Month: May 2021

8:17 AM ET Liverpool greats Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler have agreed to buy the club’s former training ground at Melwood. The club spent almost 70 years at the training base before moving to their new £50 million AXA Training Centre in November. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Notebook: PSG eye

9:23 AM ET Zinedine Zidane has laughed off suggestions that he is poised to quit Real Madrid this summer but fuelled speculation about his future by saying: “There are moments when you have to stay and others when you have to go.” Zidane, whose contract at the club runs until 2022, has faced weekly questioning

6:52 AM ET Dutch DJ Martin Garrix (c) with Bono (l) and The Edge (r). UEFA With the tournament kicking off in less than a month, the official Euro 2020 anthem has been released. “We Are The People” has been produced by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and features Bono and The Edge of U2 fame. 2

8:09 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he will speak to Sadio Mane to address the forward’s handshake snub following Thursday’s 4-2 win at Manchester United in which the player was dropped to the substitutes’ bench. Mane was a 74th-minute substitute for Diogo Jota, who scored Liverpool’s opening goal at Old Trafford after

7:12 PM ET Neymar will likely not play for Paris Saint-Germain in next week’s French Cup final against AS Monaco due to a booking in Wednesday’s semifinal. The Brazilian star fumed online after being suspended, describing the situation as “a mess.” – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) “I would like to understand

6:39 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: Would Barca let Messi go for Haaland? The

5:26 PM ET Kathleen McNamee When the final whistle blew in Chelsea’s Women’s Champions League semifinal win over Bayern Munich on May 2, an emotional Emma Hayes was engulfed by her coaching team. Fran Kirby, who had just run the length of the pitch to score into an empty net and put the tie beyond

1:36 PM ET Adriana Garcia Brazil coach Tite has recalled Manchester United midfielder Fred as part of his squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay. Fred, 28, returns to the Selecao after a two-and-a-half-year absence, and Tite said his “high-level” performances for United have earned him a place in his 24-man

8:35 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Parma U19 star Drissa Camara dons the Black Lives Matter kit. Parma Calcio Parma will wear a special Black Lives Matter shirt for their clash with Sassuolo on the penultimate day of the Serie A season. Parma traditionally play in a white shirt with a black cross through the middle.

10:50 AM ET Coaches Thomas Tuchel and Brendan Rodgers will battle it out to try to win their first trophy in English football when Chelsea and Leicester City meet in Saturday’s FA Cup final at Wembley (12.15 p.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+, U.S. only). It’s a game that will see two of the Premier

5:10 AM ET Arsenal have unveiled their new away kit for the 2021-22 campaign, and once again the Gunners have trawled back through their past glories in search of inspiration. – PSG launch Jordan Brand inspired kit The jersey marks the 50th anniversary of one of the club’s greatest ever seasons, drawing on the success