Champion League: Mourinho, Wenger blame one Tottenham player for 2-0 loss to Liverpool

Former Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger and ex-Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho have blamed Harry Kane for Tottenham’s defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday.

Kane was named in the starting XI nearly two months after suffering ankle ligament damage in the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester City.

The Englishman struggled to get into the game in the first half, with Jurgen Klopp’s side taking a 1-0 lead into half time.

Both Wenger and his old rival Mourinho spoke on beIN SPORTS studio.

Wenger noted that Kane did not look fit enough to play.

“He doesn’t look ready and overall only Son [Heung-min] looked dangerous, especially going in behind [Trent] Alexander-Arnold,” he said.

And Mourinho agreed with the former Arsenal boss that Kane slowed things for Tottenham.

“The reality is that Tottenham had 61 per cent of ball possession but had zero shots on target,” Mourinho said.

“They missed lots of passes, they couldn’t link play.

“Harry Kane was hidden all the time.

“They missed lots of passes, they couldn’t link play.

“Harry Kane was hidden all the time

“He normally drops back, normally comes in-between the lines, normally he’s the link player.

“He receives the ball from one side, he goes in-between the lines, he turns, plays with the other full-back of the other side, he arrives in the box

“Nothing of this dynamic [has happened],” he added.

Transfer: Manchester United make promise to Matthijs de Ligt

Manchester United have made a promise to Ajax youngster, Matthijs de Ligt in order to lure him to Old Trafford.

United, according to the Telegraph, have vowed to give De Ligt a starring role should he reject Barcelona move.

Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s side are keen to hijack Barcelona’s deal for De Ligt.

The 19-year-old helped Ajax win the Eredivisie title this season and also starred as they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The player has long been expected to swap Ajax for Barcelona, with the La Liga giants already signing his team-mate Frenkie De Jong.

The Telegraph reports that Manchester United are aiming to secure the services of the player and have promised him a starring role at the club.

PSG star, Neymar in rape scandal

A woman has accused Brazilian footballer, Neymar of raping her in Paris, according to a Sao Paulo police report seen by Reuters.

She was alleging that the world-renowned sports star drunkenly assaulted her at an up-market hotel in the French capital.

The accusation was the latest blow for Neymar, who last month was stripped of the captaincy of the national team and has seen his international reputation suffer amid incidents of indiscipline.

The Brazilian’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Globo website, which first reported the news, said a representative for Neymar declined to comment, awaiting details of the allegations.

Neymar’s father, Neymar Sr., said in a local TV interview: “If public opinion is not cleared up, and if we can’t show the truth rapidly, this will snowball.

“If we have to show Neymar’s WhatsApps and the conversations with this girl, we will, because it is clear that it was a trap.”

He added that they were living “difficult moments.”

According to the police report, the unnamed woman told investigators in Sao Paulo that she met Neymar on Instagram.

She claimed he then suggested they meet in Paris, where he plays for Paris St Germain (PSG).

Neymar’s assistant sent her plane tickets and on May 15 she checked in to the Hotel Sofitel Paris Arc Du Triomphe, according to her account.

The Sofitel hotel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The woman told police that Neymar arrived at the hotel that night “apparently drunk,” and that they talked and “caressed.”

“However, at some point, Neymar became aggressive, and through violence, practised sexual intercourse against the will of the victim,” the police report says.

The woman told police she returned home to Brazil two days later without telling French police about the alleged rape.

She said this was because she was “emotionally shaken and afraid to register the facts in another country,” according to the report.

Neymar is currently in Brazil, training with the national football team ahead of this month’s Copa America.

Late last month, the country’s football federation replaced him as captain for the tournament with his PSG team mate Dani Alves.

Earlier in May, Neymar was banned for three matches by the French football authorities for hitting a fan after PSG’s French Cup final loss to Rennes.

He was also reportedly involved in a dressing room fracas with his PSG team mates.

PSG did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while Brazil’s football federation (CBF) also declined to comment.