Spain's tougher financial regulations may have helped Cristiano Ronaldo decide to leave Real Madrid and move to Italy.

Argentine official Horacio Elizondo was in charge of the 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France, the fateful day that saw Zinedine Zidane's last game for his country.

Our daily look at all the news surrounding Real Madrid as the squad continues with preseason training ahead of their U.S. tour in August.

Manchester United's undermanned pre-season squad is set to be boosted by the arrival of Alexis Sánchez in Arizona.

The Villarreal central defender was released from jail recently and will play with newly-promoted Huesca in LaLiga next season.

Juan Cuadrado was not the only player to make a sacrifice for Cristiano Ronaldo, new Juventus team-mate Leonardo Spinazzola has joked.

Despite his success, the PSG striker has not forgotten where he came from, and will donate around 430,000 euros to an assocation working with children in his neighbourhood.

Real Madrid are said to be considering sending the 18-year-old Brazilian out on loan to another LaLiga side based in the Madrid region.

The new Spain manager, Luis Enrique, says he has 70 names in his head with plenty of players who have never been called up to the national team before.

With the keeper's switch to Liverpool nearing completion, Roma's sporting director faced questions over the club's transfer policy.

A documentary about the World Cup winner includes footage of Umtiti jumping for joy as Ronaldo scores the last-minute equalizer in Portugal's 3-3 draw against Spain in the World Cup.

According to German daily Bild, the Bavarian giants are willing to let the Chile international leave after signing Leon Goretzka from Schalke.

After his official presentation as a Roma player, Justin Kluivert declared his intention to keep on improving at his new club.

The former Barcelona coach was unveiled as the new manager of the Spanish national side at the federations Las Rozas base on Thursday.

While happy to praise Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer, the Bosnia-Herzegovina international was less talkative regarding his own future at Juventus.

Leaving Real Madrid was said to be a precursor to Zinedine Zidane becoming France coach, but he has apparently shown no desire for the job.

Chelsea apparently want to have a replacement tiep up before releasing Courtois, and could agree a swap deal with AC Milan for goalkeeper Donnarumma in exchange for Morata.

Marc Overmars, the Dutch club's sporting director, has made it perfectly clear that the Camp Nou target is not for sale this summer.

After their World Cup disappointment the Albicelete's new coach must focus on the requirements of the Barça star, says former striker.

Having already strengthened his Liverpool squad, Jurgen Klopp hopes they are building towards a Premier League title challenge.

With his future believed to be at Liverpool, Alisson Becker left what seems to be a farewell message for Roma supporters.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho added to Paul Pogba's World Cup plaudits but also laid down a challenge to the France midfielder.

The new Real Madrid signing takes the squad number previously used by Moroccan international Achraf.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss the majority of the new season and any competitive game time before the end of the campaign would be a bonus, manager Klopp confirmed.

The Premier League club are reportedly unwilling to let Thibaut Courtois leave until they have brought in a replacement for the Belgian.

Bissouma, who joins from Lille, has penned a five-year deal and becomes the club’s sixth signing of the transfer window.

Ben Davis became the first Singaporean to pen a pro contract with a Premier League club when he signed for Fulham last month.

Maurizio Sarri made it clear that he wants to keep Eden Hazard at Chelsea and hopes to improve the Belgium international.

The Real Madrid midfielder remains a target for his former club with the coach noting “sometimes it’s better to take a step back to be able to play more.”

The former right-back took the role usually filled by Emilio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations of the club during Odriozola's peresentation.

The Spanish schemer has had an extra year added to his deal at Mestalla after guiding Los Che to the Champions League in his first season.

The England forward is aiming to be in Jürgen Klopp's first team "week in, week out", despite doubts over his long-term Anfield future.

Rafael Benitez says there was "a chance" he could have replaced Julen Lopetegui as Spain boss for their World Cup campaign.

Kylian Mbappé is from another world where "everything goes faster", according to France and Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane.

The Spain international right back was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player at the Bernabéu on Wednesday.

According to ‘Correio do Manha’, Cristiano Ronaldo wants to cut all ties with Spain and his links with the Spanish tax authorities and is selling everything.

The Real Madrid coach has asked that the club refuses to entertain any offer for the Spanish duo, as he would like to see what they can offer during the USA tour.

Sérgio Conceição was less than impressed with his side after a pre-season friendly defeat against Portimonense.

Live streaming coverage of the presentation of new signing Álvaro Odriozola. [Audio in Spanish]

Sporting Club do not think much of Atlético's offer for Gelson Martins but given his contract situation, they have gone to FIFA to resolve the issue.

A fee of 75 million euros has reportedly been agreed between the Premier League club and Roma for the 25-year-old Brazil international.

The former England captain said Everton "made it clear" they were happy for him to leave Merseyside following Marco Silva's arrival as manager.

The midfielder is keen on a move back to Barcelona and Bayern won't stand in his way but they want Barcelona to make an offer and they refuse to put a price on him.

New Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, is keen to reunite with Gonzalo Higuain and Real Madrid are still trying to convince them to sell Eden Hazard.

The Uruguayan central defender was being considered as a further statement of intent by the Italian champions, but this plan now looks to be over.

New Jersey actress and comedian Alison Becker, who had a role in NBC's Parks and Recreation, caused a stir with her tweet about Liverpool.

Antonio Cassano used tennis icons Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to compare Juventus recruit Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

France star Paul Pogba made a number of speeches en route to the final and footage of his comments prior to the Argentina clash has emerged.

The Brazilian reportedly left LaLiga for Ligue 1 to step out in his own right as the superstar of a club, however, recent events suggest that is not going to plan.