Austrian defender David Alaba returned to be seen- off from Real Madrid's training Thursday, despite recovering from a muscle injury he suffered 3 weeks ago, and he is preparing to face Real Betis tomorrow, Friday, in the 38th and final round of the Spanish League. Real Madrid has received an injury boost with the Champions League final fast approaching. The Spanish radio “Cadena Cuba” stated that Alaba's absence from Real Madrid's training today is due to his suffering from muscle pain as a result of the overload in training during the past two days, so the technical staff preferred to rest him and thus miss tomorrow's match against Real Betis. A report linked the player that will focus during the coming period on being ready for the Champions League final against Liverpool on Saturday, May 28, in the French capital, Paris. Alaba, the 29-year-old, appeared  in 45 matches with Real Madrid during the current season, scoring 3 goals and providing 4 assists in his first season with Madrid, coming from Bayern Munich

Liverpool has announced on announced Thursday they will hold a victory parade next weekend even if they fail to win the Premier League title or Champions League final. The Reds have revealed that a victory parade through the streets of Liverpool will be staged on May 29 – the day after the Champions League final in Paris, regardless of the Premier League title & Champions League final outcomes. The Reds won their penalty shootout against Chelsea in the League Cup final and they managed the same feat in the FA Cup. The Reds remain in the hunt for another domestic crown heading into the final day of the regular season, while they are also due to take in a European encounter with Real Madrid at Stade de France on May 28

Premier League clubs Manchester City and Arsenal have this morning revealed the first images of their respective 2022/23 home jerseys. Celebrating the legendary status of the late Colin Bell, the Premier League leaders continue their sponsorship with the ever-growing PUMA sports brand as they launched their home jerseys for next season. Arsenal has officially launched their brand new home kit for the 2022/23 season and they will once again be kitted out by Adidas with the German manufacturers' latest effort to give back to the north London communities. Manchester City has unveiled its new home shirt for the 2022-23 season. The new kit celebrates the Citizens’ league-winning team of the late 60s — led by club legend Colin Bell, who passed away last year. The city is competing for the title of the English Premier League this season. It leads the competition table with 90 points, one point ahead of its direct competitor, Liverpool, the runner-up with 89 points.

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 5-4 on penalties on Wednesday in Seville to win the Europa League title and claim their first European trophy in 42 years. The result means Eintracht Frankfurt will return to the Champions League for the first time since 1960 when they reached the final and lost to Real Madrid in their only participation in Europe’s top club competition. The 62-year wait to return to the UCL is the longest by any team in the competition’s history. Five of the Bundesliga's 18 clubs will be playing European football next season after Eintracht Frankfurt won the 2021/22 Europa League. These football clubs are: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, RB Leipzig and finally Eintracht Frankfurt. The German winning UCL champion will face the European Super Cup against the winner of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, on August 10, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland.

The Referees Committee of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation has assigned the Spanish referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz to will take charge of Al-Hilal Riyadh and Al-Fayhaa  FC clash on Thursday in the King's Cup final at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah. Spanish referee Antonio Lahoz has taken charge of the UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea. Antonio Miguel Mateu is a Spanish association football referee who has refereed La Liga matches since 2008.The winner of the Saudi King's Cup will receive 10 million riyals, in addition to direct qualification to the Asian Champions League, as the King's Cup runner-up gets an amount of 4 million Saudi riyals. Al-Fayha’ scored an unprecedented achievement by reaching the King’s Cup final in football for the first time in its history, after defeating Al-Ittihad with a clean goal scored by Muhammad Abu Saban, while Al-Hilal defeated Al-Shabab 2-1. Al-Hilal aims to win the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup for the tenth time in its history, while Al-Fayhaa has never won the title before. Al-Hilal seeks to achieve its tenth title in the tournament to become the second most successful in this competition after Al-Ahly Club with 13 titles, despite the absences witnessed by the team during the last period and the injury of some of its players that ended their sports season. Al-Fayhaa has never won the title before. Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are in second place in winning the tournament title with 9 titles for each team.

Spanish club Valencia announced in a statement that the club has reported death threats made to president Anil Murthy to the police. Murthy, members of his family, and employees at the LaLiga club have also been targeted by fans. Valencia revealed back in October 2019 that the club had informed police of death threats made to Murthy. With Jose Bordalas' side 11th in LaLiga and losing to Real Betis on penalties in the Copa del Rey final, supporters are alleged to have crossed the line again. A club statement said: "Valencia CF, through the club's legal services, are compiling all death threats, insults, and other actions against president Anil Murthy, his relatives, and club employees."This Wednesday morning, these actions have been reported to the police, and in the coming days, an update of the complaint will be carried out, including reporting demonstrations of hatred and threats of acts of violence carried out on social networks."This type of behavior is not acceptable in society, it does not represent any of the values of Valencia CF and may lead to legal consequences."The club earlier this month called on their supporters to respect Bordalas as they condemned "the harassment" of the coach and his players. Bordalas was appointed as Valencia before the start of the 2021-22 campaign, just two days after departing Getafe following a successful five-season spell. The 58-year-old was chosen by Valencia owner Peter Lim as the successor to Javi Gracia, who became the 11th coach to leave the club in the past nine years.

The German Sports newspaper "Bild" revealed that Senegal and Liverpool striker SADIO MANE is reportedly interested to sign a new contract with Liverpool due to the strong interest he's received from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).The German newspaper said that the French PSG puts Mane on his shortlist of targets of interest in the event that Senegal decided to leave Anfield. "Bild" indicated that PSG held a long-standing interest in Sadio Mane, for several reasons, the most important of which is the approaching departure of French star Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid. The other reason is the brilliant levels that Mane has provided with the Reds, while Mane helped the Senegalese team during the recent period, contributing to his country's qualification to reach the FIFA World Cup finals and crown the African Nations Cup. Sadio Mane will accompany his fellow mates in Liverpool, as Real Madrid will go head-to-head against Liverpool in the Champions League final, which will be played on Saturday, 28 May at 9 pm (CET).

Eintracht Frankfurt Germany won the Europa League for the second time in its history, after defeating Rangers on penalties in the final match (5-4). The match went into extra time after the end of regulation time with a 1–1 draw, before going to penalty kicks after the two teams failed to score. Rangers were the first to score through striker Joey Aribo in the 57th minute after taking advantage of a defender’s fall, heading towards goal before flicking the ball into the net with his left foot. Frankfurt waited just 12 minutes to equalize through striker Rafael Buri, who sent Kostic’s cross into the net. Frankfurt was crowned for its second continental title after the first in the same competition in 1980 (under the name of the Federation Cup). Rangers qualified for the final after defeating the German team RB Leipzig in the semi-finals, while the Frankfurt team qualified for the final after defeating West Ham United

Barcelona President Juan Laporta admitted that his club targets Mbappe, but the player is demanding a mouth-watering annual salary which is out of Barcelona's reach, due to the economic conditions in the club, so negotiations with him did not succeed. Joan Laporta has made these in a press statement to MARCA, the Spanish national daily sports newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial: "If we are able to activate one or two economic plans before June 30, we will have liquidated a large part of the club's debts."  Laporta went on to say: "If we manage to clean up the club's finances, we will have fair play, cash … I don't know if there will be sales." "There are things that even if we had the money to do it, we wouldn't because it distorts our wage bill and that cannot happen again. It is something we are instilling in the club in all areas," Laporta told Catalunya Radio. "We can't go past a certain level of spending. Mbappe is asking for 40-50 million [euros] net. He wants 50 [million euros] net. Mbappe is at the highest level but hasn't won the Champions League. That must also be taken into account. "We will not talk about salaries of 25, 30 or 40 [million euros] net. It would be offensive to players who are expected to be a reference in world football and are just starting out at Barcelona. We are not going to do that, nor do we want to."