8:01 AM ET Liverpool fan group Spion Kop 1906 have announced that they and other groups involved in decorating Anfield’s iconic Kop will remove their flags as a protest against the club’s involvement in the European Super League. The stand has had flags that acted as tributes to iconic players, managers and seasons since the
Month: April 2021
8:48 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Bayern interested in Camavinga France Football reports
6:25 PM ET LEEDS, England — On a night when fans set a Liverpool shirt alight in protest at the club’s involvement in plans for a European Super League, the persistence of a saxophonist outside Elland Road, who played Abba’s “Money, Money, Money” throughout Leeds United‘s 1-1 draw against last season’s Premier League champions, provided
2:15 PM ET While their relationship ended abruptly on Monday with news of his firing, the truth is that Tottenham’s alliance with Jose Mourinho was a transactional relationship from day one. Spurs are run on a day-to-day basis by chairman Daniel Levy, one of the shrewdest and sharpest administrators in football. Mourinho may have fooled
6:01 AM ET Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich have opted to proceed with Champions League reforms rather than participate in the new controversial European Super League, according to Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. Bayern have yet to comment on the proposed league but Watzke said in his statement that both clubs were in agreement
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp called out Leeds for placing a Champions League T-shirt bearing the message “earn it” inside the Reds’ dressing room ahead of the two clubs’ Premier League clash on Monday. For their pregame warm-ups, Leeds players took the pitch at Elland Road wearing the shirts which also displayed the message “Football is
9:00 AM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has accused the 12 clubs behind a proposed European Super League (ESL) of “spitting in the face of football lovers” and dismissed the plan to launch a rival to the Champions League as “disgraceful and self-serving.” Ceferin, who has overseen the re-modelling of the Champions League from 32
9:45 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Well, MLS is back for 2021, and the opening weekend saw no shortage of drama, superb goals
7:17 AM ET It would be something of an understatement to suggest that those driving the plan to launch a European Super League (ESL) involving the game’s biggest clubs spectacularly misread the room before unveiling their self-styled “strategic vision” for the “benefit of the entire European football pyramid.” Those around the table, led by Real
9:40 AM ET Even within a 24-hour period in which football began tearing itself apart over the proposed breakaway Super League, somehow Jose Mourinho still managed to regain the spotlight on Monday when he was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur. On what must go down as one of the most hectic Monday mornings ever in the
6:26 AM ET UEFA’s Executive Committee has responded to the threat of a breakaway European Super League (ESL) by unanimously voting to sanction the new-look 36-team Champions League, sources have told ESPN. In a vote in Montreux, Switzerland, on Monday, the Executive Committee passed a resolution to expand the Champions League from its present format
3:22 AM ET Associated Press The 12 European clubs pursuing a Super League have told the leaders at FIFA and UEFA that legal action is already being pursued to stop them from action intended to thwart the launch of the breakaway competition, according to a letter obtained on Monday by the Associated Press. The letter
12:55 PM ET A Mason Greenwood double helped Manchester United close the gap at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Sunday. Greenwood scored late after James Tarkowski had equalised moments after the youngster had put the hosts ahead in the second half. – Dawson: United
1:43 PM ET On Sunday, the European game was rocked by revelations that a number of leading clubs — anywhere from 12 to 15 — had either signed an agreement or expressed interest in joining a breakaway league that would effectively be a direct competitor for the UEFA Champions League. Among them are Manchester United,
4:23 PM ET LONDON — Kelechi Iheanacho‘s time may finally have arrived. The 24-year-old has spent the majority of his career firmly in the shadow of more celebrated forwards. At Manchester City, he was understudy to Sergio Aguero for two years at the height of the Argentine’s powers. Since 2017, he has played a supporting
2:13 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — After beating Burnley 3-1 at Old Trafford, Manchester United are within eight points of Premier League leaders Manchester City with six games to play. It is the same situation that faced City when chasing United in 2012 … and we all know how that finished. Lightning is
5:49 PM ET Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez recorded his first two-goal performance of his MLS career and Sacha Kljestan scored in the 81st minute to lift the LA Galaxy to a 3-2 win over host Inter Miami CF on Sunday. Hernandez matched his goal total from all of 2020, the first year in MLS for the
8:22 PM ET Luke Thrower The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Zenit St Petersburg are interested in Barcelona defender
4:58 PM ET A heavily depleted Real Madrid side scraped a 0-0 draw at Getafe on Sunday in La Liga to fall three points behind leaders Atletico Madrid. Real beat Barcelona 2-1 last week and overcame Liverpool in midweek to reach the Champions League semifinals but were crippled by the absence of nine players due
3:23 PM ET Kelechi Iheanacho scored the game’s only goal as Leicester City saw out a narrow victory over Southampton at Wembley on Sunday night to book a spot against Chelsea in the FA Cup final. – FA Cup on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Leicester, who have never won the FA
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