The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers…<\/p>\n
WORLD CUP<\/p>\n
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is once again under pressure after calls from 72 European lawmakers for a formal investigation to be launched following the Folarin Balogun scandal – Daily Express<\/p>\n
Donald Trump’s World Cup chief, Andrew Giuliani, has admitted that the scandal surrounding Folarin Balogun’s red card may have distracted the USMNT ahead of their humiliating loss against Belgium – Daily Mail<\/p>\n
Christian Pulisic suffered a microfracture and bone bruise in his leg in the United States’ 4-1 loss to Belgium in the World Cup last 16 on Monday, US Soccer announced – The Guardian<\/p>\n
England winger Anthony Gordon has revealed he took Mexico boss Javier Aguirre’s foul-mouthed rant as a “compliment” – Daily Mirror<\/p>\n
PREMIER LEAGUE<\/p>\n
Arsenal are expected to test Newcastle’s resolve with a first official bid for Bruno Guimaraes – The Standard<\/p>\n
Manchester United are continuing to be linked with a move for West Ham ace Crysencio Summerville as the Red Devils press on with bolstering their midfield options – Daily Express<\/p>\n
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SCOTTISH FOOTBALL<\/p>\n
Barry Ferguson has urged Rangers to bring Vaclav Cerny back to Ibrox – IF the Czech winger is up for grabs – Daily Record<\/p>\n
Cameron Carter-Vickers insists Celtic must revamp their squad this summer – The Scottish Sun<\/p>\n
WORLD FOOTBALL<\/p>\n
Jurgen Klopp is reportedly closing in on a sensational return to management with Germany after talks over a blockbuster deal gathered pace – The Sun<\/p>\n
Lamine Yamal says he hopes to see Julian Alvarez complete a summer transfer move to Barcelona as the forward is a ‘top player’ and would be a ‘great fit’ at the Camp Nou – The Metro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… WORLD CUP FIFA president Gianni Infantino is once again…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-790651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}