In-demand Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has reportedly decided that he wants to hang up his boots in Naples. The Senegal international has remained loyal to Luciano Spalletti's side for the past couple of years despite persistent links with a switch to the Premier League. Koulibaly will soon enter the final year of his contract with Napoli, though, and some of Europe's top clubs are still being linked with a move for the 31-year-old. Manchester United and Barcelona are thought to be keeping tabs on Koulibaly, while Chelsea is stepping up their efforts to sign the defender amid their center-back search. The Blues are supposedly willing to pay Koulibaly £8.5m per year to make the move to Stamford Bridge, but their lucrative salary offer may ultimately fall on deaf ears.

Gianluigi Buffon hopes his former club Juventus signs Angel Di Maria as he likened the Paris Saint-Germain attacker to Argentina's great Diego Maradona. The Italian legendary goalkeeper spent one year at Paris Saint-Germain with Di Maria and is convinced the Argentina international will make the difference in Italy."Di Maria in Serie A is like Maradona," Buffon said to Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport. Di Maria is available as a free player after his contract with PSG expires, as Juventus will make his move, as offered a one-year deal with an option for another season. However, the Argentine appears determined to stay in Europe for one season only, play in the World Cup, and return To Argentina at the end of the 2022-23 season.  "Footballers should be appreciated given the context in which they play," Buffon added. "Today, the Italian league is the poorest technically and Angel has a lot of techniques.""He is decisive in front of goal, he dribbles past his opponents. He is good at making assists and runs up and down on the pitch. He can play in different roles." said Buffon.  He continued: "We are talking about a perfectly professional, a nice guy, someone who never gives up and fights during matches and training sessions, I repeat, in the Italian league, he will be like Maradona."Di Maria turned 34 in February, but Buffon doesn't seem to be a problem for him or Juventus. "I am 44, but I still play, age doesn't matter. Motivation and passion are more important and so is determination," he added. "If Di Maria joins Juventus, it means that he's ready to do so. "He is an exemplary professional, one who never gives up and fights during games and training sessions. For today's Serie A, he'd be like Maradona. The Parma goalkeeper also suggested Di Maria is talented enough that age should not be a factor as Juve aims to secure the winger."At PSG, I played with Neymar, a young Kylian Mbappe, Marco Verratti… but Di Maria was not inferior to no one.

In a heavy-caliber surprise, the English newspaper "The Athletic" revealed the reason why Manchester United's transfer move for Darwin Nunez was allegedly scuppered by food poisoning before Liverpool swooped for the star. The Uruguay international was on the radar of many top clubs across Europe after scoring 34 goals in 41 appearances across all competitions for the Portuguese side last season but ended up in the Liverpool shirt with a €100m deal. According to The Athletic, United was set to meet Benfica's president Rui Costa in April to discuss a potential deal. However, the meeting was called off after Costa and his family suffered food poisoning while celebrating his birthday.  The newspaper pointed out that after that, Costa and his family were poisoned while celebrating a birthday party for the Portuguese President, but Manchester United was not convinced by this matter and considered it a rejection. Nunez left Benfica having scored 47 goals and 16 assists in 84 appearances for the Portuguese giants since arriving from Almeria for £21.6m in the summer of 2020.

The European Football Association (UEFA (cleared PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi of any punishment after the Champions League match. UEFA cleared Al-Khelaifi of any punishment for confrontations with match officials after losing in the Champions League, the stunning comeback at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, eliminating PSG 3-2 on aggregate in the round of 16. UEFA disciplinary committee verdict has handed a one-game ban to former sporting director Leonardo.

Polish striker Robert Lewandowski's desire to leave football club Bayern Munich this summer seems very close. As reported by the German newspaper 'TZ', Barça would offer 50 million euros to the Bavarians to let the Pole out. The striker has made clear his desire to leave the Bavarian club in the current transfer window in order to seek a new challenge in the final few years of his career. The 33-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona, although the Catalan side's financial issues are said to be causing issues in any potential deal at this stage. The veteran goal scorer, who enters the final 12 months of his contract with the Bundesliga club in the coming weeks, scored 48 goals and registered six assists in 45 appearances for Bayern across all competitions last season.

Manchester City has reportedly turned down an offer worth €25m (£21.4m) plus add-ons from Chelsea for forward Raheem Sterling. The 27-year-old's long-term future at the Etihad Stadium is believed to be uncertain as he will soon be entering the final year of his contract, while competition for places has intensified following the arrivals of Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez. Premier League rivals Chelsea are understood to have stepped up their efforts to sign Sterling this summer, with the Blues set to reinforce their frontline should striker Romelu Lukaku return to Inter Milan. According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea regards Sterling as their primary target this summer and they have seen an opening offer of €25m (£21.4m) plus add-ons rejected by the Premier League champions. Romano adds that Thomas Tuchel's side is planning to make a second bid for the England international, with Man City valuing the forward between €55m (£47.1m) and €60m (£51.4m). Since joining the Citizens from Liverpool in 2015, Sterling has racked up 131 goals and 95 assists in 339 appearances across all competitions, winning a total of 12 trophies. Chelsea is also believed to be interested in signing Sterling's Man City teammate Nathan Ake, who spent time in the West London club's academy and made 17 senior appearances before leaving Stamford Bridge in 2017.

Liverpool FC has announced that the club officially completed the signing of 18-year-old Scottish right-back Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen. In a club-record deal for the Scottish side, Liverpool's bid for the signing of Aberdeen right-back Calvin Ramsay has been confirmed. English press reports revealed that the 18-year-old right-back Calvin Ramsey deal cost the Reds treasury 6.5 million pounds, and he signed a 5-year contract with the club.

Ronaldo, the Brazilian former international footballer and the majority owner of Real Valladolid, newly promoted to the Spanish League, is seeking to obtain the services of Marcelo and Dani Alves in a free transfer deal this summer, after their departure from both Real Madrid and Barcelona. UOL, the largest Brazilian online content and digital news content on the Brazilian Internet stated that Ronaldo seeks to persuade Marcelo and Dani Alves to join Valladolid after its return to La Liga at the end of the current season, after spending 14 years with the Royal, and became the most decorated player with 25 titles. Dani Alves also left Barcelona for the second time, after returning last January with a 6-month contract, but the Catalan club did not renew the contract

German press reports revealed the date of the official submission of the deal for Senegalese star Sadio Mane. Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich is set to sign Senegal star Sadio Mane from Liverpool who will join Bayern Munich during the current summer transfer market. Bayern Munich has reached a final agreement with the Reds on Friday to sign Mane from Liverpool and end his six-year spell at Anfield. The German champions will pay a fee in the region of 35 million pounds ($42.71 million) for the signature of the 30-year-old Senegal forward, who had a year left on his Liverpool contract. According to the media reports, Mane is expected to sign a three-year contract and will undergo a medical next week, and will be officially presented to the media on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena. Mane is the third signing business contract of the Bavarian this summer, after the arrival of Ryan Gravenberg and Moroccan Nassir Mazraoui from Ajax Amsterdam.