Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on IrishExaminer.com today.

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According to reports, Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan is in negotiations for a possible move to the Premier League side this summer.

Arsenal are just one player short of being ready to dominate Europe, according to shareholder Alisher Usmanov.

It has been 11 long years since Arsenal won a league title, a drought that threatened Arsene Wenger’s popularity — and even his job — and led to serious questions about the underlying philosophy of a club that appeared to value beautiful football above winning football.

Latest reports suggest 25 migrants have died and 400 rescued after a fishing boat carrying over 600 people capsized off the coast of Libya; An evangelical Belfast preacher who branded Islam “satanic” has said his prosecution is a “waste” of public money and Zimbabwe postpones the trial of the guide who oversaw the shooting of Cecil the Lion. Catch up with these and more of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com.

Pep Guardiola has cast doubts over Bastian Schweinsteiger’s fitness by revealing the Manchester United midfielder has not been problem-free for three years. 

Tottenham striker Harry Kane hopes to build on his impressive campaign last term in the forthcoming Premier League season.

A Limerick man has been killed in a domestic disturbance in the US. Referee remarks could land the Cork Board in trouble; and an airline has banned hunting trophies following the ’Cecil the Lion’ outcry. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez remains confident Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema will both still be at the Bernabeu this coming season.

A couple were winched to safety on rescue helicopters after becoming stranded in Dublin Bay; a hoax bomb in Cork may have been a warning to a guest; Ballymun went from high hopes to broken dreams; and the post-mortem on Cilla Black has not revealed why she died. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com.

Manchester United released their new kit on Saturday to much fanfare but the design of the women’s version has caused a social media debate.

Angel di Maria looks set to have a medical with Paris St Germain over the next 24 hours after Manchester United agreed to sell the midfielder to the French club for €63million.

In light of yesterday’s Champions League draw, there might be good reason for optimism English clubs will survive the marathon of the group stage but rather less grounds for confidence in the notion they will still be in the race for Milan when the sprint section turns into the final straight.

Manchester City’s Champions League curse returned to haunt them yesterday after they were drawn with last season’s finalists Juventus and Europa League winners Seville for the group stage of the competition.

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Former Shelbourne Red Adam McDonnell could be about to face Manchester’s famous Reds of United after the young midfielder finally took his belated first bow for Ipswich Town in their 4-1 League Cup win at Doncaster on Tuesday night.

Club Brugge 0 Manchester United 4 (Manchester United win 7-1 on aggregate): Mission accomplished for Manchester United and Wayne Rooney, in more ways than one, as a hat-trick and routine Champions League victory in Brugge carried Louis van Gaal’s team into today’s draw for the group stages.

Morgan Schneiderlin wants to emulate Roy Keane at Manchester United.