8:57 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United‘s hopes of making a breakthrough in their attempts to sign Jadon Sancho hinge on reaching a compromise over wages and agent fees, sources have told ESPN. United continued to work on a deal for Sancho while also securing the services of Ajax
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8:46 AM ET Lionel Messi‘s father has insisted the player no longer has a €700 million release clause at Barcelona in a letter to La Liga president Javier Tebas. Jorge Messi quotes a clause in his son’s contract which states that “this compensation will not apply when the resolution of the contract, by the unilateral
4:31 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Alexis Sanchez has said he wanted to rip up his contract after one training session at Manchester United. The Chile international also said he only moved to Old Trafford in January 2018 after an agreement with Manchester City fell through. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook: Man Utd
7:00 AM ET Gio Reyna is terrified. It is June 13. His team, Borussia Dortmund, beat Dusseldorf earlier in the day. On the bus after the game, everyone is ecstatic. But Gio didn’t feel right. His throat is raw and he is tired. Only now, he can’t sleep. It is late, near midnight in Germany.
3:00 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is rebuilding Man United after past mistakes. Plus: Real Madrid are planning yet more pay cuts as COVID-19 continues to disrupt football. Jump to:
6:42 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. Manchester United are preparing to submit a new bid for Jadon Sancho, according to
8:21 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain announced “three new positive cases” of COVID-19 in their squad, on Thursday a day after Neymar and two teammates were revealed to have contracted the virus. The revelation casts serious doubt over the start of the Ligue 1 champion’s start to the season in France. “The latest Sars CoV2 tests
12:31 AM ET Manchester City would clearly love to bring Lionel Messi to the Etihad as part of their short-term quest to win the Champions League in the next three or four years. But the club are also looking to South America in their long-term planning. They have recently brought in two teenage attacking right-backs
4:49 PM ET Spain scored a stoppage-time equaliser through Jose Luis Gaya to draw 1-1 away to Germany on Thursday in their Nations League opener and first international in almost 10 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. – Watch UEFA Nations League on ESPN, ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Preview: How will Europe’s best fare in Nations
4:22 AM ET United States international Gio Reyna has said he is at Borussia Dortmund to compete for titles and has no plans to leave anytime soon. Reyna burst onto the Bundesliga scene in January 2020 when he made his Dortmund debut in a 5-3 win at Augsburg. By the end of the domestic season,
5:06 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Wednesday that its men’s and women’s national teams will receive equal pay and prize money. “Since March of this year, CBF has made an equal value in terms of prizes and daily rates between men’s and women’s football,”
9:55 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo‘s attempt to score 100 goals for Portugal could be put on hold with a toe infection forcing the Juventus forward to miss training ahead of Saturday’s UEFA Nations League clash with Croatia. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star goes into this weekend’s fixture in Portugal on 99 goals
11:45 AM ET It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks in the European soccer universe, with teams attempting to cram a full offseason’s worth of both transfers and transfer rumors into the shortest offseason ever. But as moves have become official, they have created a few particularly interesting position battles among the top teams on
4:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Dean Henderson has said he will push for another loan move if he cannot oust David de Gea as Manchester United‘s first-choice goalkeeper next season. Henderson has signed a new long-term contract at Old Trafford and sources have told ESPN that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plan, as things stand, is for
8:15 AM ET Moises Llorens Rodrigo Faez Barcelona remain eager to fight for Lionel Messi‘s future at the club and are still holding out hope he will honour the final year of his contract following a meeting with the Argentina forward’s father, sources have told ESPN. On Wednesday, Jorge Messi met with president Josep Maria
5:11 AM ET Manchester City target Kalidou Koulibaly will be allowed to leave Napoli this summer for the right price, the Serie A club’s president Aurelio De Laurentiis said. The central defender has been a target for a host of top European clubs in recent seasons, with City and rivals Manchester United among them. –
3:14 AM ET Some of the world’s best players were snapped up for a tiny fee; others cost a small fortune. But which do we think are the top moves, via position, a club has made since 2000? 2 Related In the second of our two-part series we explore some of the best attacking transfers
6:24 PM ET Shaun Reynolds Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email 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 told to fork out £30m for Mendy Chelsea
2:14 AM ET Cristian Pavon scored his fifth goal of the season after Efrain Juarez scored the first of his pro career, and the streaking LA Galaxy held on to defeat Portland Timbers 3-2 on Wednesday evening. Joe Corona added a third on a long-range effort to ensure victory and avenge defeat in the teams’
8:38 PM ET Atlanta United FC president Darren Eales said that Gonzalo “Pity” Martinez is on the verge of a move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr FC. Reports emerged earlier on Wednesday that the Argentina international was linked with leaving Atlanta. The Athletic reported that the deal would be worth $18 million. 1 Related Speaking