ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2024, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled Erling Haaland “unstoppable” after the striker scored a second straight hat trick to set a new record for most goals through three games of a Premier League season. After a treble in a 4-1 win over Ipswich
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ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said he had a “bitter” feeling after the German champions saw their impressive unbeaten run in the Bundesliga end with a 3-2 defeat by RB Leipzig on Saturday. Under Alonso, Leverkusen have made crucial late goals a speciality.
Loïs Openda‘s double helped RB Leipzig come from two goals down to snatch a 3-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday and end Xabi Alonso side’s 35-game unbeaten league run. Leverkusen dominated from the start and Jeremie Frimpong opened the scoring in the 38th minute with a low strike from close range
Aug 31, 2024, 02:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jadon Sancho has said that he is excited to join the Chelsea ‘project’ after signing for the club from Manchester United on an initial loan deal that is obligated to be made permanent next summer. The 24-year-old completed is move to west London from Old Trafford
Open Extended Reactions The fretting over Arsenal‘s squad depth was supposed to end when the Premier League‘s summer transfer window closed on Friday. Raheem Sterling‘s last-gasp arrival on loan from Chelsea had many Gunners supporters pitching up at Emirates Stadium on Saturday enthused by the options manager Mikel Arteta has at his disposal. Yet they
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said he was “amazed” by Declan Rice‘s dismissal in Arsenal‘s 1-1 draw with Brighton on Saturday and called for greater consistency in officiating. Rice was sent off in the 50th minute after referee Chris Kavanagh issued a second yellow card for what the Premier League later clarified was “delaying
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentAug 31, 2024, 04:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea decided at the last minute to cancel the transfer of their forward Deivid Washington to sister club Strasbourg after concerns were raised about the move, sources told ESPN. Everything was agreed between the two clubs for the 19-year-old Brazilian to move for an
Aug 31, 2024, 08:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday that he is happy with how new signing Kylian Mbappé is settling into life at the club and he has no concerns about his team’s slow start to the LaLiga season. France captain Mbappé, who joined Real from
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentAug 31, 2024, 04:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea decided at the last minute to cancel the transfer of their forward Deivid Washington to sister club Strasbourg after concerns were raised about the move, sources told ESPN. Everything was agreed between the two clubs for the 19-year-old Brazilian to move for an
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 31, 2024, 05:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag believes Arne Slot will have an easier time taking over at Liverpool than he experienced when he arrived at Manchester United. Ten Hag says the mess he inherited at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022 was “the most difficult thing
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 30, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions United States international defender Auston Trusty has joined reigning Scottish champions Celtic on a five-year deal, the club announced on Friday, with the deal reportedly worth $7.8 million. Trusty,
ESPN News Services Aug 30, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Betis announced on Friday the signing of midfielder Giovani Lo Celso from Tottenham Hotspur just minutes before the end of the LaLiga summer transfer window. The transfer fee for Lo Celso, 28, is reported to be €5 million, with Tottenham securing a
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 04:06 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Crystal Palace are set to complete the signing of United States men’s international goalkeeper Matt
Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have signed Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling on loan for the rest of the season, the clubs confirmed Friday. Sterling has three years remaining on his current contract at Chelsea but had been deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge. After previously being linked with Man United, Sterling completed his move to
Open Extended Reactions Victor Osimhen ‘s future is in limbo after Chelsea failed to agree a deal to sign the Napoli striker before England’s transfer deadline. Sources have told ESPN that Osimhen that the Serie A club had accepted an €80 million ($88.5 million) offer from Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli but the Nigeria
Aug 30, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in 2024 has come and gone. The transfer window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England and Spain, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Italy and Germany. It remains open
Aug 30, 2024, 04:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have completed a deal to sign midfielder Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain. ESPN reported earlier this week that United had reached an agreement on a deal worth an initial €50 million ($55.3 million) with another €10 million ($11 million) in potential add-ons Uruguay international
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 30, 2024, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United and Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal for Jadon Sancho, a source has told ESPN. Chelsea are set to take Sancho on loan for the season with an obligation to make the move permanent next summer for a fee of around
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 30, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are still working on Jadon Sancho‘s exit, sources have told ESPN, despite Erik ten Hag’s claim that he would be happy for the England forward to stay at Old Trafford. United remain in talks with Chelsea over a deal for Sancho, although
Aug 30, 2024, 11:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It isn’t often that players are eager to call out their worst coaches, but Ángel Di María doesn’t appear to have that problem. Speaking ESPN Argentina, the 36-year-old Benfica and Argentina midfielder singled out his one season at Manchester United under Louis van Gaal, tacking on
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