4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting football clubs’ finances around the world, Europe’s top teams are looking to their youth teams rather than to transfers for ways to freshen up. Already this season we’ve seen teenagers like Borussia Dortmund‘s Giovanni Reyna, Arsenal‘s Bukayo Saka and Manchester United‘s Mason Greenwood make their
Month: March 2021
4:00 AM ET Borussia Monchengladbach have gone from being the Borussia in the Bundesliga with momentum to the one struggling for confidence. ESPN’s German football commentator Derek Rae explains why the confirmed summer switch of coach Marco Rose to the other Borussia, Dortmund, has ushered in a host of problems. It was little more than
6:44 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The January transfer window may seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. Bayern keen for Koulibaly to set up dream duo
12:02 PM ET The connection between Major League Soccer and South America continues to grow by leaps and bounds. MLS has has consistently sent its scouts to the continent, notably Argentina, where they have found good deals. Players like Mauro Diaz, once seen as a big prospect at River Plate, spent the best five years
9:00 AM ET Despite the inevitable hype, Chelsea and Manchester United produced a rather drab stalemate in the Premier League‘s most high-profile game of the weekend. The two teams slugged their way to a 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge that produced little beyond a light sprinkling of VAR controversy in the first 20 minutes. –
3:15 PM ET Adama Traore applies baby oil to his arms before and during games. Alex Pantling/Pool via AP Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore has been using baby oil to slip free of clingy Premier League defenders this season. The Spain international has always backed himself against any full-back thanks to his blistering pace and rock-solid
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has warned his players that anyone believing the Premier League title is already won will be axed. City are 12 points clear at the top with 12 games remaining but ahead of Wolves‘ visit to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, Guardiola has warned he will
1:23 PM ET Milan rose to the challenge of Roma this weekend, putting the derby defeat behind them and keeping the pressure on Inter in the title race. Antonietta Baldassarre/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty Images The weekend in soccer was full of surprises, drama and action as per usual. AC Milan and Inter Milan both won their respective
1:28 PM ET United States men’s U-23 national team manager Jason Kreis has called 31 players into a training camp ahead of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying championship. – MLS pushes back opening day to April 7– Stream MLS matches on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The camp will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, with the final 20-player
12:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Luke Shaw has escaped a ban despite the FA looking into the Manchester United defender’s comments about referee Stuart Attwell following the draw with Chelsea, sources have told ESPN. In a television interview after the 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Shaw suggested Attwell had decided against giving United
10:00 AM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation announced that the U.S. men’s national team will play a friendly against Jamaica in Wiener Neustadt, Austria on March 25. While the match will take place at the Wiener Neustadt Stadion, it will be played under U.S. Soccer’s Return To Play Protocols and Guidelines, meaning fans won’t be
10:05 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson AC Milan will be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Europa League round-of-16 clash with Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. The Swedish forward was substituted midway through Milan’s 2-1 victory over AS Roma on Sunday, having picked up an abductor muscle injury. – Stream LIVE games and replays on
8:00 AM ET The 2020-21 Premier League title race has now become a battle for second place with Manchester City stretching their lead at the top to 12 points over the weekend. A win at home to Wolves on Tuesday would take City 15 points clear of the pack and register their 21st consecutive victory
6:08 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu, the club’s CEO Oscar Grau and head of legal services Roman Gomez Ponti have been arrested following a raid at the club’s offices on Monday, sources told ESPN. Police arrived at Barca’s offices to search for evidence in relation to the “Barcagate”
11:42 AM ET Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side always thrive in adverse situations as they prepare to host Real Sociedad in La Liga on Monday aiming to continue to rein in La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. Real slipped 10 points behind Atletico with a 2-1 defeat at home to Levante at the
7:39 PM ET Danny Lewis The January transfer window may seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. Trio of clubs not giving up on Alaba While Real
6:22 PM ET Alex Kirkland Diego Simeone has welcomed Joao Felix‘s angry goal celebration, saying he “loves it when players rebel” after the forward scored in Atletico Madrid‘s 2-0 win at Villarreal on Sunday. The 21-year-old came off the bench at half-time to help seal a victory that put Atletico five points clear at the
1:57 PM ET Jose Mourinho sang the praises of Gareth Bale after the Wales international’s two-goal show in Tottenham Hotspur‘s 4-0 drubbing of Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday. The Tottenham manager gave Bale only his third league start since he returned on loan in September, and was rewarded with a dazzling display. –
10:08 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation Athletes’ Council, which represents the interests of athletes within the USSF, announced that it has removed Seth Jahn from the council after he made racially charged comments at the USSF Annual General Meeting on Saturday. At a meeting on Sunday, the Athletes’ Council determined that Jahn, who previously
3:05 PM ET What began as a much-anticipated clash in the battle for the top four ended up as a 0-0 draw that served as a 90-minute advert for why Chelsea and Manchester United are expected to fight for Erling Haaland’s signature this summer. That particular off-field battle might prove more of a spectacle than