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Aberdeen have agreed the signing of Motherwell captain Declan Gallagher.

The 30-year-old Scotland defender will join the Dons this summer on a two-year deal.

Aberdeen boss Stephen Glass said:

Eden Hazard has said sorry and insisted he did not mean to offend any Real Madrid fans after laughing and joking with members of Chelsea’s team following his side’s exit from the Champions League at the semi-final stage.

Real Madrid lost 3-1 on aggregate after Chelsea progressed to the final thanks to goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount at Stamford Bridge which gave the Blues a 2-0 win

Arsenal and Everton lead a host of teams considering a summer transfer bid for Sheffield United midfielder Sander Berge.

A number of top European clubs are also known to be keen on the Norway international, who returned to competitive action on Sunday after more than four months out with a hamstring injury.

Mikel Arteta bemoaned Arsenal’s bad luck in his post-match press conference. The injury to Granit Xhaka in the warm-up. The two Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang efforts that struck the post.

But there is only so much that can be put down to bad luck. Arsenal bowed out of the Europa League having only mustered one shot on target, at home, in a semi-final they had to win.

Fabio Capello says Jose Mourinho’s return to Italian football will help raise the profile of Serie A, while outgoing Roma boss Paulo Fonseca thinks his successor will do a „great job“ in charge at the Stadio Olimpico.

The former Tottenham head coach was appointed on a three-year deal earlier this week and will begin his new role at the start of next season. The announcement came three hours after the club confirmed that Fonesca will leave his position at the end of the 2020/21 campaign.

Rangers and Celtic ‘B’ teams have been invited to enter teams into the Scottish Lowland Football League on a one-season basis.

The SLFL said discussions were at an early stage and came following an approach to both top-flight teams to help to try to improve the player development pathway in Scotland as well as bringing the opportunity of „significant benefit“ to the league’s clubs.

Chelsea set up an all-English Champions League final with Manchester City after beating Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the semi-final second leg, going through 3-1 on aggregate.

Timo Werner put Chelsea ahead (28), nodding into the empty net from under the crossbar after Kai Havertz’s chip had hit the woodwork, before Real rode their luck as the hosts missed four

When Leicester City go to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening, their senior centre-back will line up for the away side but there are those who believe he should be wearing red rather than blue. „Jonny Evans should be a Manchester United player now, of course,“ said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer recently.

Steven Gerrard has revealed Rangers have opened talks with Jermain Defoe as they plot out the next stage of the striker’s career.

The 38-year-old former England forward proved he can still play a part for Gerrard’s newly-crowned champions as he rounded off Sunday’s 4-1 Old Firm win against Celtic with a goal in injury time.

Ashley Young hopes football’s four-day social media boycott will force companies to „wake up“ and properly address the issue of online abuse.

Sky Sports joined the wider sporting community in taking part in the boycott and did not post any sports content to its channels on Facebook, Twitter,