Sunday Lunchtime Hot Links
The Champions League was over quite quickly yesterday (more on that below) and the Transfer Window is now officially open. What’s the Transfer Window? I’m glad you asked, here’s a little explainer.
Paris-St. Germain beat the dog piss out of Inter Milan in the Champions League Final yesterday, 5-0. It’s the worst defeat in Champions League Final history. There were five goals scored in the previous four Champions League Finals combined. No one team had scored five goals in any iteration of the Champions League Final since Benfica beat Real Madrid in 1962.
Football Made Simple has the tactical analysis of the game (I love this YouTube channel).
No Neymar, no Messi, no Mbappe, no glitter: Just one captivating PSG team.
Riots in France have killed two and left hundreds in jail. They’re still going to have a parade today.
Is the Champions League now basically the Super League that everyone hated?
FourFourTwo: What the winners - and losers - said after the Champions League Final.
PSG manager Luis Enrique’s 9-year old daughter passed away in 2019 after a battle with bone cancer. Enrique - and the PSG fans - paid tribute to her after the game.
The Italian press jumped all over Inter manager Simone Inzaghi. And there was only one guy at the airport to welcome Inter home.
BBC: How much does each Premier League club have to spend this summer?
Sky Sports: 75 Players To Watch in This Summer’s Transfer Window.
Sunday Times: Brentford are closing in on an £18 million move - with £12.5 million up front - for Liverpool’s GK2 Caoimhin Kelleher. This makes me extremely angry from a Leeds United perspective.
Idiot Rasmus Kristensen is the first official Leeds United sale of the summer, permanently joining Eintracht Frankfurt for £7.7 million.
Leeds are “keeping an eye on” Tammy Abraham. Abraham, who will be 28 in October, has spent the last five seasons in Italy’s Serie A - four seasons with Roma, and last season with AC Milan. He has only made 14 starts in the last three seasons, missing most of 2023-24 with injury. Abraham scored 21 goals for Chelsea between 2019-2021, and Manchester United are also looking at Abraham after missing out on Liam Delap.
Raised in Manchester, joining Liverpool: meet the fun-loving Jeremie Frimpong.
Manchester United have made their first move of the summer in the purchase of Wolves’ Matheus Cunha.
Oldham Athletic scored in the 110th and 112th Minutes to defeat Southend United in the National League Playoff Final, returning to EFL League Two for the first time since 2022 - an impressive fall considering that Oldham were part of the original Premier League in 1992.
What To Watch: Sunday
Mexico’s Cruz Azul plays MLS’ Vancouver Whitecaps in Mexico City at the CONCACAF Champions Cup. 8pm. FS1.