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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 8, 2024, 04:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dan Ashworth has left his position as sporting director at Manchester United after just five months, sources have told ESPN. Ashworth officially arrived in July after a settlement — running into millions of pounds — was reached with former club Newcastle United. The 53-year-old

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 7, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Forget Arsenal. This game showed head coach Ruben Amorim just how big a job he’s got on his hands at Manchester United. It was almost expected that United would go to the Emirates and lose. They are, after all, two teams

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 7, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hansi Flick lamented another “really bad” performance as Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw at Real Betis on Saturday, dropping points for the fourth time in five LaLiga games. Barça twice led through Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres but a Giovani

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Dec 7, 2024, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti said Jude Bellingham is “back” after the Real Madrid star scored his fifth goal in five LaLiga games in their 3-0 win at Girona on Saturday. Bellingham opened the scoring in the 36th minute at Montilivi, before creating a second

ESPN News Services Dec 7, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City cannot think about winning a fifth consecutive Premier League title, manager Pep Guardiola said, with the team mired in a run of poor performances. Guardiola’s side had to settle for a point in a 2-2 league draw with Crystal Palace on

Manchester United‘s weakness from set pieces was exploited again as they fell to a 3-2 Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday, continuing a rocky start to the reign of new head coach Ruben Amorim. Having conceded from two corners to Arsenal in a 2-0 defeat in midweek, United went behind from

Dec 7, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said Manchester United will need to take “difficult and unpopular decisions” if the club is to restore its place at the top of English and European football. Ratcliffe acquired a 27.7% stake of United earlier this year and later said he wished

Dec 7, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was only joking when he referred to winning twice as many Premier League titles as José Mourinho, after the former Chelsea boss said that he had won his titles fairly. The Spaniard also said City were innocent until proven

Nick Judd, Transfer writerDec 6, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool target rising star Georgiy Sudakov, while Juventus are plotting moves in defence and attack, including a loan switch for Manchester United‘s Joshua Zirkzee. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s grades TOP STORIES – Christian Pulisic

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 6, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim said he has inherited a “difficult position” at Manchester United and described his new side as “a massive club but not a massive team.” Having racked up 20 top-flight titles, United are English football’s most successful club, domestically. But their impressive history

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentDec 6, 2024, 07:18 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions CARSON, California – MLS commissioner Don Garber said that the league is dealing with an increasingly crowded calendar, even as MLS ponders aligning the league calendar to match that

Dec 6, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo trail former Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrović in the Saudi Pro League goalscoring charts. Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images) Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema both found the back of the net for their respective teams in Al Ittihad‘s Saudi Pro League clash with Al Nassr

Dec 6, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has insisted that Arsenal “want to be the kings of everything,” urging his side to build on their set-piece prowess. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Arsenal are leading the Premier League in set-piece goals since the start of last season with 22 after adding two

Dec 6, 2024, 08:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions José Mourinho has said the Premier League trophies he won at Chelsea were achieved fairly, in response to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s comments that he had six English top-flight titles while the Portuguese coach only had three. Guardiola, whose team lost 2-0 at Liverpool on

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 10:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States forward Folarin Balogun sat out training for Monaco on Thursday after taking another hit on his recently dislocated shoulder, putting him in doubt for next week’s Champions League match against his former club Arsenal. Balogun was sidelined for about two months with

Lizzy Becherano Dec 5, 2024, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Owner of Group Pachuca Jesus Martinez revealed he would be willing to sell the control of Club León in order to participate in the upcoming edition of the Club World Cup. “We told them [FIFA] that we informed at the last Liga MX owners’

Open Extended Reactions LA Galaxy midfielder Marco Reus said he’s “not sure” if he’ll be fit and available for Saturday’s MLS Cup final match against the New York Red Bulls. “I’m not sure, I’m not sure, but it’s still 48 hours, so like I said at the beginning, I’m really confident that I will be

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF will open the Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly, with Palmeiras and FC Porto also part of that group for the tournament that will take place in the U.S. next year. The draw was held Thursday

Dec 5, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer has been given a two-game German Cup ban for “unsportsmanlike conduct” in Tuesday’s match against Bayer Leverkusen, the country’s football federation (DFB) said on Thursday. The 38-year-old goalkeeper received the first red card in his near two-decade-long career after he came

Lizzy Becherano Dec 5, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NWSL expansion team BOS Nation Football Club has named Domènec Guasch as the club’s first general manager. Guasch will officially join the team in January, as BOS Nation prepares for their inaugural season in 2026. He joins the Massachusetts team with extensive knowledge after