4:57 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent A group of Manchester United supporters have broken into the club’s Carrington training base in protest at the failed plans for a European Super League. A group of around 20 fans entered United’s training ground on Thursday morning with banners which read “Glazers out” and “we decide when you play.”
Month: April 2021
5:30 AM ET RIP the Super League. A group of 12 “elite” European clubs attempted to start a new breakaway competition only to have it crumble in less than 72 hours. If it seems like a chaotic blur, that’s largely because that is what the lifespan of the doomed competition ultimately amounted to. – Marcotti:
12:09 PM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
7:28 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The January transfer window might 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. TOP STORY: Fernandes’ United future tied to Pogba Bruno
7:36 PM ET Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has admitted the European Super League is “on standby” after eight of the 12 clubs involved announced their withdrawal — while blasting the current Champions League format as “obsolete” and claiming the reaction to the project was “as if we’d killed football.” Perez — one of the
6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent BIRMINGHAM, England — Without their best player, conceding after 21 seconds and having a man sent off in the first half, Manchester City could have ignited a title race at Villa Park on Wednesday night. Instead, Pep Guardiola’s side beat Aston Villa 2-1 and showed why they deserve to be
2:46 PM ET Munich, Dublin and Bilbao are all at risk of losing games at Euro 2020 with the three cities given a Friday deadline by UEFA to confirm their ability to host fixtures at the tournament this summer, sources have told ESPN. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Marcotti: How did
6:07 PM ET Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has said the proposed plans for a European Super League were unsustainable and would have destroyed the entire football ecosystem. Barca were one of the 12 founding members of the project and have not yet withdrawn their support for it. However, with the exception of Real Madrid, the
2:49 PM ET Second-half strikes from Son Heung-min and Gareth Bale handed Tottenham Hotspur a Premier League comeback win over Southampton on Wednesday night. The match was the first in charge for Tottenham interim manager Ryan Mason, who took over after Spurs sacked Jose Mourinho on Monday, making him the youngest coach ever to oversee
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8:37 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said UEFA are only focused on money and are ignoring managers and players after some of the game’s biggest clubs tried to break away from European football’s governing body this week. Barca were one of 12 teams from Spain, England and Italy to
12:25 PM ET Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer has apologised to supporters for the club’s involvement in the breakaway European Super League project, saying the hierarchy failed to show respect to the “deep-rooted traditions” of the English game. United were among the six Premier League clubs who had signed up for the venture before withdrawing
5:06 AM ET Schalke players were attacked by their own fans when returning from Bielefeld after getting relegated from the Bundesliga. Gelsenkirchen police confirmed they were on site at the Veltins Arena as footage published on social media showed that fans chased some of the club’s players on the stadium perimeters, and though police could
5:13 AM ET Breakaway European Super League founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said on Wednesday that the league can no longer go ahead after six English clubs withdrew. Asked whether the project could still happen after the exits, Agnelli told Reuters: “To be frank and honest no, evidently that is not the case.” –
6:29 AM ET Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan have followed Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in announcing their withdrawal from the European Super League. On Sunday, 12 leading European sides confirmed the creation of a midweek breakaway tournament, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan the other teams involved.
4:12 AM ET Liverpool‘s principal owner John W. Henry has issued an apology to fans the day after his club were forced to back out of the crumbling European Super League due to widespread outrage across the football community. The Merseyside team and the five other clubs from the Premier League announced on Tuesday that
8:19 AM ET The grandson of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly has said he would be happy for his grandfather’s statue to be removed from outside Anfield in protest at the club’s European Super League (ESL) proposal. Liverpool announced that they would be the founding members of the breakaway league alongside AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico
3:23 PM ET Norwich City’s Championship title celebrations were put on ice as they lost 1-0 at home to second-placed Watford on Tuesday. Dan Gosling’s 57th-minute goal earned the visitors the points to put them on the verge of joining already-promoted Norwich back in the top flight after one season. – Stream ESPN FC Daily
1:59 PM ET Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea will begin the process of pulling out of the proposed European Super League, the clubs confirmed Tuesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Olley: Chelsea’s Super League ‘win’ overshadows drab draw The reversal is a stunning U-turn for the
9:49 PM ET One of the army of PR folks hired by the 12 clubs behind the Super League notified media late Tuesday that, after an emergency meeting, the project was “suspended.” Yeah, suspended by a thread over a giant pit of derision, incompetence and failure. – Super League chaos as English clubs withdraw– Woodward
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