Month: March 2023

4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Welcome to the ESPN FC hotlist, which each month highlights some of the most in-form talent aged 23 or under across Europe. Generally, young but established stars like Manchester City‘s Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund‘s Jude Bellingham or Barcelona‘s Gavi aren’t included — otherwise they’d be on the list every month
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9:48 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool face a “Champions League week” as they prepare to take on Premier League title contenders Manchester City and Arsenal. Liverpool play Pep Guardiola’s side at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, travel to Chelsea on Tuesday before hosting league leaders Arsenal next week. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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2:07 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur‘s managing director of football Fabio Paratici will take a leave of absence pending the outcome of an appeal filed after FIFA extended his ban over Juventus‘s dealings to apply worldwide, the Premier League club said on Friday. In January, Serie A side Juve were deducted 15 points for the season
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9:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Luke Shaw joined Manchester United from Southampton in 2014. Michael Regan/Getty Images Luke Shaw is close to agreeing a new contract with Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. Shaw extended his deal by a year in December but the club have moved to tie the left-back down to a longer contract.
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8:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have acknowledged they are in contact with Lionel Messi about bringing him back to the club when his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires in June. Vice president Rafa Yuste confirmed Friday the club are looking into the possibility of re-signing Messi, who left for PSG in 2021,
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6:13 AM ET The Premier League announced new rules that could see club owners removed for human rights abuses. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Human rights groups have challenged the Premier League to robustly enforce new rules aimed at tightening club ownership by ensuring abusers and nation states are banned from controlling teams in England. At a
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1:22 PM ET Herve Renard has been named France women‘s coach until 2024 and will lead the team at this year’s World Cup, the French federation (FFF) said on Thursday. The 54-year-old Frenchman resigned as coach of the Saudi Arabia men’s team this week after leading them to last year’s World Cup in Qatar where
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6:08 PM ET Former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis does not remember using insulting language towards Christine Sinclair when she brought the women’s soccer team’s concerns to him but has apologised for the incident, he said on Thursday. Sinclair, the world’s all-time leading international goal scorer, appeared before a parliamentary committee three weeks ago to
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1:44 PM ET FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during a meeting ahead of the opening of the 76th CONMEBOL Ordinary Congress on Thursday. Christian Alvarenga/Getty Images Argentina has submitted a formal bid to host this year’s Under-20 World Cup in place of Indonesia, which was stripped of its rights to stage the tournament, FIFA president
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6:23 PM ET Sophie Lawson Chelsea knocked out holders Lyon in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League after a thrilling second leg at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. Maren Mjelde’s VAR-awarded penalty with the final kick of extra time cancelled out goals from Lyon’s Vanessa Gilles’ and Sara Däbritz’ to
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11:13 AM ET Associated Press Owners and directors of English Premier League clubs can be disqualified for human rights abuses, the organisation said Thursday. The league announced changes to its owners’ and directors’ test (OADT), which include new rules that will give it power to remove leading officials who contravene them. As well as human
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6:19 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona defender Andreas Christensen is drawing interest from several Premier League teams, sources at the Catalan club have told ESPN. Christensen, 26, is enjoying a fine debut campaign with Barca after arriving as a free agent from Chelsea last summer and a source close to the player said
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12:02 PM ET Adriana Garcia Former Spain and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said he wants to manage in the Premier League but confirmed he hasn’t received any offers from England. Luis Enrique, who has been out of a job since leaving Spain after their elimination from the 2022 World Cup, has been linked with
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