Month: August 2020

3:57 PM ET Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui believes Manchester United are back to their best ahead of Sunday’s Europa League semifinal, where the Spaniards will be targeting their fourth appearance in the competition’s showpiece in the last seven years. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side may have laboured to a 1-0 extra-time win over Copenhagen to reach
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10:00 AM ET You have to hand it to Barcelona. They’ve put years of the same effort, consistency, doggedness and imagination into careering downhill toward their 8-2 humiliation and self-flagellation against Bayern Munich as they once did into carefully building up to what’s widely acknowledged as the greatest Champions League final performance of all time
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7:13 AM ET Arsenal head of football Raul Sanllehi is leaving the London side and will be replaced with Vinai Venkatesham, the club announced on Saturday. Sanllehi joined Arsenal from Barcelona in 2018, initially acting as the club’s head of football relations. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook: Arsenal investigate £72m Pepe transfer
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8:56 AM ET Stephan UersfeldGermany correspondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Borussia Dortmund are set to sign Real Madrid youngster Reinier Jesus on a one-year loan with an option for another season, sources have told ESPN. The 18-year-old joined Real Madrid in a €30 million transfer from Flamengo in January but has yet to
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5:00 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has won the Premier League and Champions League as Liverpool manager. Photo by OWEN HUMPHREYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Liverpool‘s Jurgen Klopp has been named the Premier League’s Manager of the Season after leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years and finishing the season 18 points above nearest rivals
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5:56 AM ET Robbie Fowler is in a dispute with Brisbane Roar after leaving the club. Tony Feder/Getty Images Robbie Fowler has said Brisbane Roar “turned gangster” on him following his exit from the A-League club in June. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic was cited as the official reason for Liverpool legend Fowler’s departure from
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8:21 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Quique Setien’s tenure as Barcelona coach is set to come to an in the coming days following Friday’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich, according to ESPN sources. Barca were chasing their first Champions League triumph since 2015 but, having already missed out
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5:03 PM ET Bayern Munich full-back Joshua Kimmich praised 19-year-old Canada international Alphonso Davies as “unbelievable” following the club’s historic 8-2 defeat of Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinal on Friday night. Having announced himself in the Bundelisga this season, Davies reached the next level on Friday when he set up Kimmich for a 5-2
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5:51 PM ET Gerard Pique says Barcelona need changes at all levels of the club after hitting “rock bottom” in Friday’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarterfinal loss against Bayern Munich. The Champions League was Barca’s last chance of silverware this season after they missed out on La Liga to Real Madrid last month, but defeat
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10:08 AM ET Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said that the club are unable to make signings but remains adamant Jadon Sancho will not join Manchester United this summer. The Bundesliga club have been hit hard by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic but Watzke said the club are confident Sancho will remain
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4:32 PM ET RB Leipzig and U.S. international Tyler Adams said there is “no written plan” for how to stop Paris Saint-Germain‘s Kylian Mbappe and Neymar ahead of their Champions League semifinal match with the Ligue 1 champions. Adams, 21, scored a dramatic winner for Leipzig in a 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid on Thursday
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1:42 PM ET Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti has become the latest La Liga player to test positive for coronavirus, the Catalan club confirmed on Friday. Barca announced in a short statement that Umtiti is “asymptomatic, is in good health and is isolating at home.” – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– What did
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