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Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur have had a €60 million ($62.5m) offer accepted by Bayern Munich on Thursday for their French forward Mathys Tel, sources have told ESPN. Tel, 19, has decided to leave the German side and is attracting a lot of interest from English clubs. Bayern wanted €60m for the France under-21 international

Jan 30, 2025, 04:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ricardo Pepi has scored 18 goals this season. Photo by Photo Prestige/Soccrates/Getty Images West Ham United have had a €25 million ($26m) bid rejected for PSV and United States forward Ricardo Pepi, sources have told ESPN. The Premier League club are in the market for a striker

Multiple Contributors Jan 30, 2025, 04:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After eight matches played across four months, we finally know the 24 teams who will continue in the new UEFA Champions League format through to the knockout rounds. It’s been a big departure from the old way, with those eight four-team groups having become

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jan 29, 2025, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Thibaut Courtois said Real Madrid “aren’t afraid of anyone” as they await Friday’s Champions League playoff draw, which will see them face Manchester City or Celtic for a place in the round of 16. Madrid beat Brest 3-0 on Wednesday — forward

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot backed teenager Amara Nallo to bounce back from his disappointing senior debut in which he was shown a red card just four minutes after entering the pitch. Substitute Nallo was dismissed for a last man challenge on Johan Bakayoko in Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven in

Multiple contributors Jan 29, 2025, 06:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Well, what a dramatic final day that was! Manchester City snuck into the playoff round with a come-from-behind win over Club Brugge, Paris Saint-Germain thrashed VfB Stuttgart to keep themselves in the competition, Liverpool lost at PSV Eindhoven with a second-string team but still

Jan 29, 2025, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City scraped through to the playoff knockout round of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Club Brugge at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. The result means Pep Guardiola maintains his record of progressing from the opening stage of the competition in every year of

ESPN Jan 29, 2025, 10:24 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Welcome to Matchday 8 of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season! Europe’s premier club competition has its final day in its new format with 18 matches happening at the same time across the continent on Wednesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama.

Open Extended Reactions This is no ordinary January transfer window for Manchester City, but then this is no ordinary season for manager Pep Guardiola. His team — winners of the past four Premier League titles — are 12 points adrift of leaders Liverpool in this season’s race, with fixtures against Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool and Tottenham

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said the club are already working on strengthening in the summer transfer window but insists he is happy with his squad. Slot signed just two players after arriving at Anfield from Feyenoord Rotterdam last summer; forward Federico Chiesa and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who is spending this

Open Extended Reactions After over two decades away, Neymar has sealed an emotional return to boyhood club Santos after spending the past 18 months with Al Hilal in the Saudi Pro League. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Neymar said his goodbyes on Tuesday in a statement posted on social media, thanking all at the Saudi club

Jeff CarlisleJan 28, 2025, 11:05 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Raúl Sanllehí joined Inter Miami last summer to head football operations at the club. Getty Inter Miami‘s president of football operations Raúl Sanllehí is no longer in charge of sporting matters and has

Wrexham lost ground in the League One promotion race after a 3-2 home defeat to Stevenage in England’s third division on Tuesday. The Welsh side is attempting to earn a third straight promotion under the ownership of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The visitors grabbed an early 2-0 lead at the Racecourse Ground on goals

Open Extended Reactions MLS announced the guidelines for their 30 teams that will take part in four North American cup competitions in 2025 and 2026, which will see an increased presence in the U.S. Open Cup, and a decreased number of teams at the joint Leagues Cup with Liga MX. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “The

Associated Press Jan 28, 2025, 12:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Neymar will return to his boyhood club Santos, the team’s president announced on Tuesday, a day after he ended his disappointing 17-month stay with Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal. The 32-year-old Neymar won six titles with his boyhood club Santos, including a Copa

Jan 28, 2025, 10:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed along with four others in a helicopter crash in October 2018. Michael Regan/Getty Images The deaths of five people, including Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium were accidental, according to an inquest jury on Tuesday.

Jan 28, 2025, 04:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With only a few days left to go in the January transfer window, it’s fair to say a number of Europe’s top clubs have left themselves a lot to do. From the Premier League to the Bundesliga to Serie A and back again, there are title

Jan 28, 2025, 03:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has said there is “no way back” for Marcus Rashford at Old Trafford after his commitment to the team was questioned by manager Ruben Amorim. The 27-year-old has not played for United since Dec. 12, with Amorim saying he would

Danny Lewis Jan 27, 2025, 07:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona are among the clubs Manchester City‘s Jérémy Doku has been linked to, while Manchester United‘s Marcus Rashford is willing to wait for the Blaugrana. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals

Jan 27, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The January transfer closes on Feb. 3 and some of football’s biggest clubs — including many in the Premier League — are still struggling to find the central striker who can score the goals to transform their season. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said his team