3:14 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken a dig at the spending power of Chelsea and Manchester City and said some clubs are owned by “countries” and “oligarchs.” The Premier League champions have only signed Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos this summer and have struggled in their pursuit of Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago. –
Month: September 2020
2:26 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Japan Women’s World Cup winner Yuki Nagasato is joining men’s club Hayabusa Eleven of the Kanagawa Prefecture League in Japan. She will be the only woman playing on a men’s club in
12:26 AM ET In these extraordinary times, the coronavirus is now fully part of football. A lot of things can just change after one or two positive tests. Without the virus, Kylian Mbappe would not have missed France‘s underwhelming 4-2 win against Croatia on Tuesday night — the same score as in the World Cup
5:26 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo is setting his sights on becoming the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football after passing the 100th goal mark with Portugal. The Juventus forward scored twice in Portugal’s 2-0 Nations League victory against Sweden on Tuesday and needs eight goals to equal the record of 109 scored
7:11 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Click here to check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. TOP
1:48 PM ET In 2016, when Weston McKennie signed his first professional contract with Bundesliga side Schalke 04, the move was celebrated in just about every corner of the U.S. except for Dallas and MLS headquarters in New York. McKennie had been in the youth system of FC Dallas for seven years. As such, FCD
3:17 PM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Editor’s note: Tor-Kristian Karlsen is a Norwegian football scout and executive and is the former chief executive and sporting director at AS Monaco. He will write regularly for ESPN on the business of soccer and the process of scouting. In his latest column, he looks at new AC Milan midfielder
12:03 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s hopes of having fans back at Old Trafford for the start of the new season have been dented after the UK government and the Premier League both urged caution over test events. Talks have taken place over permission to use United’s game against Crystal Palace on Sept. 19
12:17 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s hopes of landing Jadon Sancho before the transfer deadline have been boosted after progress was made on issues surrounding wages and agent fees, sources have told ESPN. United have been struggling to get over the two major stumbling blocks — separate from agreeing a fee with Borussia Dortmund
4:22 AM ET Most footballers shy away from comparisons to the greats but not Harry Kane. The Tottenham and England striker has consistently judged himself against the two best players of this generation, and perhaps all-time: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. A reminder of this came in the first episode of Amazon’s “All or Nothing:
11:23 AM ET Whether you like it or not, VAR is back for the 2020-21 Premier League season. But has it changed for the better? Remember that crunching tackle from Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Giovani Lo Celso on Chelsea‘s Cesar Azpilicueta? An obvious red card that the VAR said was just fine? Increased use of those
6:33 PM ET Just over an hour before kick-off at the Telia Parken Stadium, Gareth Southgate gently paced inside the centre circle of an otherwise empty pitch. It is difficult to know which was more ponderous: the England manager in those moments or the midfield performance that followed in a 0-0 draw in Copenhagen. Southgate
6:00 AM ET Just 48 days after the end of the last campaign, the 2020-21 Premier League season will get underway on Sept. 12. 2 Related If that short recess makes it difficult to tell one season from the next, don’t worry: we have a fresh batch of kits, with teams releasing their new home,
11:00 AM ET Atlanta United technical director Carlos Bocanegra was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The former U.S. Men’s National Team captain is the lone member of the Class of 2020 and will be enshrined in 2021. • Sources: Chelsea to
1:40 AM ET Lee Nguyen, who played six seasons for the New England Revolution, is headed back to his old club. The 33-year-old midfielder was dealt from expansion Inter Miami CF to New England on Tuesday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2021 draft and up to $50,000 in general allocation money. “His
6:36 PM ET England manager Gareth Southgate admits he has been left puzzled by the full facts of Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood‘s quarantine breach and revealed the pair would have been dropped regardless of any safety concerns. Foden, 20, and Greenwood, 18, were sent home after inviting two women to the team hotel in
2:30 PM ET Kevin De Bruyne has been voted the PFA Players’ Player of the year for the 2019-20 season, with the midfielder becoming the first Manchester City player to win the award since its inception in 1974. – Premier League preview: Big questions, team-by-team projections Despite finishing the season with a winner’s medal in
4:50 PM ET France earned a rollercoaster 4-2 home win over Croatia in an entertaining top-tier Nations League Group 3 match on Tuesday with the outcome a carbon copy of their memorable clash in the 2018 World Cup final. The French made it two wins out of two after their opening 1-0 victory at Sweden
2:44 PM ET It seems like only yesterday that the 2019-20 season was wrapping up (well, maybe a month?) across Europe but after a quick breather and some UEFA Nations League fixtures as a sporting aperitif, it’s time for the 2020-21 Premier League season to begin. There’s a lot to preview, too, with some clubs
5:24 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo was never going to break the 100-international-goal barrier with a scruffy tap-in from three yards. If his previous achievements have taught us anything about the Portugal captain, it is that the spectacular is always preferable to the mundane. So it was fitting that he became only the second men’s player
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