Barcelona players wear club branded face masks ahead of their training session. Julien Laurens explains why Sergino Dest could be a great signing for Barcelona if they can afford him. Gab and Juls discuss Quique Setien’s response to Lionel Messi saying Barcelona can’t win the Champions League. Gab Marcotti discusses Lautaro Martinez’s potential move to
Month: May 2020
Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, Manchester United are looking to rival Liverpool for their top transfer target. PLUS: The eye-watering cost of landing Philippe Coutinho. Jump to: Coutinho cost puts off clubs | De Gea United’s No.1 | Bellerin staying put | Aouchiche on Arsenal
Bayern manager Hansi Flick was full of praise for Dortmund’s Sancho after their 1-0 win in Der Klassiker. Bayern’s Davies says where he thinks he would come in a 100m race against the world’s fastest players. Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller jokingly compares teammate Alphonso Davies’ speed to the Road Runner. Herculez Gomez list his top
2:35 PM ET RB Leipzig conceded late in a 2-2 home draw with Hertha Berlin after they came from behind and then gave up a late penalty, having had left-back Marcel Halstenberg sent off in a see-saw Bundesliga encounter on Wednesday. The result left Leipzig third on 55 points from 28 games, nine behind leaders
Julien Laurens shares the latest on the Lyon president’s efforts to overturn the decision to cancel the Ligue 1 season. Julien Laurens highlights the highs and lows of the Ligue 1 season. Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas again lashed out at the French League for ending the Ligue 1 season early amid the COVID-19 pandemic, calling
Real Madrid and Brazil defender Marcelo shows he hasn’t lost his touch during the break. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop discusses how the frequency of games will affect Barcelona and Real Madrid in the title race. Shaka Hislop says Harry Kane would be a good fit for Real Madrid, but Erling Haaland would be better. Herculez
Gab Marcotti explains Odion Ighalo’s contract situation at Manchester United. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still holding out hope of a last-minute deal with Shanghai Shenhua to extend Odion Ighalo‘s loan. Ighalo’s initial spell at Old Trafford will come to an end this week and talks with Shanghai about keeping the striker for
Julien Laurens thinks it will be difficult for a swap deal including Alexandre Lacazette and Thomas Partey. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop and Ale Moreno judge the best hairstyles from footballers in self-isolation. David Luiz‘s future at Arsenal has been thrown into doubt after it emerged the club are yet to trigger an extension to his
MLS referee chief Howard Webb insists safety is the priority but believes players will play like normal. Major League Soccer is in the process of altering its plans for its proposed return-to-play tournament in Orlando so that the event will fit within a shorter time frame, multiple sources with knowledge of the league’s thinking told ESPN.
Joshua Kimmich’s goal gives Bayern Munich the win and a seven-point lead over rivals Borussia Dortmund. Shaka Hislop assesses Erling Haaland’s subpar performance in Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich. Craig Burley wonders if Roman Burki should have saved Joshua Kimmich’s winning goal for Bayern Munich. Craig Burley questions Lucien Favre’s decisions in Dortmund’s
With professional sports hit hard by the global pandemic, leagues without salary caps — like most of the football world — are bringing them back up in conversation as a way to ensure stability. German FA president Fritz Keller says it’s something “they have to think about,” and the reasons are pretty straightforward. Wages are
ESPN Jadon Sancho vs. Alphonso Davies is ‘the battle of the season’ Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images Claudio Reyna went to Germany at 21 and went on to become a USMNT legend. Now his son Gio, 17, is doing the same. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images From Jordan Henderson’s barber to lifelong season-ticket
ESPN Jadon Sancho vs. Alphonso Davies is ‘the battle of the season’ Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images Claudio Reyna went to Germany at 21 and went on to become a USMNT legend. Now his son Gio, 17, is doing the same. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images From Jordan Henderson’s barber to lifelong season-ticket
Julien Laurens pours cold water on the rumours Dortmund’s Erling Haaland could join PSG in the near future. Jose del Valle explains why there is no question PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas is Central America’s best player. Ander Herrera explains what it’s been like to play and train with Kylian Mbappe since moving to PSG. Frank
ESPN Could Werner displace Firmino, Mane or Salah at Liverpool? Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images Claudio Reyna went to Germany at 21 and went on to become a USMNT legend. Now his son Gio, 17, is doing the same. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images From Jordan Henderson’s barber to lifelong season-ticket holders, supporters
2:20 PM ET Bayern Munich padded their lead over Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win in front of no fans at Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday. Joshua Kimmich opened the scoring for Bayern just before half-time, chipping Roman Burki with the Dortmund keeper only able to tip the ball into the back
Julien Laurens highlights the highs and lows of the Ligue 1 season. Rennes striker M’Baye Niang has been fined €1,500 for breaking social distancing rules in France to watch horse racing. Niang, who enjoyed a loan spell in the Premier League with Watford in 2016-17, was caught by stewards entering the Marseille Pont-de-Vivaux racecourse to watch
Football had a complex relationship with social media even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Its biggest strength is its biggest weakness: the real time, almost entirely unfiltered interaction between anyone, anywhere in the world. The likes of Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat theoretically offer an endless stream of opinion to simultaneously inspire, reinforce, undermine and exasperate its
Noah Sarenren-Bazee and Achraf Hakimi found the net as the German Bundesliga continues to pick up pace after the two-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria’s Bazee had hitherto struggled to make his mark in the league since making his debut for Hannover in the German top flight back in the 2015-16 season. He
Jaap Stam explains why the FC Cincinnati job appealed to him and reacts to his hire announcement going viral. FC Cincinnati boss Jaap Stam has told ESPN that he thought the wrong picture used for his announcement was a prank. The former Manchester United player was hired last week but the Major League Soccer club
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