11:09 AM ET American Jesse Marsch is one of the leading candidates in the running to become the new manager of AS Monaco, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 club sacked Niko Kovac on Thursday after what the board described as an underwhelming first half of the season. – Notebook: The inside stories from
Month: December 2021
9:25 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Here’s a little game everyone can play, which is ironic, really, because it’s the games not everyone can play that brings it to mind. Of all the managers at Spain‘s first division LaLiga clubs, who do you think is the best player? If you stuck them in their team,
10:19 AM ET Three Liverpool players and more staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the trip to Chelsea but it is too soon to ask the Premier League to postpone the game, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. The league has postponed 18 games so far due to a mixture of COVID-19
5:36 AM ET Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said he fears Romelu Lukaku‘s controversial interview could destabilise his side’s season and that he was surprised over the striker’s claim he is unhappy at the club. In a conversation with Sky Sport Italia recorded three weeks ago but released on Thursday, Lukaku suggested he was “not happy”
7:28 AM ET Nigeria will be without striker Emmanuel Dennis for the Africa Cup of Nations. Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images Nigeria striker Emmanuel Dennis has been excused from participating at the Africa Cup of Nations as his club side Watford are “baring fangs,” according to a statement released by the country’s FA. A Nigeria Football
8:30 AM ET Southampton and Newcastle have both had other matches cancelled in December. Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Mark Leech Sports Photography/Getty Images Newcastle United‘s Premier League match against Southampton at St. Mary’s on Sunday has been postponed due to COVID-19 cases and injuries in their squad, the league announced on Friday. It is the 18th Premier
10:30 AM ET We’ve approached the approximate midway point of the 2021-22 English Premier League season. Despite a rampant run of COVID-19 postponements, nine of 20 teams have now played half of their 38 matches, and others will hit that mark soon enough. Manchester City were the title favourites at the beginning of the season
4:00 AM ET Real Madrid want to pair Kylian Mbappe with Erling Haaland in a forward line that would be the envy of world football — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Arsenal have plans to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Jump to: Arsenal’s list of Auba replacements | City goodwill towards Barca in Torres deal
4:00 AM ET Manchester United should, for the sake of entertainment, pledge to give Cristiano Ronaldo more opportunities to stage his rescue acts in 2022. Alex Pantling/Getty Images Goodbye 2021, hello 2022. All you have to do is be better than either of the past two years, so quite frankly the bar is pretty low. It’s
6:03 PM ET Luke Thrower The January transfer window is almost upon us and, naturally, all the gossip on who’s moving where is heating up. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz as we count down to the 2022 winter window. TOP STORY: Barcelona eye De Ligt, Laporte in rebuild Barcelona have been linked
3:23 PM ET Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku said he is unhappy with manager Thomas Tuchel’s system while also admitting he would like to return to Serie A side Inter Milan at some point in his career. Lukaku left Inter in August and returned to Chelsea for a second stint in a deal worth a club
6:42 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — “That’s more like it,” said the presenter as he opened MUTV’s half-time coverage of Burnley‘s visit to Old Trafford on Thursday, and you could almost hear the relief spill out of the TVs dotted around the stadium. The past 12 months have been a tough sell for
6:16 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo revealed that he was assaulted. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Joao Cancelo was assaulted in a home robbery that left the Manchester City defender with a cut above his eye. Cancelo posted on Instagram on Thursday to reveal he had jewelry stolen after being attacked by four men. City’s
5:56 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have made Alvaro Morata their top target for January following the signing of Ferran Torres for €55 million, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Morata, 29, is on loan at Juventus from Atletico Madrid, but sources told ESPN he is ready to cut his stay in Italy short
5:06 PM ET Manchester United moved up to sixth in the Premier League thanks to a 3-1 over struggling Burnley at Old Trafford on Thursday to maintain their unbeaten start under interim manager Ralf Rangnick. After the poor display in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Newcastle, Rangnick made six changes to his side with Edinson Cavani
12:00 PM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has reiterated his opposition to FIFA’s plans to stage a biennial World Cup, saying the women’s tournament or the Olympics would be affected if they were held in the same year as the finals. The European football governing body and its South American counterpart CONMEBOL have strongly opposed
12:44 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Success at a young age in domestic club soccer, a bronze medal in the latest Summer Olympics — surely a move abroad would be the natural next step for many of Mexico‘s up-and-coming stars, right? That was the initial line of thinking earlier this year. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga,
10:20 AM ET Antonio Conte has urged Tottenham to act in the January transfer window after he said signings are essential if the club is to qualify for Europe next season. The 52-year-old replaced Nuno Espirito Santo in November and he has since undergone an evaluation of the Spurs squad with a meeting due to
7:00 AM ET The Takagawa Gakuen High School soccer team’s free kick routine was viewed more than five million times in 24 hours. Twitter @yoshinikov Congratulations are due to Takagawa Gakuen High School, who got their Japanese High School tournament campaign off to a flying start on Tuesday with a win over Star Ridge of Ishikawa.
9:31 AM ET First is first and second is nowhere, as the saying goes, so Thomas Tuchel and Jurgen Klopp fill need to find a way to motivate their Chelsea and Liverpool players ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. Unless Manchester City suffer an unprecedented collapse in the title race over the
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