Sergio Ramos is joining Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, according to RMC Sport correspondent Mohamed Bouhafsi.

The 35-year-old reportedly agreed to a two-year contract with PSG on Thursday, one day after his deal with Real Madrid officially expired. He spent the last 16 years with Madrid and captained the club for the past six seasons.

Manchester City and Bayern Munich were reportedly monitoring the situation, but any hopes they may have had of a breakdown in talks seemingly evaporated Thursday.

Ramos, who’s never played club football outside of Spain, said in June that Madrid withdrew their offer of a one-year extension before he could accept it.

“In recent months, the club made me an offer of one year with a lower salary, and I want to emphasize that money was never a problem,” he told reporters at his farewell press conference. “I wanted two years for continuity, for me and my family. There was never a financial issue.

“When I finally decided to accept the offer of one year and a lower salary, I was told the offer had an expiration date that I was not aware of.”

Ramos is expected to become PSG’s third free-agent signing of the summer after goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.

Les Parisiens are also reportedly closing in on the acquisition of full-back Achraf Hakimi from Inter Milan for around €70 million.

Ramos made 671 appearances for Madrid, winning 22 titles.

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo tied former Iranian striker Ali Daei’s record of 109 goals in men’s international soccer with a pair of penalties in Wednesday’s Group F finale against France.

Ronaldo also added to his own benchmark at the European Championships, bringing his tournament total to an unparalleled 14 tallies.

Canadian women’s star Christine Sinclair holds the all-time international scoring record with 186 goals in 297 matches.

Daei set the men’s record in an astonishing 149 appearances – 29 fewer than Ronaldo needed to hit the milestone. However, Daei played the majority of his international matches in the less competitive Asian Football Confederation.

Ronaldo entered his fifth European Championship with the competition’s scoring record and the all-time men’s mark within view. The forward was previously tied with three-time Ballon d’Or winner Michel Platini on nine goals at the Euros.

The 36-year-old leads this year’s tournament with five goals, including three penalties.

UEFA’s executive committee approved a rule change Thursday that will eliminate the away goals rule in all club competitions for the 2021-22 season.

Knockout ties in which both sides score the same number of goals over the two legs will now be decided by two 15-minute extra periods followed by penalties if required, UEFA’s statement announced.

The rule will be in place in all men’s, women’s, and youth competitions under the umbrella of European football’s governing body.

The away goals rule has been employed by UEFA in its competitions since 1965. According to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, discussions have taken place over the last few years to modify or eliminate the policy.

“The impact of the rule now runs counter to its original purpose as, in fact, it now dissuades home teams – especially in first legs – from attacking, because they fear conceding a goal that would give their opponents a crucial advantage,” Ceferin added.

“There is also criticism of the unfairness, especially in extra time, of obliging the home team to score twice when the away team has scored.”

The abolishment of the rule also means away goals will no longer be criteria for determining places in the group stages for two sides with the same number of points.

Sourcing statistics from the mid-1970s until the present, there has been a continuous reduction in the difference between the number of home/away victories (from 61%/19% to 47%/30%), according to UEFA. Additionally, there has been a gradual change in the number of goals scored per match in men’s competitions, home and away (from 2.02/0.95 to 1.58/1.15).

Standardized pitch sizes, improved stadiums, and enhanced refereeing with the introduction of video replay are among other factors that UEFA considers to have “blurred the lines between playing at home and away.”