Tuesday Morning Hot Links
49ers Enterprises, the ownership group of Leeds United, are planning to put £120m ($160m) into the club by issuing new shares.
A report out of Africa says that Leeds would be a perfect fit for departing Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, according to his Malian National Team teammate Mahamadou N’Daye.
Now that French club Montpellier have been relegated to Ligue 2, Leeds and Sunderland have been linked to defender Modibo Sagnan. Sunderland will play Sheffield United on Saturday in the Championship Playoff Final to determine the last team to go up to the Premier League.
Pre-season exhibitions are starting to be rumored/set and Leeds have already set July 19 in Stockholm against Manchester United, but now there may be a friendly (exhibition) against AC Milan in Dublin on August 9 - one week before the 2025-26 Premier League season is set to begin.
Last week Leeds were (kinda sorta) linked to Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, but The Sun says Aston Villa are in on him, as well.
Bad news for “striker” Patrick Bamford, as Wrexham denied having interest in the former 17-goal scorer.
The (Worst) Europa League Final (Ever) between Manchester United and Tottenham is tomorrow, and we’ll have a little preview of it in the morning. Meanwhile, you can read this ESPN piece on how Manchester United finds themselves in the final despite consistently sitting on their own balls all season long.
Ooooh it’s getting sticky in the Premier League! After today there will be one gameday remaining: Sunday, with every single match kicking off at the exact same time (10am Central) to reduce the possibility of Shenanigans. The top five teams in the table get to play in next season’s lucrative Champions League, and one single solitary point separates 3rd-7th place. Two Premier League games kickoff today, to get everyone on 37 games:
Wolves at Crystal Palace. 2pm. Peacock. This game has no bearing on anything important whatsoever.
Bournemouth at Manchester City. 2pm. USA Network. A Manchester City win would put them 3rd in the table by two points.
Napoli and Inter Milan are separated by one point at the top of Serie A (the top Italian league) going into the final day of the season (Friday) but both of their managers will be banned for their respective games due to red cards in the previous games.
Newly-regulated Leicester City have been charged with more financial rule breaches, and could face a points deduction next season in the EFL Championship (2nd Tier).
FT: A new TikTok-style app has become huge in Brazil, and will apparently use AI to help teams scout young soccer talent.
Elsewhere
A Vietnamese beauty queen has been arrested for promoting some gummies on her social media accounts claiming massive amounts of fiber that were patently false.
Pitchfork: The Baffling, X-Rated Story of the World’s Most Popular AI Song (we were never meant to live like this).