1:30 AM ET Diego Valeri scored twice for the first time since the 2017 season and added an assist to lead the visiting Portland Timbers to a 6-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night. Jeremy Ebobisse, Yimmi Chara, Julio Cascante and Jaroslaw Niezgoda also scored for the Timbers, who drew the Quakes
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4:35 PM ET Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says he will not go to war with Lionel Messi and called for everyone to move on after the forward tried to quit the club last month. Bartomeu also said he has no plans to step down from his position despite a motion to remove him —
8:08 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Plus, check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. Wolves attempt to
3:53 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — If there was any optimism left at Old Trafford, it disappeared over the course of 90 frightful minutes against Crystal Palace. Manchester United lost 3-1 to a team who finished 14th last season but it could have been worse. It was still United’s worst opening-day defeat for
6:05 PM ET Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta wants to sign two midfielders before the transfer window closes, and with good reason. The Gunners’ fortitude is worthy of note in mustering enough quality to edge past a spirited West Ham side here at Emirates Stadium, but they won’t always be this lucky. Hammers boss David
12:05 PM ET Liverpool have completed the transfer of Diogo Jota from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the club announced on Saturday. Jota arrives to Anfield after a successful stint at Molineux, where he arrived in 2017 and was a consistent scorer for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook:
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9:33 AM ET James Rodriguez scored his first Premier League goal and Dominic Calvert-Lewin bagged a hat trick as Everton thrashed 10-man West Bromwich Albion 5-2 at Goodison Park on Saturday. West Brom started brightly and opened the scoring through Grady Diangana, his first league goal, but when Calvert-Lewin equalised after an intervention from the
12:54 PM ET Tottenham have beaten Manchester United to the signing of left-back Sergio Reguilon from Real Madrid on a five-year contract. Sources told ESPN Spurs paid €30 million for the defender after agreeing to Madrid’s demand for a buyback clause to be included in the deal. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Play English
8:32 AM ET Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he has no problems with Gareth Bale as the forward edges closer to ending his seven-year spell at the club and returning to Tottenham Hotspur. Bale flew to London on Friday to finalise his loan move back to his former club after a difficult final
7:42 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have had two bids rejected for Norwich City defender Max Aarons as they look to replace Nelson Semedo, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Barca first made contact with Aarons’ agents over a transfer in May and have already agreed on personal terms with the right-back. – Stream
Sep 17, 2020 Rob DawsonCorrespondent It has been anything but a summer of fun for Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Add up captain Harry Maguire getting arrested in Greece, Paul Pogba contracting the coronavirus, Mason Greenwood breaking COVID-19 regulations on England duty and being sent home, the failure to sign Jason Sancho and defeat
6:00 AM ET On Friday, Kyle Krause acquired a controlling share of Serie A side Parma, which means four of the league’s 20 clubs now have U.S.-based owners — the others are Fiorentina (Rocco Commisso), Roma (Dan Friedkin) and Milan (Paul Singer, via the Elliott fund). Bologna (Joey Saputo) and Inter (Zhang Jindong) also have
9:09 AM ET Inter Miami has signed former Argentina international striker Gonzalo Higuain from Juventus, the club has announced. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Man United frustrated by fans on Twitter Higuain, 32, will join the MLS side as a Designated Player, joining Rodolfo Pizarro and Matias Pellegrini as
4:43 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Next time you pop into the FC Barcelona boutique to buy blaugrana pants or more than a pencil, go past the ticket window by the museum or order a coffee at the café in the shadow of Kubala and Cruyff, look carefully at the guy behind the register. It
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that Manchester United‘s summer transfer window has not gone as planned. United are set to start their season against Crystal Palace on Saturday with one new recruit in their squad after signing Donny van de Beek from Ajax. But the club have struggled to get
4:28 PM ET Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a superb debut from Leroy Sane on Friday as they made a sensational start to the new Bundesliga season and sent an ominous warning to potential challengers. – Bundesliga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S.
5:37 PM ET Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, and Paulo Dybala were among the 30 players named to Argentina‘s preliminary squad on Friday ahead of next month’s World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Bolivia. The squad announcement comes after FIFA assured national teams that players based in Europe would be available for the international duty
6:12 PM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino criticised Italy’s Serie A, where Juventus have won the title for the past nine seasons, suggesting that playoff systems could be an alternative to the conventional home-and-away format for national leagues. “Somebody told me these things sound like the NBA and are not so good for football,” Infantino
10:33 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Following a failed transfer saga that saw Barcelona star Lionel Messi heavily linked with his former coach at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola said that it is not his job to provide any explanations “I think I don’t have to explain anything,” Guardiola said on Friday during a news conference ahead