pink paper similar to that of the Financial Times.United released their 2018-19 home strip on Tuesday, which features a nod to the club's railwaymen founders of 140 years ago in the shape of black train line. 

Manchester United have already released their home and third shirt for 2018-19

                                                                                                        The shirt looks far paler than earlier leaks had suggested with a dark shade included for the trademark three stripes on the shoulders. 

The salmon shade is comparable to that of Palermo's home shirt, a firm favourite among European football hipsters.

Mohamed Salah to return to Liverpool training on Friday as Egyptian makes the most of his holiday by jet skiing

                                                                                          M. SALAH has been pictured making the most of his time away from football by jet skiing as it was announced that the Egyptian star will return to pre-season training with Liverpool on Friday.

Salah, Sadio Mane and Marko Grujic will begin getting in shape for the new season at the club's Melwood training base on Friday morning.

Chelsea close in on £44.6m capture of Juventus defender Daniele Rugani as Maurizio Sarri turns attentions to signing Gonzalo Higuain

                                                                                               The Blues are closing in on confirming Juventus defender Daniele Rugani as Maurizio Sarri's second signing of the summer.

The 23-year-old is set to cost around £44.6million and getting this deal done could help when it comes to talks over Gonzalo Higuain.

Italian manager and players were pictured walking off plane after long haul flight

                                                                                            New manager Maurizio Sarri was pictured disembarking the plane with a number of his first team squad in tow. 

The Blues landed on Thursday night after their long and energy-sapping journey but were afforded a warm reception.New manager Maurizio Sarri was pictured disembarking the plane with a number of his first team squad in tow. A number of Chelsea fans had waited for the players to arrive and held out their hands to high-five each member of the travelling party as they made their way to a bus.

Alisson can't wait to get going at Liverpool after completing record-breaking £65m move

                                                                                         Alisson has become the most expensive goalkeeper in history after Liverpool paid Roma £65million to land Brazil's No 1.

This is a huge statement of intent from Liverpool and takes their spending for this window to £174.45million on the back of deals for Guinea midfielder Naby Keita, Brazil international Fabinho and Switzerland forward Xherdan Shaqiri.

Ronaldo, who arrived in Turin on Sunday evening, is set for a medical on Monday morning before his official unveiling

                                                                                                                              Ronaldo and his family travelled from Greece, where they had been enjoying a post-World Cup holiday, by private jet on Sunday, landing at Turin's Caselle Airport before being whisked away by car.

The Serie A champions have labelled Monday #CR7DAY on their social media accounts as a new chapter begins in Ronaldo's career.

Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived at the Juventus medical centre to complete assessment ahead of £100m move

                                                                                           Hundreds of excited Juventus supporters greeted Cristiano Ronaldo as he arrived at the club's medical centre to complete his £100million move from Real Madrid.

France lift World Cup in the middle of a thunderstorm after their 4-2 victory over Croatia on Sunday evening

                                                                                           French players performed swan-dives on the water-logged pitch as they passed around the golden trophy in front of the world's media. Benjamin Mendy was the first to make use of the rain, sliding with the World Cup in hand towards lucky photographers.

The flash storm came down just as the France players were getting set to step onto the podium, giving the losing Croatia stars the chance to run back to the dressing room. Before then, France had tried to create some thunder of their own with the travelling fans. Inspired by Iceland, who exited the World Cup at the group stage, France players orchestrated a 'Thunder Clap' with their fans.

The French players appreciating N’Golo Kante.

                                                                                               27-year-old Kante has enjoyed a whirlwind career after moving to England with Leicester before joining Chelsea, winning two Premier League titles and a World Cup in the space of three years.After their greatest ever triumph, the France squad proudly sang Kante's name at their team hotel in front of their jubilant families and friends.

Arsenal sign Matteo Guendouzi from Lorient for £8m... as young midfielder

                                                                                     Arsenal have completed the £8million signing of midfielder Matteo Guendouzi from Lorient.

The 19-year-old, who has joined the Gunners just a day after Uruguay international Lucas Torreira signed for £25m, got straight down to business on Wednesday by training with his new team-mates.

Before training, Guendouzi posed for a series of photos as Arsenal supporters caught first glimpse of their new signing, who bears a striking resemblance to Chelsea's David Luiz.Guendouzi, Arsenal's fifth signing of the summer transfer window, has been handed the No 29 shirt.

Ronaldo's Real Madrid had competed with Lionel Messi's Barca since his arrival

                                                                                          For nine years it was the greatest show on earth – the two best players of their generation in a season-long slog of 'anything you can do I can do better'.

We will miss their battle to be the best, and Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will miss each other in the way all great sporting rivals end up longing for the once sworn enemy.Messi invariably had the upper hand in the early days but just when it seemed Ronaldo was a beaten man he won three straight Champions Leagues and he leaves having pulled level in the Ballon d'Or stakes too.

Messi was already established in La Liga when Ronaldo was unveiled in front of 80,000 supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu. The main stage presentation on the pitch complete with catwalk seemed completely over the top back in 2009 and at first Ronaldo failed to live up to the hype.

Unai Emery put his players through their paces at London Colney on Friday

                                                                                       Unai Emery continued to step up the intensity of pre-season training for his Arsenalstars with an exhausting session on the hottest day of the year so far.

The likes of Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi and Calum Chambers were hardly able to stand come the end of the session with temperatures hitting 30 degrees.

Despite the heat, Emery ensured he got every last ounce of energy out of his players with another gruelling workout at the club's London Colney base.The Gunners took to Facebook to share a video of their players completing a sprinting exercise, writing: 'We knew pre-season was tough... and the boys are being worked HARD'.

Full-back Bellerin can be seen collapsing to the floor the moment he crosses the line as Mustafi and Carl Jenkinson quickly follow suit.