By Julien Laurens and Jonathan Johnson Julien Laurens explains why he’s against players wearing face masks during games. Julien Laurens says the Bundesliga will be the first European league to resume despite a potential delay. Julien Laurens gives the latest news on the Premier League’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2019-20 French football season
Month: April 2020
ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden takes on Danny Higginbotham on Manchester United trivia. Premier League or Ligue 1? Ronaldo or Ronaldinho? Rafael is put on the spot in ESPN FC’s “You Have To Answer.” Rafael explains why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the perfect manager for Manchester United. Mark Ogden weighs up whether Manchester United could make big-money moves
John Dykes selects the best players from Pep Guardiola’s teams – Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City – for his Chang Team of the Week. Phil Foden takes advantage of Sergio Aguero’s striking ability to grab a 1-0 lead over AIK. Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan says he can’t begrudge Jadon Sancho if the Dortmund star
ESPN Gareth Bale re-creates UCL final goal vs. Liverpool ESPN The world has come to a standstill, so we compiled 10 shows and documentaries that will scratch your soccer itch while in isolation. ESPN The Hall of Fame is a concept as old as sports itself but the Premier League finally has a pantheon in
Herculez Gomez explains how MLS owners exploit American players through the U.S.-style trade system. Alejandro Moreno reacts to the news that MLS and the players’ association are discussing significant wage cuts. Herculez Gomez breaks down the potential impact of MLS owners asking players to take a 50 percent wage cut. Every flu season, Jordan Morris
Arne Friedrich explains why Alphonso Davies is one of the most valuable players in Bundesliga. Arne Friedrich thinks Bayern Munich have a huge chance to win their first Champions League since 2013. Canada international Alphonso Davies is confident his Bayern Munich side will be mentally and physically set to continue their push for the Bundesliga
ESPN Will Steven Gerrard’s slip be his lasting Liverpool legacy? ESPN The world has come to a standstill, so we compiled 10 shows and documentaries that will scratch your soccer itch while in isolation. ESPN The Hall of Fame is a concept as old as sports itself but the Premier League finally has a pantheon
Craig Burley says linking Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Chelsea won’t matter unless the player himself wants to go. The winter transfer window is closed, but now it’s time to look ahead to the summer! Here are the new rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Arsenal could be on the lookout for attacking reinforcements should
ESPN Gareth Bale re-creates UCL final goal vs. Liverpool ESPN The world has come to a standstill, so we compiled 10 shows and documentaries that will scratch your soccer itch while in isolation. ESPN The Hall of Fame is a concept as old as sports itself but the Premier League finally has a pantheon in
Ale Moreno reacts to Xavi’s comments saying Ronaldinho was on par with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. After serving 32 days for being accused of an adulterated passport he has now been placed into house arrest. ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens explains the incredible circumstances that landed Ronaldinho in jail in Paraguay. Ex-Barcelona and Brazil star Ronaldinho said
Mark Ogden breaks down why Chelsea might not be Arsenal’s best option to move Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Gab Marcotti commends Arsenal’s transparency and fairness with club wage cut decisions. Arsenal‘s first-team players including Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette returned to their London Colney training base for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic suspended Premier League action, with
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic keeps fit by training with Hammarby IF in Sweden. Justin Kluivert says that Cristiano Ronaldo and his father, Patrick, motivate him to want to get to the very top. Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens discuss their ultimate ‘I’ Team with Laurens leaving Zlatan out of his team. Midfielder Antonio Candreva
Brazil can win the next World Cup but only if Neymar “listens” and makes football his top priority, according to former Manchester United defender Rafael. – Stream new episodes of ESPN FC Monday-Friday on ESPN+- Stream every episode of 30 for 30: Soccer Stories on ESPN+ Brazil are looking to lift their sixth title at the
The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the new rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: De Ligt open to Barcelona switch Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt is open to the possibility of a move to Barcelona, Mundo Deportivo reports. De Ligt has long since been
Junior Sambia is recovering after being hospitalised. Montpellier midfielder Junior Sambia is no longer in an artificial coma and is breathing without aid after testing positive for coronavirus, his agent has said. The 23-year-old was hospitalised last week and given breathing support after his condition worsened, eventually becoming the first confirmed Ligue 1 player to
ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden takes on Danny Higginbotham on Manchester United trivia. Most likely to be sent off? Most likely to skip a shower? Reece v Lauren James. Jesse Lingard has admitted he has “had a lot of setbacks” at Manchester United. Lingard has established himself at Old Trafford after coming through the club’s academy,
Tom Marshall explains how MLS and Liga MX could take a page out of MLB’s playbook and join forces. NYCFC’s Gudmundur Thorarinsson performs a song he wrote as a message of encouragement during the pandemic. Diego Valeri joins Banter to discuss the rivalry between his club Portland Timbers, and Seattle Sounders. Herculez Gomez examines how
Could places in the Champions League and Europa League for 2020-21 be decided by a series of playoffs? UEFA announced on Thursday that it would prefer matters to be settled using “a different format” if the coronavirus does not allow this season to play out in full, while also ruling out UEFA coefficient as an
Rafael Da Silva describes himself as a “quiet guy” but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say. Part of Manchester United‘s last Premier League title-winning squad in 2013, he has watched from afar as his former club have slipped from the top of domestic and European football. Without a title for seven years, overtaken
LEGANES, Spain — “And then he hit it bloody brilliantly, so I ended up looking like a champ.” Javier Aguirre bursts out laughing, and not for the last time. He’s reflecting on Manuel Negrete’s superb, acrobatic volley at the 1986 World Cup — and Aguirre’s “assist” for the goal, if that’s not too generous a
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