AIR QATAR Neymar to have Paris Saint-Germain medical this week as Barcelona star jets off to Qatar to meet with club president

Brazilian has not returned home from Miami with his team-mates after pre-season and will first travel to China for sponsorship tour

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Real Madrid stars endure gruelling session in the Californian heat as Gareth Bale shows off powerful legs in pre-season training

Real Madrid players were put through their paces with weights and plyometrics at University of California
Los Blancos stars performed conditioning drills with Zinedine Zidane watching on with fitness coaches
La Liga champions used boxes and hurdles as they performed dead-lifts and jumping exercises
Real are preparing for first International Champions Cup clash on July 23 when they play Manchester United

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Tiemoue Bakayoko given a Brazilian welcome by new Chelsea team-mates David Luiz and Willian as he dines out in London ahead of £40m move

Tiemoue Bakayoko is set to sign for Chelsea in a £40million deal from Monaco
Midfielder dined with new team-mates David Luiz and Willian on Thursday night
Brazilian pair took Bakayoko to Jinjuu Mayfair after his arrival in the capital 
Bakayoko trolled Manchester United fans with joke tweet, which he later deleted

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James Rodriguez pictured in a Bayern Munich shirt for the first time after completing loan move: 'I’m dreaming big and hoping for great success here'

Bayern Munich have signed James Rodriguez from Real Madrid on two-year loan
The playmaker completed his medical with the Bundesliga club on Wednesday
Rodriguez will be reunited with Carlo Ancelotti after working with him at Madrid
'I’m very happy and looking forward to being at a huge club,' the 26-year-old said

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Pep Guardiola drives Mini to Manchester City training as Ilkay Gundogan and David Silva head out of apartment block before session

Pep Guardiola took white Mini to Manchester City training at Etihad Campus
Ilkay Gundogan and David Silva were also pictured en route outside same block 
City are preparing to go on pre-season tour in United States and Iceland 

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Tianjin Quanjin cool pursuit of £60m rated Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang amid Chelsea interest

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could leave Borussia Dortmund this summer
Aubameyang posted a picture of him preparing to take a flight wearing blue 
Gabon international has emerged as a target for the Premier League champions
28-year-old's agent was talking to Chinese clubs while AC Milan retain interest

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Arsenal confident latest £45m Thomas Lemar offer will be enough to land Monaco winger

Arsenal are growing increasingly confident that they will bring in Thomas Lemar
So far the Gunners have had bids of £30million and £40m rejected by Monaco
The club believe their next offer, thought to be more than £45m, will be enough

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PSG confirm Dani Alves capture as he tells Pep Guardiola: 'I am sorry... I have come here to be a champion'

Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the signing of Brazil full-back Dani Alves
The 34-year-old has penned a contract worth £230,000 a week in Paris
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was left seething at Alves' decision 

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Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema wins appeal to have conspiracy to blackmail charge re-examined

Karim Benzema is accused of plotting to extort money from Mathieu Valbuena
Benzema applied in May of last year for the process against him to be annulled 
The striker and co-defendant Karim Zenati contested the investigation's legality

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Arsene Wenger denies Manchester City target Alexis Sanchez has asked to leave Arsenal... and insists Olivier Giroud is staying put at the EmiratesArsenal boss Arsene Wenger has denied Alexis Sanchez has asked to leave this summer

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has denied Alexis Sanchez has asked to leave this summer

• Alexis Sanchez has been heavily linked with a summer move away from Arsenal
• Premier League rivals Manchester City are keen to sign the Chile international
• Arsene Wenger has denied reports claiming Sanchez has asked to leave the club
• Wenger also wants to keep Olivier Giroud, despite Alexandre Lacazette's arrival

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Chelsea striker Diego Costa urged to join Besiktas as staggering 2.1million supporters flood Instagram post

• Diego Costa has been flooded with comments from Besiktas supporters
• Costa has been told by Antonio Conte he is surprlus to requirements at Chelsea
• Spain striker received over 2 million comments to post with friend at restaurant
• Majority of posts came from Besiktas fans wanting him to join Turkish champions

He may have been given the cold shoulder by his manager, but Diego Costa is most certainly a wanted man after 2.1million followers responded to a post from the Chelsea striker on Instagram - almost entirely calling for him to join Besiktas.
Blues manager Antonio Conte made clear via a 27-word text message that the Spain international was free to leave Stamford Bridge this summer, with the club expected to replace him with Romelu Lukaku.
But with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on the brink of landing his former club's No 1 transfer target, supporters of Turkish champions Besiktas have seen it as an opportune moment to remind Costa that he is more than welcome in Istanbul.

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Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana undergo pre-season testing as Liverpool duo are assessed at Melwood before meeting up with team-mates

Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana ran, jumped and stretched their way through first session back  
Their data was logged and will be used as a comparison when same tests are taken during next season  
Lallana received a warm welcome from Sadio Mane upon the England international's return to Melwood
Coutinho has been linked with a move away but remains an integral part of Jurgen Klopp's plans at Liverpool 

Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana were put through their paces during their first day back at Melwood following their summer breaks. 
The Liverpool duo underwent a number of tests during which their results were measured and logged in a database to be used as a reference point later in the season. 
Both midfield stars were pictured performing standing and running jumps in addition to leg power and flexibility exercises. 

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Real Madrid spend £20million on Theo Hernandez... but he struggles to even do SIX kick-ups at embarrassing official Bernabeu unveiling

Theo Hernandez has signed for Real Madrid from Atletico Madrid
He is the first player to do so in 17 years and cost Spain's champions £20million
At his official unveiling he looked nervous and struggled with basic kick-ups
Now the footage of the awkward moment at the Bernabeu has gone viral

He may not be a fully-fledged Galactico, but there was plenty of attention on Theo Hernandez as he arrived for his official unveiling as a Real Madrid player. 
The French full-back is the first player in 17 years to make the move from Atletico to Real and was at the Bernabeu on Monday to make his £20million switch official. 
It seems as though the pressure may have got to him however; in front of a smattering of fans in the stands, Hernandez poses for the camera then proceeds to embark upon what can only be described as a schoolboy's attempt at kick-ups. 

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Didier Drogba up front, 50 degree training sessions and big dreams of playing in MLS... Peter Ramage lifts the lid on life at Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising have plans to reach Major League Soccer in the next few years
Didier Drogba recently joined as a player and co-owner of the Arizona club
Peter Ramage is one former Premier League player enjoying life in the desert
Up-and-coming club have raucous fan base and whole host of celebrity owners 

Something is Rising in the 50 degree heat of the Arizona desert.

Three hundred miles from the Las Vegas strip, on the banks of the Salt River in Phoenix, lies a brand new soccer complex home to a whole host of former Premier League regulars.

This is not your usual football club. In fact, they could well be the most exciting side you've never heard of. Didier Drogba and Shaun Wright-Phillips leading the line, celebrity co-owners in the stands and a raucous fan base are just the tip of the iceberg in the Valley of the Sun.

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Chelsea remain very confident they will sign Tiemoue Bakayoko despite interest from Manchester United

Tiemoue Bakayoko posted a photo next to a private jet on Monday 
Midfielder had knee surgery, which could rule him out of the start of the season
That delayed a medical that had been planned for last month at Chelsea
Chelsea have offered £37m but Monaco want £40m plus add-ons for Bakayoko
And Manchester United have expressed an interest in the France international
But the champions are confident they will be able to snap up the 22-year-old 

Chelsea are very confident they will sign Tiemoue Bakayoko despite interest from Manchester United.

The Old Trafford side considered hijacking the deal for the 22-year-old Monaco midfielder - who teased fans with a photo of himself jetting off on Monday - by offering more than Chelsea, who have been chasing Bakayoko all summer.

They suggested they were willing to pay more than £40million for the France international while Chelsea were reluctant to up their offer of £37m. 

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