By Tim Stannard

1) Real Madrid offer support for Ronaldo in tax fraud affair

Perhaps on alert and nervy over how a moody Leo Messi felt he was not supported by his club when the various tax fraud allegations went through court and ended up with the Barcelona man officially being given a criminal record, Real Madrid have moved fairly quickly to back under-fire Cristiano Ronaldo.

A day after Spanish authorities issued a lawsuit against the alleged Portuguese image-rights infringer, Real Madrid have issued a full-throated support of their player via an official communication published on the club’s website. "Real Madrid C.F. are absolutely convinced that our player Cristiano Ronaldo will prove his total innocence in this process,” read the statement. 

Ronaldo has been accused of defrauding the Spanish state of $16m and the footballer’s management company, Gestifute, have issued a lengthy rebuttal 99.9% of which, Sports Burst simply doesn’t understand. But go knock yourself out and read this. 

Or, instead, have a look at some brand-new kits! Real Madrid have officially released their 18 different versions for the new season – Nacho given the honors on leading the way - 

Remember to tune into the Summer XTRA every day at 7PM ET / 4PM PT to join Kay Murray and Kevin Egan for all the news and weird and wacky stuff from across the soccer world. 

2) Lindelof arrives for Man Utd medical 

TRANSFER TRACKER TIME! There might be some juicy deals going on today. One Swede out and one Swede in for Manchester United with Victor Lindelof at Manchester United for a medical ahead of a move from Benfica for the Swedish stopper. A proper announcement is expected later on Wednesday. 

Bayern Munich midfielder, Douglas Costa, is edging closer to Juventus with all parties involved seeming to think that a move is a very good idea indeed.  And Gabigol…remember him…Las Palmas anyone? That can only go badly. 

Tune in for our daily Facebook live transfer tracker show every day at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT. Go on, it’s a blast. 

3) Premier League gets in early with new season fixtures 

The super-prepared Premier League have already put out their fixture lists for the new season, like perky teacher’s pet reaching to answer the questions in class. Champions Chelsea will host Burnley for the first game on the weekend of August 12th followed by a trip to take on Tottenham. Newbies Brighton have a home clash against Manchester City. 

4) Sides fight for right to lose against Barca and Madrid 

Meanwhile, La Liga likes to do things in its own sweet time thank you very much and is still to decide who will be in the top-flight next season. The second division play-offs are underway on Thursday and beIN SPORTS is delighted to bring you them with Huesca taking on Getafe in a first-leg clash live on CONNECT at 2:55PM ET / 11:55AM PT. 

That’s not the only live sport on the channel today. Heck no, beIN SPORTS are the proud home of WTA tennis and coverage of the Ricoh Open is live on the channel right now! Clickies! 

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