Thursday Morning Hot Links
We’re two days away from the Champions League Final of Paris-St. Germain and Inter Milan, and three days away from the opening of the first Transfer Window of the summer. Stupid Chelsea won the Europa Conference League yesterday, completing their set of European competitions. They won the Champions League in 2012 and 2021, the Europa League in 2013 and 2019, and now the Europa Conference League. I hate them. Widely Mocked, Wildly Celebrated: How Chelsea Won the Conference League. On to the Links:
Davide Ancelotti - son of recently-departed-for-Brazil Carlo Ancelotti - is in serious negotiations with Rangers in Glasgow to become their new manager. Rangers are in the process of changing ownership groups to 49ers Enterprises, who also own Leeds United. And could Luka Modric go with him?
Liverpool reportedly want more than £20 million for Leeds-linked goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Manchester United got booed off the pitch after losing 1-0 to the ASEAN All-Stars.
And it looks as though they’ve lost out on £30 million Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap to Chelsea.
From Amateur to the Champions League Final: The stunning rise of Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries.
Wow it’s totally crazy and completely out of character that Saudi Arabia is preparing some shenanigans to get Ronaldo in the Club World Cup [eyes roll completely out of head].
An Argentinian court has declared a mistrial in the case against seven health professionals in the death of Diego Maradona, after one of the three judges participated in a documentary about the case.
The upcoming USWNT camp is about establishing alternatives to Triple Espresso.
Meet SFK Sarajevo 2000, the team that has won their league 23 times in a row.
Elsewhere
A Chinese paraglider survived getting sucked up to 28,000 feet above sea level.
Kings of Leon have cancelled a UK/Europe tour set for this summer after Caleb Followill broke his foot while playing with his kids.
Pitchfork: The 37 Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2025.
Hikers in the Adirondacks called 911 to report that one of their hiking party had died, but it turns out they were tripping on mushrooms and the dead member was actually fine.