Month: October 2020

12:26 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann are among the players negotiating new contracts with Barcelona as part of short-term cost-cutting measures at Camp Nou, sources have told ESPN. Sergio Busquets and Sergi Roberto, who share the same agent, are also in talks over renewed terms as Barca continue to
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4:29 PM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has taken responsibility for Real Madrid‘s Champions League defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk, calling the 3-2 loss “a bad game, a bad night” and vowing to “find the solution” ahead of El Clasico on Saturday. Madrid trailed 3-0 at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium after a disastrous defensive display,
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2:04 PM ET Former Mexico national team coach Javier Aguirre feels Major League Soccer is more attractive to him than Liga MX at this stage of his career, citing the relative stability in the head coach’s position. The 61-year-old is currently out of work after parting ways with Leganes, who were relegated on the last
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11:18 AM ET It’s probably not a coincidence that reports of a breakaway European Super League resurfaced just as the Champions League returns. This is the classic story that won’t go away and, at its heart, is about pitting the world’s biggest football clubs against each other on a regular basis, or, at least, a
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7:17 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has said the club are having to “carefully manage resources” because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the club’s latest financial results showed net debt has increased by 133% to £474.1 million. As well as the huge increase in debt, United’s fourth quarter and
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5:37 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has clashed with former player Jamie Carragher over the club’s transfer business this summer. Club legend Carragher questioned whether Liverpool should have signed more defensive cover after Virgil van Dijk suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the 2-2 draw at
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4:41 AM ET Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo said he is ashamed of the Nigerian government following reports that soldiers opened fire on protesters in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday. Nigerians have been demonstrating nationwide every day for nearly two weeks against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),
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12:45 AM ET Randall Leal, Jhonder Cadiz and Daniel Rios scored goals as Nashville SC took advantage of nearly every chance and a pair of friendly caroms to post a 3-0 win over visiting FC Dallas on Wednesday in an inter-conference matchup. Joe Willis recorded two saves, both after halftime, to earn his league-leading eighth
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8:55 PM ET The USL has agreed to a request by Phoenix Rising that should the club advance to the 2020 USL Championship final, it will relinquish hosting rights for the match. Phoenix had come under increasing criticism for benefiting from a win via a forfeit in which Rising forward Junior Flemmings directed an anti-gay
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2:44 PM ET Chelsea have opened the door to a dramatic return to first-team football for Petr Cech after naming the retired goalkeeper in their 25-man Premier League squad. The 38-year-old hung up his gloves in May 2019 having left the Blues to join Arsenal in 2015 and returned to Stamford Bridge to become the
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3:04 PM ET Georginio Wijnaldum said the tackles Liverpool were subject to in Saturday’s Merseyside derby were “unacceptable” and said the players all had sleepless nights after seeing their talismanic defender Virgil Van Dijk was forced off with a potentially season-ending injury. Van Dijk requires surgery after Jordan Pickford‘s knee-high tackle in the 11th minute
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4:49 PM ET Chelsea were frustrated by a disciplined Sevilla as their opening Group E fixture in the Champions League ended in a cagey 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Europa League winners Sevilla, who have been a thorn in the side of English clubs
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