4:24 AM ET Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara is set to leave the Bundesliga side in the close season because he wants a new challenge, the club’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said. – Q&A: How summer market will work– Transfer Grades: Chelsea A+ for Werner – Insider Notebook: Pogba open to new United deal The
Month: July 2020
6:27 PM ET Alex Kirkland A Sergio Ramos penalty saw Real Madrid beat Getafe 1-0 on Thursday night to go four points clear of rivals Barcelona at the top of La Liga. A combative first half saw the visitors put Madrid under pressure, although the best chance fell to Vinicius Junior, sliding in to connect
3:42 PM ET A full three months have passed since Newcastle United and the Saudi Arabia-led consortium seeking to buy the club submitted paperwork to the Premier League for approval. A process that normally takes no more than a month is taking three times as long, as everyone from members of the British parliament to
4:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Premier League clubs splashed out just short of £1.5 billion ($1.8bn) on nearly 100 permanent transfers last summer, but the next window — when it finally opens — is a step into the unknown. The coronavirus pandemic has hit football finances so hard that the true impact is anyone’s guess,
9:54 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has told ESPN that Lionel Messi is “too intelligent” to be used in next summer’s elections at the Catalan club. Josep Maria Bartomeu cannot stand for re-election as club president when his mandate expires in 2021 and the jostling has begun to succeed
10:12 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool will not be giving “Premier League games away like sweets” and will not rotate players for the sake of it despite having the league title secured. Liverpool won the Premier League with seven games to spare but were handed a heavy 4-0 defeat at Manchester City on
3:32 PM ET Chelsea winger Willian said that he would prefer a move to MLS over a return to Brazil once his days in Europe are through. – See how the Premier League table is shaping up– Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top leagues
4:03 PM ET United States international Weston McKennie is open to leaving Bundesliga side Schalke 04, sources told ESPN. McKennie, 21, was one of the few Schalke players to not see his stock drop following a run of 16 Bundesliga games without a win this season. What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top
6:48 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Sancho ‘agrees terms with United’ The Jadon Sancho saga could be set to come to an end with the news that the England winger has
2:49 PM ET Aleksander Ceferin was not supposed to be having this kind of summer. By this stage, the Champions League and Europa League winners should have been crowned, the transfer market was supposed to be in full swing and the UEFA president was meant to be presiding over the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. We
8:55 PM ET Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club and is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021, according to reports from Cadena Ser. Sources confirmed to ESPN’s Moises Llorens that Messi is said to be angry with Barcelona’s front office
3:52 AM ET Step 1: Pundit makes bold declaration in the media. Step 2: Potentially irritated player or manager responds. It’s the circle of life from a football content perspective, and while sometimes it offers just some time-wasting filler, it occasionally offers some meat, too. Typically, anything to do with Jose Mourinho is pretty meaty.
11:22 AM ET Arsenal‘s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has requested a minimum three-year contract worth up to £250,000-a-week to stay at Arsenal, sources have told ESPN. The 31-year-old has entered the final 12 months of his existing agreement with talks underway over an extension after a delay in negotiations due to the coronavirus pandemic. – FC TV:
3:03 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City winger Leroy Sane has completed his move to Bayern Munich, it was announced on Friday. Sane has signed a five-year contract with the German champions after a €49 million (£44.2m) deal was agreed with City. The fee could rise to €60m and also includes a 10% sell-on clause.
9:45 AM ET Saturday sees the German season conclude when Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, who finished fifth, meet in the German Cup final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion (2 p.m. ET; ESPN2/ESPN Deportes). Gab Marcotti breaks down the game. The pregame form and vibe… For the second straight year — and 13th in the
9:53 AM ET It’s not often that a stylistic rebranding of an international football federation stirs the soul but the Icelandic FA have proven that it is most definitely possible to do it in style. The Football Association of Iceland — or Knattspyrnusamband Islands, to give them their proper name — have launched a new
5:43 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said the “sky is the limit” for 18-year-old striker Mason Greenwood. Greenwood scored his 13th goal of the season in the 3-0 win over Brighton on Tuesday and Solskjaer is confident he will go on to reach the very top. Insider Notebook: Pogba
5:50 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Johanis Menco underwent surgery after a freak accident at home. Ian Walton/Getty Images Colombian goalkeeper Johanis Menco had her left leg amputated after a freak accident at home left her in intensive care. Menco, who was on the books of top division side Real Santander
5:51 PM ET Real Madrid made hard work of a 1-0 win over Getafe on Thursday night to restore their four-point lead in La Liga. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Ratings: Ramos an 8/10 as Real close on title The best chance for Real in the first half came from Vinicius
3:30 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, Paul Pogba is loving life at Manchester United. PLUS: Mourinho the horse, Pochettino’s Benfica talks, and David Beckham’s old Aston Martin could be yours. Jump to: Mourinho the horse a winner |