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Brighton's attempt to lure Ipswich's head coach Kieran McKenna has failed.

According to Daily Sports, the 38-year-old coach rejected the Seagulls' offer. In addition, the coach plans to sign a new long-term contract with Ipswich to put an end to all speculation.

McKenna was a top priority for Brighton. After his rejection, the club will focus on the return of Graham Potter, who is currently out of work after being sacked by Chelsea.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti reacted to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois' performance in the last round of the Spanish league against Betis (0-0).

In the first half, Courtois' mistake led to a goal, but VAR cancelled it. According to Realmadrid Exclusivo, Ancelotti drew the Belgian goalkeeper's attention to this episode. During the break, he criticised Thibaut for his performance, stressing that it was important to be calm before the Champions League final.

"Thibaut, you can't afford to show such uncertainty a few days before the Champions League final," the Italian coach said.

Atletico Madrid have taken the first step towards realising the transfer of Girona's Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbik.

According to the famous Ukrainian TV commentator Igor Tsyganik, the capital club came to the Catalans with an offer of 30 million euros for the transfer of the 26-year-old forward, who, remember, became the top scorer of the Spanish championship season-2023/24.

However, according to the journalist, "Girona" did not even begin to consider such an offer. At the same time, it is expected that Atletico will continue negotiations on the transfer of the Ukrainian.

"Atalanta have agreed to extend their cooperation with head coach Gian Piero Gasperini.

According to journalist Nicolo Scira, Gasperini will sign a new contract with the "goddess" until 2026 with an option to extend for another season. Under the new agreement, the 66-year-old will be paid 5 million euros a year.

It is noted that Gasperini received three significant offers (from Napoli and two unnamed foreign clubs), but he rejected them and decided to stay in Bergamo.

On Wednesday, 22 May, Atalanta won a European trophy for the first time in its history. In the Europa League final, they beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, breaking the Germans' record-breaking unbeaten run.

During the summer transfer window, Barcelona were supposed to carry out a significant restructuring of the squad, which would have resulted in four players leaving the Camp Nou. However, due to the Catalan club's recent decisions, this will not happen yet.

According to ESPN, Robert Lewandowski, João Feliz, João Cancelo and Vitor Roque could leave the Blaugrana in the summer, but the nuance is that it was the decision of former head coach Xavi. The coach planned to freshen up the squad, especially in the attacking line.

It is worth noting that Lewandowski himself intends to play at least two more years at Barcelona, and the Catalans are to be led by the Pole's old friend Hansi Flick, with whom they worked together at Bayern Munich.

Head coach of the Ukraine U-17 national youth team Yuriy Moroz has summarised the results of the team's performance at the European Championship 2024. Recall that at the group stage of the tournament, the Blue and Yellow lost to Serbia (0:1) and the Czech Republic (1:3), beat Cyprus (2:0) and finished in third place in the group, failing to reach the play-offs.

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"Aston Villa has announced on its official website that it has extended its contract with head coach Unai Emery.

The new agreement of the Spanish specialist is valid until the summer of 2029. Under the new agreement, the Villans have significantly increased Emery's salary.

Interestingly, just recently, at the end of last month, Aston Villa extended Emery's contract until the summer of 2027. However, after the successful end of the season, the club decided to improve the conditions for the coach.

Emery, 52, has been in charge of Aston Villa since November 2022. This season, the Birmingham club sensationally finished in fourth place in the Premier League and guaranteed its participation in the Champions League for the first time since 1984.

This summer, the famous Italian coach Antonio Conte will become the head coach of Napoli.

As Nicolo Scira writes, the parties have already reached an agreement in principle on a contract until 2027 with a salary of €6.5 million per season plus €2 million in bonuses if the team qualifies for the Champions League.

The final details still need to be agreed, but both sides are confident that the deal will be finalised in the coming days. Conte has been out of work since March 2023 after leaving Tottenham.

The progress of Bournemouth's Ukrainian centre-back Ilya Zabarnyi has once again led to a rise in his price.

According to updated Transfermarkt data, the Dynamo product has added €4 million to his value since March and now costs €32 million. But he is not the one who has made the most progress. Yegor Yarmolyuk added 5 million and is now worth 10 million euros.

The dynamics of other Ukrainians in the English Championship are as follows: Oleksandr Zinchenko minus 4 million (42 - 38); Vitaliy Mykolenko and Mykhailo Mudryk have not changed (28 and 35 respectively).

Dnipro-1 midfielder Maksym Tretyakov has promised that, unlike many of his teammates, he will not leave the team this summer.

- I had the most serious injury in my career so far. So I can't say that I'm in optimal condition. I plan to go through a full training camp with the team and need game practice. My contract is valid for two more seasons, so I plan to fulfil it," Tretyakov said in an interview with the Dniproynik Telegram channel.

Former Dynamo midfielder Oleksandr Aliyev told us how he feels about Artem Milevsky after a public qu arrel.

- "When I came out and said about Tiomo that he was in a bad condition, what did I do wrong? Everyone saw the condition he was in. Now I'm very glad that he's fine and alive and well, but for me he's blocked from all social media. He will understand later, people have to grow up. I don't wish him anything bad, let him enjoy his life. He is still young, 40 years old, he still has time to live. When we meet, what then? Hello, hello. That's it. We'll see. For now, this is my position," Aliyev said on the BurBuzz YouTube channel.

President of Polissia Gennadiy Butkevych, after the appointment of Imad Ashour as the team's new head coach, told us what tasks he will be given.

- "Of course, the tasks will be set as high as possible, and first of all, I can say that I will set these tasks for myself. I understand that the question of the result will not go away and that the result will always be the most important and relevant issue, but I think that if you are as immersed in the training process as possible, if you prove and convince everyone involved that the most important part of this process is to be immersed in every moment. Trying to win every episode, every single game, will lead to the results with the highest probability. The outcome is not in our hands, but what we do to achieve it and how we want to play is in our hands," Butkevich said.