🚨EXCL : Arsenal will officially open talks with Aston Villa to sign Morgan Rogers in the coming weeks. There is a real willingness from the English Champions to get a deal done at a reasonable price. Fee will be the key. Personal terms are no issue at all.
🚨🎙️Wayne Rooney: “Arsenal have been robbed tonight” 🤯
Rooney 🗣️ “I’ll be completely honest, Arsenal were absolutely robbed tonight, there is no other way to put it. You look at that foul on Noni Madueke in the box; it’s a stonewall, 100% clear penalty. How the referee or VAR hasn't given that is beyond me, and it completely changes the dynamic of a Champions League final.
But for me, the moment that truly gave it away the moment you knew exactly what the referee was doing was that halftime whistle. To blow the whistle right as Arsenal are literally standing there about to take a corner? I’ve played this game a long time, and you rarely see that unless there’s a blatant bias. It was shocking, and it set the tone for everything that followed.
In the second half, it became a totally different game, and not because of the football. The referee made absolutely sure that every single 50/50 call, every little nudge, and every major decision went straight to PSG. It completely killed Arsenal’s momentum. But to be fair, I’m not even surprised. We saw the exact same story when they played Bayern Munich earlier in the tournament. The officiating was heavily skewed then, and it’s happened again on the biggest stage.
PSG might be lifting the trophy, but they cannot honestly look at themselves in the mirror and be proud of the way they’ve won this final. To win the biggest prize in club football like that? It leaves a horrible taste. Arsenal deserved so much more tonight.”
Mikel Arteta on signing Piero Hincapié:
‘When I spoke to Xabi Alonso just before we were going to sign him, I said if you have to describe him in one word, what would you use, and he said, “He’s a warrior.”
‘He will play through brick walls for you.‘
Manchester United's 2-2 draw against Burnley means Darren Fletcher joins Ruben Amorim, Erik ten Hag and Louis van Gaal as the only United bosses of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era to have failed to win the opening game of their tenure.
🚨 Laporta: “Despite how everything happened with Leo Messi's departure, I have no regrets”.
“Barça is above anyone else. It's not what we all wanted, but it was not possible in that moment”, told Catalunya Radio.