11:03 AM ET Ivan Rakitic will leave Barcelona to return to his former club Sevilla, sources have told ESPN. The midfielder — who signed for Barca from Sevilla in 2014 — has a year left on his contract at Camp Nou, but he does not form part of the plans new coach Ronald Koeman’s has
Month: August 2020
3:14 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Zlatan Ibrahimovic has extended his contract with AC Milan by a year, the club announced. The striker’s contract expired at the end of last season but he has signed a new deal after impressing with his performances. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– The all-time
5:30 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is targeting RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano to bolster his defensive options at Manchester United, sources have told ESPN, after sealing a deal to make Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek his first major signing this summer. Netherlands international Van de Beek is expected to complete a £40 million
2:23 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has joined Serie A side AS Roma on a permanent deal after terminating his contract with Arsenal, the Premier League club said on Monday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) • How the summer transfer market works• Kuper:
8:15 AM ET Real Madrid and Everton are in talks over a fee for James Rodriguez, sources have confirmed to ESPN, with the midfielder having already agreed a three-year contract at Goodison Park. Madrid are asking for at least €25 million for the Colombia international, while Everton want to pay less, believing a lower fee
10:44 AM ET The problem with analyzing the future of Lionel Messi is that, after 20 years, his relationship with Barcelona lies somewhere between the professional and the romantic. You can use reason and logic on the first part to come up with plausible scenarios. You can’t account for the second, partly because it’s intensely
6:50 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s Robert Lewandowski has said he deserved the Ballon d’Or this year but that the coronavirus pandemic robbed him of it. Lewandowski was favourite to take home to award. However, it was cancelled in June by organisers who said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on football made it unfair to
6:00 AM ET Traditionally, the end of August heralds transfer deadline day in the summer window. The coronavirus pandemic has put paid to that this year, pushing the date back to Oct. 5 for most leagues, but today should originally have seen players on the move, breaking news, exciting rumours and enticing late developments. Now
12:45 PM ET Major League Soccer announced on Sunday that Dell Loy Hansen intends to sell Real Salt Lake FC, National Women’s Soccer League side Utah Royals FC and the United Soccer League Championship’s Real Monarchs. Hansen has been under pressure since a report from The Athletic detailed his repeated use of racist language to
1:30 AM ET Jordan Morris scored twice 61 seconds apart early in the second half as the host Seattle Sounders pulled away to defeat LAFC 3-1 on Sunday night. Raul Ruidiaz scored at the 11-minute mark before being replaced because of a heel contusion at halftime for the defending MLS Cup champion Sounders, who moved
10:39 PM ET When James Rodriguez played such sparkling football and steered Colombia to their first World Cup quarterfinal he was just 22. He is now 29 and, rather than delivering on that promise on display in Brazil, he has accumulated years of frustration at Real Madrid. The breakout star of 2014 has been bogged
6:22 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. Chelsea close in on Havertz Bild are reporting that Chelsea are close to announcing
3:01 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have agreed on a fee with Ajax Amsterdam for midfielder Donny van de Beek, sources have told ESPN. An agreement is in place for the 23-year-old to move to Old Trafford for around £40 million. United are set to discuss personal terms with Van de Beek before the
4:30 PM ET Lyon beat Wolfsburg to win their fifth straight and seventh overall UEFA Women’s Champions League final. GABRIEL BOUYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Striker Eugenie Le Sommer scored one goal and made another as Lyon beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 to win the UEFA Women’s Champions League for an unprecedented fifth time in a row. Called
11:58 AM ET Former England captain Wayne Rooney has described the Football Association’s handling of Harry Maguire as “a mess” after the Manchester United captain was found guilty of various charges in Mykonos. Defender Maguire was initially named by England manager Gareth Southgate in the squad for next month’s Nations League games against Denmark and
4:41 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The bloke in the crowd said it best, until Pep Guardiola said it better. In the midst of the noise around the Romareda, a collective murmur of incredulity, came a short and simple phrase that was just about audible and elicited the highest eulogy. It was March, a decade
9:05 AM ET For all the things that have changed, the more things stayed the same. For at the conclusion of the 2019-20 A-League season, with the smoke of yet another chaotic year clearing, it once again is Sydney FC standing atop the heap, this time having secured themselves as the greatest dynasty. – Victoria
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