The some of the best minds in the world have come together to create the CIES biannual survey of player value in the transfer market, and while most of the conclusions that they come to will not surprise you — Lionel Messi is by far the most valuable — one almost certainly will: Eden Hazard is officially more valuable than Cristiano Ronaldo. 

There is no doubting that Javier Hernandez has learned a lot during his time at Real Madrid. He has struggled and matured more in the past year than he has in his entire career. 

The18 grew deeply excited this morning as it turned to the back pages (read: internet) of The Liverpool Echo and came across the words "Liverpool remain favourites to sign Swedish mega star Zlatan Ibrahimovic". And all for just $16 million.

As Carlo Ancelotti leaves the Bernabeu and Benitez takes his place, the rumored starting XI for Real Madrid has consumed the media. It is expected that the former Chelsea and Liverpool boss will look into the Premier League’s talent to complete his squad in order to replace the likes of Iker Casillas and Gareth Bale should they leave the club. A few possibilities:

In a day of ups and downs for Italian Champions Juventus - one that has seen them lose start defender Giorgio Chiellini ahead of their Champions League Final clash with Barcelona - the team has announced that they have officially signed Paulo Dybala from Palermo.

Dybala joins Juventus, penning a five-year contract with the club. More on his signing here: http://t.co/4eKKE8DWnw pic.twitter.com/WC7PoefO6V

We're not sure who originated this story, so we'll simply tell you that The Daily Mail - the Fox News of tabloid journalism - is reporting that Andrea Pirlo is set to accept an offer from New York City FC to come and spray cultured 40 yard passes all over MLS, once he's dispensed with the trivialities of a Champions League final. The story is being repeated by a slew of other media outlets, from Manchester to Madrid to Manhattan.

Two weeks ago, some very strong rumors emanated from Turkey linking the now former Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp with the top job at Fenerbache. Those rumors were quashed by the club within 24 hours, proving yet again that 99% of transfer gossip is triple-filtered horseshit.

Things have gone from controversial to downright confrontational as the biggest transfer saga of 2015 continues to roll itself around in the muck. Raheem Sterling’s ambition to leave Liverpool was long thought to be a bit of an elephant in the room: many knew the Sterling might indeed want to leave, but no one had come out and said that that was exactly what he wanted. Until now, Sterling had reserved himself to merely asking for a better contract, turning down a lucrative £100,000-a-week offer from Liverpool.

Raheem Sterling is another rising talent from the youth academies of QPR and Liverpool. At the young age of 20 years old, he could be on his way to bigger clubs come the beginning of next season.

The England International has refused to sign a £100,000-per-week contract offered to him during the current season, and is expected to tell Brendan Rodgers he would like to leave Anfield. This could come as a shock to Liverpool fans, as Rodgers was the manager who broke Sterling out of his shell and gave him the opportunity to be a regular starting winger.

There are Galacticos leaving Madrid this Summer, but apparently it’s not the one that we have all thought it would be according to ex-Real Madrid goal keeper Agustin Rodriguez. 

Rodriguez played from Real Madrid from 1980 to 1990, and the 55-year-old told Radio Marca that he is absolutely certain that Cristiano Ronaldo and Iker Casillas will leave the Spanish Capital, and that news of this would break on  Wednesday.