Blues land Leverkusen’s Germany international to bring summer spend above €224m

Blues close to agreement with Leverkusen, Brazilian out of contract after leaving PSG

Lampard looking to Brazilian’s vast experience as he seeks defensive reinforcements

Former Liverpool attacker Ryan Kent scores the only goal to get Scottish season underway

Irish sports tech company hoping to be the ‘operating system for the world of sports’

French World Cup winner: ‘my body is ready to play a few more years at the best level’

German striker on his way to London club after Liverpool decided not to sign him

More games in La Liga and Bundesliga with Dortmund and Atletico Madrid in action

Leipzig are in the quarters but Germany striker will link up with new employers

Cork native is regarded as one of the best midfielders ever to grace the English game

Frank Lampard’s side have already secured services of Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech

Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz scores late on to become youngest ever Bundesliga scorer

Germany has been the first major league to return but it feels surreal without supporters

20-year-old scores another brace on the road while Borussia Dortmund win at Wolfsburg

How things stand, the big games, who to support and lots more

With top level soccer due to return in Germany on Saturday, we take a look at all the clubs involved

Based on your Premier League team, which German club should you be supporting?

Rangers struggle at Ibrox as several matches are played behind closed doors or postponed

Billionaires at the helm are treated very differently in Germany than England

Wolves take on Greek side Olympiacos who edged Arsenal in the last-32 after extra-time

Irish sports science company has raised over $20m to date as it continues to grow

Irish start-up snaps up The Sports Office to boost its offerings to professional teams

Scottish champions Celtic face FC Copenhagen while Arsenal take on Olympiacos

Well-rested Brazil youths outpass Ireland under-21s in Toulon Tournament semi-final

Borussia Dortmund at one point this term led the table by nine points from any rival

Eintracht Frankfurt bring Chelsea to penalties at Stamford Bridge but fall short

Kante ruled out for Europa Cup semi-final second leg clash with Eintracht Frankfurt

Arsenal to play BATE Borisov while Chelsea will take on Swedish club Malmo FF

Spurs’ livewire forward the sort of player everyone would love to see in their own team

If any club was crying out for a new direction, it’s Arsenal. Why then did Petr Cech start?

Pep Guardiola’s team begin title defence with comfortable win at the Emirates Stadium

Keanan Bennetts joins four other young talents to depart for the German top flight

Barcelona team built on academy products like Messi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pique and Alba

According to numbers Salah, Mané and Roberto Firmino are more valuable to Klopp

Klopp circumspect on forward’s future with Liverpool yet to receive official bid in window

South Korean wide man’s wholeheartedness has made him indispensable to Spurs’ plans

Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham have learnt lessons from last season

Spurs have won only two of their 11 games since Wembley was reopened in 2007

Reigning champions take a 3-0 lead into away leg against city rivals

Hopefully he can help out in the journey, United manager adds of Wayne Rooney