Month: December 2021

9:19 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent An increasing number of clubs are pushing for a shutdown of the Premier League until the new year in an attempt to deal with the growing coronavirus crisis, sources have told ESPN. Premier League chiefs have been informed that with rising case numbers being fuelled by the omicron variant, there
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11:00 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid‘s COVID-19 concerns continue to grow after the club reported five additional positive cases on Thursday. Los Blancos trained on Wednesday but without Luka Modric and Marcelo, who returned positive coronavirus tests on Wednesday. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– PL’s COVID crisis: Explaining protocols,
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8:38 PM ET The New England Revolution has acquired United States midfielder Sebastian Lletget from the LA Galaxy, the clubs announced on Thursday. The Galaxy will receive $300,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) in 2022, with an additional $200,000 in 2023. Sources told ESPN that the deal could see an additional $800,000 based on incentives
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1:23 PM ET The new president of Brazilian club Palmeiras appealed to fans to stop sending money to her personal bank account on Thursday, a day after the details were revealed at her inauguration ceremony. Leila Pereira, who was last month elected Palmeiras’ first female president, was surprised when her social security number and home
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10:25 PM ET Cesar Hernandez CONCACAF announced the matchups for the round of 16 of the federation’s Champions League competition at a presentation in Miami, Florida on Wednesday. The knockout round begins in February and is headlined by a clash between MLS’ CF Montreal and Liga MX’s Santos Laguna. As the only round of 16
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5:23 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Amid the frenzy of Atlas clinching their first Liga MX title since 1951 with a two-legged victory over Leon, social media posts helped paint a full picture of celebrations, some tongue-in-cheek comments, and of course, a few eyebrow-raising moments from the weekend. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA
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5:20 AM ET Brentford manager Thomas Frank said the club recorded a further four COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images Brentford boss Thomas Frank has called for the Premier League to postpone its latest round of fixtures as positive coronavirus cases mount up among players and staff. Brentford recorded four more positive COVID-19
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4:36 AM ET After three matches and a handful of training sessions, we’re starting to see what Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United will resemble. After news of United’s new interim manager broke through, the tales of Rangnick’s methods — and his influence on world football and gegenpressing as we know it — were well documented. From
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10:24 AM ET Antonio Conte has said Tottenham‘s mounting fixture pile-up could be responsible for the Premier League rejecting the club’s request to postpone Thursday’s game at Leicester City and warned his players are at greater risk of injury after contracting COVID-19. Spurs were forced to close their training ground last week after a severe
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8:50 AM ET Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool still don’t know when the club will release Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita for international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, despite the start of the tournament being less than a month away. The 24-team competition, delayed by 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne said he is still feeling the effects of COVID-19 nearly a month after first testing positive for the virus. De Bruyne returned a positive test on Nov. 17, the day after Belgium‘s World Cup qualifier against Wales. He returned to training following 10 days
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10:35 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have sued LaLiga, branding the Spanish league’s agreement with the investment fund CVC as “illegal.” LaLiga clubs last week voted in favour of a €2 billion investment deal with CVC despite ongoing opposition from Madrid, Barca and Athletic. – Stream ESPN FC
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12:17 PM ET Burnley’s home game against Watford was called off just hours before kick-off. Photo by George Wood/Getty Images The Premier League’s COVID-19 crisis continues as Burnley‘s match against Watford on Wednesday has been the latest fixture to be postponed. Burnley were set to host Watford but confirmed hours before kickoff that the game was
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6:27 PM ET LONDON — The pre-match message was for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but we know now he wasn’t the only one listening. Mikel Arteta’s decision to strip Aubameyang of the captaincy dominated the build-up to Arsenal‘s game against West Ham United on Wednesday and could have had divisive effect given the striker’s popularity within the
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