Kick Off: Messi to miss La Liga opener; PSG 'update Neymar price tag to €200m'

Welcome to All Football's Kick Off, we bring you all important news in the past 24 hours. Make sure you do not miss out.

TOP HEADLINES

West Ham 0-5 Man City: Sterling hat-trick fires huge win but VAR steals the show

Raheem Sterling's treble and one goal apiece from Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero gave Manchester City a big win over West Ham.

Napoli 0-4 Barca: Griezmann opens account as Suarez ends pre-season on a high

Antoine Griezmann got his first Barcelona goal as they eased past Napoli with a 4-0 victory in their final pre-season game.

'It's looking difficult' - Valverde admits Messi to miss Barca's La Liga opener

The Argentine missed Saturday's friendly against Napoli and Friday's game against Athletic may come too soon

PSG 'update price tag for Neymar to €200m' as La Liga giants come calling

PSG have reportedly made it clear that Neymar would be sold for a final asking price of €200million, thanks to huge interest from Real Madrid and talks of the player himself wanting to make the switch to Barcelona this summer.z

MATCH REPORTS 

Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa: Kane seals comeback as Ndombele hits debut PL goal

Harry Kane scored a late double after Tanguy Ndombele's stunning debut strike set Tottenham on their way to a comeback win over Aston Villa.

Atletico 2-1 Juventus: Felix shines to help Atleti revenge as Oblak sliences CR7

Atletico Madrid warmed up for their LaLiga opener against Getafe with a good performance and a 2-1 win over Juventus in Sweden. Here is the match report.

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Bartomeu 'giving everything to bring back Neymar as Barca ahead in negotiations'

After PSG sporting director Leonardo confirms the negotiations for Neymar transfer are more advanced, RAC1 journalist Romero claims that "Barça are ahead in the negotiations for Neymar. There is a lot of movement from the club, even though Barça are currently in the United States."

Barcelona will only sign Neymar on a player exchange deal (Marca)

Barcelona will only sign Neymar this summer if Paris Saint-Germain are willing to accept players in return, as the Catalan hierarchy have made a decision to stand firm.

Bayern 'set to officialize Perisic move' when new week begins

Ivan Perisic's move to Bayern Munich will be officialized at the beginning of next week, claims Bild am Sonntag.

Napoli give up on James Rodriguez and set sights on Mexican international (GdS)

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Aurelio De Laurentiis has set his sights on Hirving Lozano after Real Madrid's hardball stance over the Colombia international.

THESE THINGS HAPPEN

Mourinho joins Sky Sports & his first appearance will be Man Utd vs Chelsea

Mourinho finally finds a job! He joins Sky Sports as commentator & his first appearance will be Man Utd vs Chelsea on Sunday.

Alisson 'could be out of 4-8 weeks' after he limped off in EPL opener

According to the journalist James Pearce, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson could be out of 4-8 weeks after he slipped up in the EPL opener against Norwich City.

David Luiz takes part in his first Arsenal training since £7m move from Chelsea

David Luiz took part in his first Arsenal training session on Saturday as Unai Emery puts his players through their paces ahead of their Premier League curtain raiser against Newcastle.

Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac 'are under 24 hour guard'

Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are under 24-hour guard after they were inadvertently caught in a North London gang war, it has been claimed. Both Ozil and Kolasinac will miss the club's opening Premier League encounter at Newcastle.

Pogba offers Man Utd assurances after missing out on Real Madrid move (Mirror)

Paul Pogba has given Manchester United assurances that he will NOT split the dressing room this season, according to Mirror.

Hazard did not ask for No.7 but Real Madrid gave it to him (AS)

Eden Hazard did not ask Real Madrid to give him the No.7 jersey, but it was the club who trust him and give him the glory to wear the shirt, according to AS.

WHAT THEY SAY

'Talent isn't measured in centimeters' - Hazard jokes about rivalry with Messi

Hazard joked about the new rivalry with Barcelona captain Lionel Messi in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper, which sees two of the shortest players in La Liga face off.

'We were sloppy' - Guardiola not delighted with City performance despite rout

Pep Guardiola was delighted with Manchester City's 5-0 win over West Ham in their Premier League opener - but not the performance.

'Incredible' Neymar would be welcomed back to Barcelona by fellow Neto

The South American keeper has completed a summer switch to Camp Nou and would be happy to be joined by a countryman if a deal can be done with PSG

Sarri: Juventus have to cut 6 players, my opinion on Dybala doesn't count

Maurizio Sarri hit out at Juventus for the “embarrassing situation” with players who need to be sold, while declaring his “opinion on Paulo Dybala counts for zero.”

Hazard: I'm in Seventh Heaven playing under Zidane at Real Madrid

While reflecting on the impact Maurizio Sarri and Antonio Conte had on his career, Eden Hazard heaped praise on new coach Zinedine Zidane.

AF COLUMNS & IN-DEPTH

'Liverpool, Liverpool, Liverpool' by Trent Alexander-Arnold

What did it mean for a 20-year-old kid to lift the Champions League trophy with his home team? Trent Alexander-Arnold tells us via The Players' Tribune…

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Valverde speaks about those Neymar rumours

This browser does not support the video element.

FIXTURE OF THE DAY (CET)

Premier League

15:00 Newcastle vs Arsenal

17:30 Man Utd vs Chelsea

Ligue 1

21:00 PSG vs Nimes

Club Friendlies

20:00 Roma vs Real Madrid