The Brazilian came close to returning to Barcelona last summer, two years after joining PSG in a world record £200million move, but his former agent says he could well have ended up at the Bernabeu.

The 22-year-old signed for a reported fee of £52million from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer but has struggled to live up to the high expectations of the Spaniards.

Zinedine Zidane's side have been linked with a host of players but the financial implications of coronavirus will mean clubs have smaller budgets than normal.

The Gunners are thought to be willing to listen to offers for the £200,000-a-week star who is out of contract in 2021 with a new deal proving difficult to agree.

The Serie A side see Jovic as a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic who only signed a six-month deal with the club. This contradicts reports from AS who say Real Madrid have reassured Jovic.

Spain has been without football since March 12, two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown to battle its coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 22,000 lives.

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has attempted to recreate his iconic Champions League final goal in his living room to raise money for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The 23-year-old has spent the season on loan at Sevilla but a return to Madrid seems unlikely given that both Marcelo and Ferland Mendy remain ahead of him in the pecking order.

The agent of Igor Gomes wants to negotiate a 'dream' transfer to take the Sao Paulo midfielder to Real Madrid this summer. Gomes has attracted interest from many of Spain's largest clubs.

Dani Ceballos has revealed that he hasn't spoken to Zinedine Zidane since he left Real Madrid. The midfielder is currently on a season-long loan at Arsenal.

Manchester United have joined Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in showing interest in Real Valladoid defender Mohammed Salisu. Salisu has a release clause of just £10million in his contract.

Real Madrid, Man Utd and Juventus are the clubs with realistic chances of landing the 23-year-old. Reports have suggested that Madrid have already agreed a pre-contract with the Holland international.

Real Madrid have made the forward available as Zinedine Zidane is not keen to keep hold of a player who has fallen out of favour and made just seven appearances in LaLiga this campaign.

Beckham was the star name in United's Class of 1992 stars featuring Scholes, Butt, Ryan Giggs and the Neville brothers that went on to enjoy huge success at Old Trafford under Sir Alex Ferguson.

France's Ligue 1 was cancelled earlier this week with Rennes officially being granted third place, meaning they will go into the qualifying round of next season's Champions League.

Players will be training individually in order to comply with social distancing measures with Spain gradually lifting some of their coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

The club had been planning a big summer of spending, with Zinedine Zidane looking to freshen up the squad he has at his disposal, with Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga linked.

Planned stadium expansions have been thrown into disarray following the coronavirus pandemic. Barcelona are struggling with financial ramifications, while Madrid plan to press ahead

Lucas Vazquez has revealed his love of the Premier League, hinting that curiosity could get the better of him and see him leave Real Madrid for England, as Chelsea keep an eye on the winger.

Los Blancos were previously been linked with the 19-year-old around the time of his move to Monaco in the winter, however no bid was ever made by the Spanish giants.

While there has been much talk of Kylian Mbappe leaving PSG, it now seems he could be staying in Paris by accepting a contract extension.

Medical experts in Spain have urged La Liga clubs to put squads into quarantine in team hotels away from their families if they want to be able to successfully finish the season.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is intent on finishing the La Liga season, as he believes cancelling it and handing the title to Barcelona would be unfair. 

Any buy-out clause is likely to eclipse the world-record fee of £198million that PSG paid Barcelona to sign Neymar. The Ligue 1 champions are understood to be happy with that arrangement.

Mbappe was enjoying another excellent season before Ligue 1 was shut down, with 30 goals and 17 assists in 33 matches across all competitions. Monaco's Fabregas has played against him.

Serbia international Jovic has scored just two goals in 24 appearances for Zinedine Zidane's side, and could move to Milan for £35m this summer, or alternatively could agree a two-year loan.

Ocampos has been one of the standout performers in LaLiga since moving to Sevilla from Marseille last summer, which has led to interest from a series of teams, including Borussia Dortmund.

The injury happened while the 22-year-old Serbia international was training at home on Thursday. The injury is bound to rule him out of La Liga's Operation Return.

Eduardo Camavinga has become one of the hottest properties in European football after shining for Rennes in the heart of midfield - helping his side finish third in the truncated Ligue 1 campaign.

Venus Williams was watching her sister Serena's doubles match with Sir Andy Murray at Wimbledon when she pulled out her camera.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: The American came into Wimbledon having not played since the French Open, when she was hampered by knee problems.

Andy Murray and Serena Williams were knocked out of Wimbledon yesterday. 'Dark horses' Eden Silva, 23, and Evan Hoyt, 24 (pictured), will play in the mixed doubles quarter-finals.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Murray's former coach Jonas Bjorkman has backed the Scot to return to the highest level of tennis, saying: 'Once a champion, always a champion'.

England fans poked fun at arch-rivals Australia after watching their team thrash them at Edgbaston in Birmingham today to reach the final of the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Ajax. It's all about poor little Ajax. UEFA's latest protectionist scheme is focused on favouring the underdogs. Of course it is. They're all heart, as ever.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: All the reasons for not taking the Open to Royal Portrush are now similarly advanced for keeping it away from Royal Porthcawl.

Locals in Andy Murray's home town of Dunblane in Perthshire quickly shared photos of the unfortunate sight of the toppled cast-iron structure. The gold postbox was destroyed by a car.

Andy and partner Feliciano Lopez beat Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 to reach the last eight, after Jamie and Neal Skupski beat French pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3, 6-3.

The 32-year-old Murray, who underwent hip surgery seven months ago in a bid to save his career, returned to singles action last week, when he lost to Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati.

A weary Andy Murray needed treatment for cramp he was beaten last night by the world number 240, bringing to an end his experiment with the Rafa Nadal Challenger event in Mallorca.

In order to qualify, GB are reliant on him using up one of his 'protected ranking' entries. Murray is counted as a world No 2 for these purposes under the scheme that helps the long-term injured return.

EXCLUSIVE: While Murray's time in New York was significant, it is his journey back to Dunblane, where he first harboured his love for the sport, that takes on significance of a different kind.

MIKE DICKSON IN GENEVA: John McEnroe has backed Andy Murray to regain a place among the world's top ten as the 32 year-old Scot prepares to make his comeback at tour level next week.

Andy Murray scored arguably his best singles win since the onset of his hip issues when he knocked US Open semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini out of the China Open this morning.

Former world No 1 Andy Murray will play at next year's Australian Open in what will be his first Grand Slam singles appearance since undergoing hip surgery, organisers confirmed on Tuesday.

The angry dispute between Andy Murray and Fabio Fognini at the Shanghai Masters continued to rage in the locker room after the Italian's win. 

MIKE DICKSON IN ANTWERP: The attraction of being just a three-hour train ride from home was a persuasive argument for Andy Murray to wrap up his mini comeback tour at the European Open.

Andy Murray will represent Great Britain for the first time since 2016 after being called up to the Davis Cup squad. The call up comes a day after Murray's memorable European Open triumph.

MIKE DICKSON IN ANTWERP: 'I know I'm a pain to work with but at the same time when I've been asked to do something I do it and I don't skip days,' said Murray after his triumph on Sunday.

The baby, born in London this month, inherits the middle name which has passed down the Murray (pictured, Andy and Kim) family's male line for generations.