6:17 PM ET Harry Kettle The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the globe.
Month: December 2020
12:59 PM ET Fans will have to wear face masks when they return to Premier League grounds in small numbers at the weekend and avoid hugging each other when celebrating goals, clubs have been told. The Premier League’s protocol for the return of up to 2,000 fans to 10 of their 20 venues makes clear
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7:39 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona should have sold Lionel Messi this summer to alleviate their financial problems, the club’s acting president Carles Tusquets has said. The Argentina star announced in August his wish to leave Barca, his team since 2001, but he was forced to take a U-turn when the Catalan giants demanded his
11:58 AM ET Italy have been drawn to face Spain while Belgium will meet France in the last four of the Nations League finals which will be hosted by the Italians next October, UEFA said on Thursday. The matches will be respectively at San Siro in Milan on Oct. 6 and the Juventus Stadium in
9:15 AM ET The Premier League and the English Football League have agreed a £250 million rescue package to help tackle the devastating financial impact of COVID-19. Talks have been ongoing for months, in November the Department for Culture, Media and Sport arranged a Future of Football Round Table attended by key stakeholders with various
9:15 AM ET Chelsea are expected to listen to offers for Antonio Rudiger and Fikayo Tomori in January as head coach Frank Lampard seeks to reduce the number of centre-backs at the club, sources have told ESPN. Both players almost left the club in the summer. Tottenham and West Ham United enquired about Rudiger while
2:02 PM ET Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland is set to miss the remainder of 2020 because of injury. Dortmund confirmed on Wednesday that the 20-year-old picked up a muscle injury. That means he won’t feature for Dortmund again until after the winter break. Haaland is set to miss seven games in total, including the
5:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have started talks with Ousmane Dembele over a new contract, sources have told ESPN, with the forward’s existing deal set to expire in 2022. Dembele, 23, continued his fine start to the season on Wednesday with a goal and an assist in Barca’s 3-0 Champions League win
1:06 PM ET Lionel Messi and Barcelona have been fined a combined €780 after the player was shown a yellow card for lifting his shirt to pay tribute to the late Diego Maradona following his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Osasuna. Messi, who was fined €600 while his club were fined €180, paid homage
3:31 AM ET It feels like an eternity now, but I vividly remember what I was doing on Feb. 9 of this year. As the final part of a frantic two-week spell broadcasting matches up and down Germany, I found myself on very familiar terrain at the spaceship-like Allianz Arena to the north of Munich.
We’re nearly at the end of 2020, which means it’s time for ESPN’s annual ranking of the best men’s players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to the FC 100. This year, our fifth edition of the countdown has a lot of surprises and new faces — more on that later — as well as
6:25 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — There is no hiding place in the Champions League. If you are not ruthless and decisive in key moments, the only guarantee is that you will pay a heavy price. It gets even worse when you throw naivety into the mix, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United discovered
5:18 PM ET Barcelona made it five wins from five in the Champions League this season with a comfortable 3-0 win against Ferencvaros in Budapest on Wednesday. All the goals came in the opening half an hour, with Antoine Griezmann, Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembele all on target. Barca have already qualified for the last
7:12 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the
4:51 PM ET Olivier Giroud scored four goals as Chelsea beat Sevilla 4-0 to secure top spot in Champions League Group E on Wednesday night. Christian Pulisic was back in the XI for Frank Lampard, following his first appearance as a substitute in a 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur since returning from an
5:38 PM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has hinted the club may have to sell players before they can buy in the January transfer window after admitting they are “restricted” by the size of their squad. – Play English Soccer Pick ‘Em with ESPN The Gunners were unable to move on several fringe players in
2:30 PM ET A player at Italian third tier side Foggia was sitting on his sofa with his daughters when his front door was set on fire, the club’s president said on Wednesday. “A tragedy could have taken place last night, but fortunately neighbours intervened with buckets of water and put out the blaze,” Roberto
4:46 AM ET The shortlists have been published and voting has started for the UEFA.com Women’s and Men’s Team of the Year for 2020. 2 Related Football fans around the world can select their favourite XI from the 50 elite players included on each shortlist, both assembled by UEFA’s expert technical panel. UEFA’s Men’s Team
9:34 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has the backing of Real Madrid‘s board and players, sources have told ESPN, but the coach’s future could be determined by the team’s next three, crucial games against Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach and Atletico Madrid. A 2-0 Champions League group stage defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday had led to speculation