4:00 AM ET Graham Hunter Close Spain writer Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Sid Lowe Keep or Dump series: Arsenal | Bayern | Barcelona | Man United Manager Zinedine Zidane won’t be there next season, but Real Madrid have other things
Month: May 2021
8:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have to prioritise his summer signings with plans to have a net spend of up to £150 million, sources have told ESPN. This is despite United wanting to work on options to strengthen five areas of the squad. – Stream FC Daily on
8:20 AM ET Liverpool have announced the signing of RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate after triggering his €41.5 million release clause. Sources had told ESPN that Konate was set to become the club’s first major arrival of the summer and manager Jurgen Klopp said: “I’m really pleased we’ve been able to add a player of
5:39 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Juventus have announced that Andrea Pirlo has been sacked as manager. A statement on the club’s website read: “Thank you, Andrea. “These are the first words that all of us need to say at the end of this special experience together. “A few months ago, Andrea Pirlo, an icon
1:55 PM ET The final game of the 2020-21 season is upon us as the UEFA Champions League will be decided this Saturday in Portugal. Will it be the all-conquering super-team that is Manchester City, as they finally win the one trophy they’ve never held? (It would also break a 10-year drought for Pep Guardiola,
3:00 AM ET It’s all about leverage — in business, in sports, in life. Or, at the risk of dating myself, it’s all about “hand,” in the Seinfeldian sense. When it comes to Harry Kane and a move away from Tottenham Hotspur, he simply has very little. Which is not to say he won’t move
5:56 PM ET Simone Inzaghi has confirmed that he is leaving his role as Lazio coach as he prepares to take over from Antonio Conte at Serie A champions Inter Milan. Conte agreed to the mutual termination of his contract on Wednesday, and Sky Italia reported on Thursday that Inzaghi has agreed a two-year deal
8:45 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar and Nike split ways last year as the company investigated an allegation that the Brazilian player sexually assaulted one of its employees, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The Journal, citing people familiar with what happened and documents it reviewed, reported that the female employee
9:46 PM ET Toronto FC has told striker Jozy Altidore to train on his own and apart from the first team following a disagreement with manager Chris Armas, sources have told ESPN. The sources added that Altidore was upset at being replaced by Ayo Akinola in the 70th minute of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Orlando
4:51 PM ET And so, Zinedine Zidane exits stage left, of his own accord and for the second time in three years. You have to go back nearly a quarter of a century to find the last Real Madrid manager who said “no mas” and willingly made his way out of the Santiago Bernabeu without
11:37 AM ET Adriana Garcia Valencia have named former Getafe coach Jose Bordalas as their new head coach. Bordalas, 57, has signed a two-year contract with an optional third, just two days after ending a successful five-season spell at Getafe. Earlier this month Valencia sacked coach Javi Gracia — the 11th coach to leave the
5:30 PM ET Mark Ogden Rob Dawson Raheem Sterling has said that only Manchester City can stop themselves from winning the Champions League final, despite suffering two defeats against opponents Chelsea in the past two months. Pep Guardiola’s team go into the club’s first Champions League final as strong favourites to win having already secured
11:43 AM ET Manchester City‘s pursuit of a maiden Champions League success is viewed by many as the club’s holy grail, but Kyle Walker explains to ESPN that the situation is more complicated. “It’s a question that’s always asked in the changing room: Premier League or Champions League,” says Walker in an exclusive interview with
5:30 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld It’s over. On Saturday, Schalke 04 played their final Bundesliga match, meaning that for at least one season,
11:20 AM ET Talks between Barcelona and Lionel Messi over a new contract are progressing satisfactorily with club president Joan Laporta having had a meeting with the player’s father and agent, sources told ESPN. ESPN has confirmed a Catalan TV3 report that Messi has a first informal offer on the table from Barca, one that
5:00 AM ET The Champions League final proves, in a sense, that money buys success. Chelsea vs. Manchester City is the team bankrolled by a Russian oligarch against the club that has been transformed by the financial might of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi. They are two clubs that have gone
5:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Marcus Rashford has said that most of the Manchester United team played the Europa League final, which saw them lose to Villarreal on penalties, while carrying injuries. United lost the shoot-out 11-10 after David De Gea missed the decisive kick following a 1-1 draw in Gdansk. – Stream FC Daily
7:01 AM ET Alex Kirkland La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned that the proposed Super League project “isn’t dead” and criticised “shipwrecked” founders Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for “still trying to give us lessons on how football has to modernise.” Tebas, a vocal opponent of the project since its attempted launch in April,
6:29 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur have contacted Mauricio Pochettino over a dramatic return to the club, sources have told ESPN. The Argentine only joined Paris Saint-Germain in January and is under contract until 2022. The French club are thought to be reluctant to sanction his departure, wishing to avoid further managerial upheaval having sacked Thomas
4:04 AM ET After 120 minutes failed to separate Manchester United and Villarreal, the two clubs went to a penalty shootout to decide the Europa League final. What happened next was simply incredible, as both sides made their first 10 penalties before Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli beat David De Gea and then saved his counterpart’s
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