UEFA warns football stars not to repeat Cristiano Ronaldo’s action at press conferences, threatens penalty

Euros stars have been told to STOP moving sponsors’ drinks in press conferences – or risk their team getting fined.

Cristiano Ronaldo started the trend when he put a pair of Coca-Cola bottles out of the way on Monday.

But Euro 2020 tournament director Martin Kallen revealed Uefa has ‘communicated with the teams regarding this matter’ and disciplinary action may be taken.

He said: “It is important because the revenues of the sponsors are important for the tournament and for European football.

“We are never fining players directly from the Uefa side, we will do this always through the participating national association and then they could look if they will go further to the player, but we are not going directly for the moment to the player.”

Jose Mourinho reveals Eden Hazard’s attitude in training at Chelsea

Jose Mourinho has revealed that Eden Hazard is ‘awful’ in training and ‘doesn’t work much’.

The pair worked together at Chelsea between 2013 and 2015 and the SunSport columnist told talkSPORT: “The truth is what you see from him, he is an amazing player with awful training.

“You can only imagine what he could be with a super professional attitude in training.

“In the end, he is an amazing kid, he is an incredible family man, he looks like he doesn’t belong to this generation of players, he’s very quiet and is totally focused on family, on kids, on parents, on a very quiet life.

“But he gets onto the pitch every morning and… he doesn’t work much.

“When he gets onto the pitch you don’t see the reflection of a week of work, you just see a reflection of his talent.”

Neymar in tears as he steps towards breaking Pele’s goal record after scoring for Brazil, football legend reacts to PSG star’s feat

Neymar broke down in tears after taking another step towards Pele’s Brazil goal record in a scintillating Copa America victory over Peru.

The all-time great’s tally of 77 is just nine away for the Paris Saint-Germain star following Thursday night’s 4-0 win.

He stated: “It’s moving for me, I’ve been through a lot these last two years. These numbers are nothing more than my joy of playing for Brazil, representing my country, my family.

“We’re all going through a very atypical moment, a very hard moment in Brazil and elsewhere.

“To be a role model for someone, to make people happy, it gives me joy. I love the story that I’m writing here, I want my family and friends to be proud.

“I hope everyone who loves this game are proud of me, because these numbers don’t really mean anything, only the pride of representing Brazil.”

Pele, 80, took to Instagram to call on Neymar to do his country proud by taking the record.

He wrote: “Every time I see this boy, he is smiling.

“It’s impossible not to smile back. It is contagious. I, like all Brazilians, am always happy when I see him playing soccer.

“Today, he took another step towards my goalscoring record for the Selecao. And I’m rooting for him to get there, with the same joy I’ve had since I saw him play for the first time.”

Copa America hosts Brazil took the lead after only 12 minutes as Neymar delivered a cross from the left flank that was headed clear.

But Manchester City ace Gabriel Jesus returned the ball to the penalty area where Alex Sandro was left alone to fire it into the back of the net.

The Brazilians thought they would double their lead from the penalty spot on 61 minutes but VAR ruled that Neymar had gone down on his own while under pressure from Renato Tapia.

But that didn’t matter as the 29-year-old got his goal anyway in the 68th minute with a stunning long-range shot after a pass by Fred caught Peru’s backline off guard.

Tite’s men made it three just a minute before full-time when Neymar passed to Richarlison on his left and the Everton ace delivered a through ball for Everton Ribeiro to finish off a beautiful move.

And Richarlison sealed another key win in the third minute of stoppage time when Neymar produced an incredible through ball to Roberto Firmino, but the Liverpool star was denied by Pedro Gallese.

Tottenham’s move for Gennaro Gattuso as manager collapses

Tottenham’s search for manager has suffered setback as the London club have have decided to abandon their pursuit of Gennaro Gattuso.

The club’s managerial search took a surprise twist on Thursday when they aborted their attempts to appoint former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca at the last minute and opened talks with Gattuso.

However, Spurs have now ruled the Italian out of the race after holding brief talks with him.

Fonseca had agreed to join Spurs and begun discussions with new managing director of football Fabio Paratici about their plans for the squad and the makeup of his coaching staff.

However, with the confirmation of Fonseca’s appointment seemingly imminent, Spurs chose to walk away.

Spurs insisted financial issues were not behind their change of heart and it was simply a call to go in a different direction made by the club’s hierarchy.

The sudden availability of Gattuso was believed to be one factor in Spurs’s decision after he walked away from his new job with Fiorentina on Thursday after just 23 days in the post.

Chelsea star Thiago Silva in news as PSG move to sign Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has been mentioned as the reason for Paris Saint-Germain’s desperation to sign free agent Sergio Ramos.

PSG bitterly felt the loss of experienced defender Silva after the Brazilian joined Chelsea on a free before this season, and it’s thought Ramos could fill that void.

Ramos has therefore been been offered the opportunity to join Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

Following the confirmation of the veteran defender’s departure, the questions quickly became about who is going to sign Ramos, a 35-year-old with large wages who has missed 35 games through injury across all competitions this season.

But it seems there may already be an option on the table with Diario AS claiming French giants PSG have already reached out to Ramos to find out whether he is interested in playing in Ligue 1.

The report claims the offer is ‘one of the best’ options available to Ramos currently, and that the Spain international may be inclined to make the move to Paris due to the relationships he already has with a number of players, including Kaylor Navas, Angel Di Maria and others.

It’s also reported that Ramos ‘likes the idea’ of working under PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino, who has been regularly linked with Real Madrid in the past, while also being Spanish-speaking.

Tottenham turn to Gennaro Gattuso after talks with former AS Roma boss Paulo Fonseca collapsed

Negotiations between Paulo Fonseca and Tottenham collapsed and Spurs are now in talks with Gennaro Gattuso, according to reports.

The last 24 hours have been quite intense for Gattuso, a 2006 Italy World Cup winner, who parted ways with Fiorentina just 23 days after having being announced La Viola coach.

Several reports in Italy, as cited by Football Italia, state that Gattuso and Fiorentina had disagreements over the club’s summer transfer strategies.

Gattuso’s agent Jorge Mendes was massively involved in the dispute as the Tuscans were in talks to sign some of his clients but were reportedly unwilling to match the agent’s economic demands in terms of commissions.

Tottenham are now negotiating with the Italian tactician after that talks with former Roma coach Paulo Fonseca collapsed.

Sky Sport Italia journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims the Portuguese coach won’t be appointed Tottenham coach due to ‘tax reasons’, meaning Gattuso is now the leading candidate to take over in North London.

Tottenham appointed former Juventus director Fabio Paratici as their new managing director last week.

Paratici is on very good terms with Mendes having signed both Joao Cancelo and Cristiano Ronaldo during his time in Turin.