Backheel Breakfast: Raheem Sterling wouldn’t sign with Liverpool for infinite money

Raheem Sterling’s agent Aidy Ward had some wonderful quotes published in the London Evening Standard overnight, in which he says that “he’s not signing for £900k a week” and “[Jamie] Carragher is a knob, everyone knows it.” Ward has denied the quotes to Sky Sports, suggesting that he might be dealing with quite a talented impersonator! Because of the quotes, Liverpool have cancelled their meeting with Ward and Sterling.

Real Madrid are reportedly on the brink of firing Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Rafa Benitez. lol. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

FC Barcelona generates 1.2 percent of the city’s GDP and 6 percent of their tourism. (Barcelona)

Koke wants to be “Atleti’s Gerrard.” (FourFourTwo)

The England squad has three brand new names. (FA)

Slaven Bilic is leaving Besiktas and could take over at West Ham. (Guardian)

Michael van Praag has dropped out of the FIFA presidential race. He’s supporting Prince Ali. (BBC)

Roger Schmidt has signed a three-year extension with Bayer Leverkusen. (Bundesliga)

Robbie Keane could return to action this week. (MLS)

Eric Cantona is suing the New York Cosmos. (ESPN FC)

Yann Tear on getting stood over by Martin Skrtel. (The Set Pieces)

Colin McGowan on Raheem Sterling and Liverpool’s saltiness. (Vice)

Sarah McLean on why Ian Holloway should stay away from Blackpool. (Just Football)

The section in which nothing should be taken seriously. It’s rumor season, so this section will be expanded, and as the summer rolls on, will probably be bigger than the actual news section.

BVB are likely to sign Gonzalo Castro from Bayer. (Bild)

More good news for BVB: Mats Hummels is staying put. (ESPN FC)

Juventus might be after Sami Khedira. (Football Italia)

Again, Gareth Bale isn’t leaving Real Madrid. (Mirror)

Huge clubs want Alex Song, says his agent, probably. (Mail)

Juventus won the Coppa Italia and are now chasing a treble. (Black and White and Read All Over)

Arsenal and Sunderland drew, clinching top three for the former and safety for the latter. (The Short Fuse)

Guarani vs. Racing (6:45 p.m.) - Very much the Copa Lib undercard.

River Plate vs. Cruzeiro (9 p.m.) - This should be a semifinal or a final. Winner might be the favorite.

Pachuca vs. Queretaro (9 p.m.) - Both teams lost top players to the U-20 World Cup, so go old guys!

Santos Laguna vs. Chivas (11 p.m.) - Probably kinda defensive and blah, if we’re being honest.