Month: August 2020

2:10 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens With additional reporting by Rodrigo Faez BARCELONA, Spain — Ronald Koeman’s first act as Barcelona coach was a working lunch with his new bosses on Wednesday. He dined with president Josep Maria Bartomeu, sporting director Ramon Planes and director Javier Bordas at La Venta in the swanky St.
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9:54 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Chelsea have completed the signing of former Barcelona defender Xavier Mbuyamba, the club announced. Mbuyamba, 18, put pen to paper on a three-year contract at Stamford Bridge on Thursday and will join the Premier League club’s development squad ahead of the new season. – Stream
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8:27 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens New Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said he hopes to convince “disappointed” Lionel Messi to stay at the club by making sure he feels important. Sources have confirmed to ESPN that Messi interrupted a break in Cerdanya, where he was on holiday with teammates Luis Suarez and Jordi
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5:51 AM ET Kosovan soccer club FC Prishtina have taken the unprecedented step of signing players on loan from rival teams for one match in order to contest a Europa League qualifier, the club and the national federation have confirmed. Prishtina’s preliminary-round qualifier away to Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar, scheduled for last Tuesday, was
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4:00 AM ET Relegated AFC Bournemouth and Watford have both been handed home games on the first day of the new EFL Championship season as they look to bounce back to the Premier League at the first attempt. – Click here to view the Championship fixtures in full Selected EFL Championship fixtures will be streamed
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4:00 AM ET When the Champions League returned post-lockdown, the one-legged format and general 2020 uncertainty suggested we were ripe for a string of upsets. And while some heavyweights — Manchester City, Juventus, Atletico Madrid — did fall to less illustrious opposition, we ended up with two super clubs in the final: Paris Saint-Germain and
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1:06 PM ET Real Madrid legend and former Pumas UNAM head coach Miguel “Michel” Gonzalez believes there are plenty of Mexican players that could play in Europe and that Inter Miami’s Rodolfo Pizarro took a step down in his career by moving from Monterrey to Major League Soccer. Pizarro has stated that he’d like to
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1:03 PM ET The LA Galaxy announced the signing of goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann from Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on Thursday. Klinsmann, 23, the son of former U.S. national team coach Jurgen, spent the 2019-20 season with St. Gallen but did not make any appearances for the senior team. He played the previous season
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10:35 AM ET USMNT defender Antonee Robinson has completed his transfer from Wigan Athletic to Premier League side Fulham. Robinson, 23, has signed for the newly promoted side for a fee worth in the region of £1.9m, sources have told ESPN. • PL 2020-21 fixtures released• Deulofeu: Koeman added little to my career• USMNT defender
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4:13 PM ET Aubameyang has proven his worth to Arsenal, even if he might be approaching the end of his productive years. Simply put, Arsenal need experience like his to get back to the Champions League. Marc Atkins/Getty Images Anyone questioning the wisdom of Arsenal effectively signing two players over the age of 30 is underestimating
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6:08 AM ET Adriana Garcia Watford forward Gerard Deulofeu has said newly appointed Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman “added nothing” to his career when he played for the Dutchman at Everton. Koeman, 57, signed a two-year deal with Barcelona on Wednesday to replace Quique Setien, who was sacked following the team’s Champions League 8-2 demolition at
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11:56 AM ET Liga MX club Mazatlan has announced 38 positive COVID-19 cases over its Under-20 and Under-17 teams, with the teams’ upcoming weekend games postponed. Eighteen players from Mazatlan’s U20 squad and 16 players from the U17s provided positive test results, with four members of the coaching staff also testing positive. – Stream ESPN
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1:30 PM ET Enner Valencia has been a regular for Ecuador since his 2012 debut. Azael Rodriguez/Getty Images Former West Ham forward Enner Valencia’s sister has been kidnapped in Ecuador, according to reports confirmed by the Ecuadorian government. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– What did you miss? The latest from Europe’s top
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9:50 AM ET The 2019-20 European soccer season unofficially began 422 days ago, when Feronikeli and FC Santa Coloma earned 1-0 victories over the Lincoln Red Imps and Tre Penne, respectively, in the preliminary round of Champions League qualifying. In this, the strangest sports year in most of our lifetimes, the season finally ends this
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11:41 AM ET Manchester United remain determined to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund this summer, but an inability to agree personal terms with the player and negotiate an agent fee with his representative is holding up any deal with the German club, sources have told ESPN. United have been given the green light by
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