Clubs

Feb 5, 2025, 09:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola faces a selection headache as he will need to leave out one of the club’s January signing from the Champions League knockout stages ahead of Thursday’s deadline. City, amid a prolonged run of poor form, spent €210 million ($219m) last month

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League believes its referees are setting a model for VAR that other leagues want to follow as the latest stats showed video review errors are down 35% on last season. After 23 rounds of the 2023-24 campaign, the Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel had logged 20 mistakes, and at the

Adriana Garcia Feb 4, 2025, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Hugo Viana was set to leave Sporting at the end of the season. Photo by Jan Kruger – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Hugo Viana has left his role as sporting director of Sporting CP, the Portuguese club announced on Tuesday. Viana, who will replace the

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has described Kai Havertz as a genetic “powerhouse” and backed the Germany international to compensate for Arsenal‘s failure to sign a forward in January. The Gunners made no secret of their desire add an attacking player in the midseason window following injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus but were

Open Extended Reactions The Premier League has said “significant progress” has been made with testing of semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT) in recent weeks, adding that it still plans to introduce the new system this season. It’s almost a year since clubs unanimously voted to bring in the technology, which is intended to reduce the

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has admitted his disappointment at Arsenal‘s failure to sign a striker in the January transfer window but believes the club need to stay “very disciplined” to remain on track. The Gunners had an offer in the region of £40 million ($50m) for Ollie Watkins rejected by Aston Villa last week

Feb 4, 2025, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta United have signed Middlesbrough forward Emmanuel Latte Lath, the club announced on Tuesday, in what sources have told ESPN is an MLS-record deal. Latte Lath, who scored 29 goals in 67 appearances for the English second-tier side in the past two seasons, arrives for a

Feb 4, 2025, 06:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin will undergo surgery on an ACL injury, the club confirmed on Tuesday. The Romania international has made 28 appearances for Spurs in all competitions since joining from Genoa last summer, although his season now looks to be cut short. Dragusin suffered

Jeff CarlisleFeb 3, 2025, 03:54 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Columbus Crew forward Cucho Hernández is on the brink of a transfer to La Liga side Real Betis, a source confirmed to ESPN. The fee — a reported $16 million plus add-ons

ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2025, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Alcaraz sealed a transfer deadline day loan move to Everton from Flamengo on Monday, the Premier League club announced. The Argentina Under-23 international’s deal runs until the end of the season, with Everton having the option to make the move permanent in

Adriana Garcia Feb 3, 2025, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 700th career club win by scoring two goals in Al Nassr‘s 4-0 victory over Al Wasl in Monday’s Asian Champions League. The feat comes just two days before the Portugal forward celebrates his 40th birthday. The Al Nassr captain started

Feb 3, 2025, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have completed a deadline day deal with FC Porto for midfielder Nicolas González, adding the midfielder in the final hour of the midseason window. ESPN reported earlier on Monday that the two teams were engaged in negotiations over his future, with the Premier League

Feb 3, 2025, 09:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mathys Tel is set to perform a dramatic deadline day U-turn by agreeing a loan deal to join Tottenham after stalling over a move to the club last week, sources have told ESPN. The player’s representative, Gadiri Camara, shared a picture on Instagram of himself on

Feb 3, 2025, 11:23 AM ET Chelsea forward and Australia captain Sam Kerr went on trial in a London court on Monday, accused of racially abusing a white police officer after a drunken dispute with a taxi driver. Kerr told the officer Stephen Lovell: “You guys are f—ing stupid and white.” Kerr, who has Indian

Feb 3, 2025, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Santiago Giménez has joined AC Milan from Feyenoord. SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images AC Milan have announced the signing of Mexico forward Santiago Giménez from Feyenoord. Giménez was linked with a move to Premier League side Nottingham Forest last summer but will now link up with Christian

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 3, 2025, 03:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cristiano Ronaldo has said Real Madrid must “look after” Kylian Mbappé and advised that the star forward must “do things his way” as he looks to follow in Ronaldo’s footsteps as a legend at the Bernabéu. Mbappé has already scored 22 goals

ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2025, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid central defender Antonio Rüdiger has been diagnosed with a leg muscle injury sustained in a Spanish league game on Saturday. Madrid said Sunday that Rüdiger has “an injury to the biceps femoris” in his right leg, which will likely see him

Lionel Messi was held scoreless again as Inter Miami CF came from behind to beat Panamanian side Sporting San Miguelito 3-1 in a friendly at the Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez on Sunday. The Argentina star played for 77 minutes before being substituted. Adan Hendricks staked the hosts to a surprise lead midway through the first

Feb 2, 2025, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal remain well adrift of relentless Premier League leaders Liverpool despite a 5-1 hammering of Manchester City on Sunday, but midfielder Declan Rice said there is a determination to hunt the Reds down. Rice provided two assists as Arsenal sent a reminder to Liverpool that the

Feb 2, 2025, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland‘s father, former Manchester City midfielder Alf-Inge Haaland, has aimed a dig at Arsenal after the north London club thrashed Pep Guardiola’s side 5-1 at the Emirates on Sunday. Responding to a post on X by Arsenal after the full-time whistle, Alf-Inge Haaland aimed a