Month: January 2021

10:16 AM ET Inter Milan head coach Antonio Conte has said Italian champions Juventus remain the team to beat in Serie A ahead of their meeting at San Siro on Sunday. The Turin club have won the league title for nine consecutive years but haven’t enjoyed their usual domestic dominance this term, as Andrea Pirlo
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7:49 AM ET Mesut Ozil has a verbal agreement with Arsenal to terminate his contract this weekend and will join Fenerbahce in the coming days, sources have told ESPN. Talks are ongoing over the exact numbers involved but sources have told ESPN that Ozil will not receive all of the approximately £7 million in wages
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9:52 AM ET USWNT World Cup winner and three-time NWSL champion Abby Dahlkemper has joined Manchester City from North Carolina Courage on a two-and-a-half year deal, the club confirmed on Saturday. The American side will retain her National Women Soccer League rights as part of the deal. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ Dahlkemper joins
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6:26 AM ET Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said Wayne Rooney‘s knowledge of the game and presence will serve him well in his role as Derby County’s new boss, but cautioned him that management is a results business. Former England and United striker Rooney called time on his illustrious playing career and
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7:10 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden The postponement of Barcelona‘s presidential election has had a knock-on effect on the club’s transfer plans, with a deal for Eric Garcia now set to be put on hold until the summer. Barca coach Ronald Koeman was also hopeful of signing another forward in January, with Lyon‘s Memphis
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7:58 PM ET Eleven people, including the former president of the Flamengo football club, were formally charged on Friday in connection with the death of 10 teenage footballers in a 2019 fire, public prosecutors said. The boys, aged between 14 and 16, were killed on Feb. 8, 2019, when a nighttime blaze swept through the
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Bruno Fernandes has hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s suggestion that Manchester United get too many penalties, saying he doesn’t care what people think. Klopp has hinted that his Liverpool team are less likely to get penalty decisions than United. Ahead of the crucial top of the table clash between the
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6:41 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has become the first player to win the Premier League Player of the Month award four times in the same calendar year after he was honoured for December. Fernandes’ outstanding performances have helped United reach the top of the table at this stage of the season for
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8:52 AM ET Wayne Rooney has retired from football after being appointed as permanent manager of Derby County on a two-and-a-half-year contract. Rooney, the former England and Manchester United forward, had been in caretaker charge of the EFL Championship club since the departure of Phillip Cocu in November. – Insider Notebook: Man Utd rival Chelsea
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12:21 PM ET Swansea City are in “ongoing” discussions to acquire United States winger Jordan Morris from the Seattle Sounders on a six-month loan, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Telegraph was the first to report Swansea’s interest in Morris. – USMNT 2021 to-do list: Find a striker, build depth behind stars– Sources: Juve interested
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