6:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Juan Mata has agreed a new contract at Manchester United, the club announced on Friday. The Spaniard has signed a one-year extension that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2022. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– When does the transfer
Month: July 2021
7:45 AM ET An online petition calling for the Euro 2020 round-of-16 clash between France and Switzerland to be replayed has been signed by more than a quarter of a million people. The petition was posted on French website Les Lignes Bougent by an aggrieved fan of Les Bleus, who was remonstrating over a perceived
9:53 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour has joined Norwich City on a season-long loan, the newly promoted Premier League club announced on Friday. Gilmour played 11 games in all competitions for Chelsea last season as they finished fourth in the league and won the Champions League by
8:43 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has announced his retirement from international football after his team’s exit from the Euro 2020, the 31-year-old said on social media. The 2014 World Cup winner earned 106 caps for his country, contributing 17 goals and 19 assists. Euro 2020: News
7:28 AM ET There’s a sense of inevitability about most matches involving the United States women’s national team. The opposition might hang with the U.S. for a bit. They might even threaten the goal on occasion. But eventually, like a steamroller in the process of smoothing out a new road, the U.S. will run over
4:54 AM ET Leonardo Spinazzola has shone at Euro 2020, and Real Madrid are looking to bring him to Spain from Roma. Alessandra Tarantino – Pool/Getty Images Amid all the action at Euro 2020 and the Copa America, the summer transfer window has opened, with Europe’s biggest clubs looking to make a splash in the transfer
6:23 PM ET Perhaps you consider the idea ridiculous. Spain, admittedly, have just scored 10 times split evenly across their past two matches — no team has ever done that in the history of the European Championship. La Roja have only twice scored more goals at any tournament than the 11 they’ve smashed home so
6:56 AM ET Rodrigo Faez Julien Laurens Paris Saint-Germain are in advanced negotiations to sign Sergio Ramos on a free transfer after the defender’s Real Madrid contract expired on Wednesday, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ramos announced last month that he would leave Madrid after failing to reach an agreement to extend his 16-year stay
9:24 PM ET The United States women beat Mexico 4-0 in a friendly on a rainy night in East Hartford, Connecticut, in the the team’s second-to-last tune up ahead of this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo.. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Mexico stood tall in the opening 20 minutes, but the U.S.
7:44 PM ET A “big misunderstanding” between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the supporters group the American Outlaws led to the decision by the USSF to take down an “Equal Pay” banner put up by the AO ahead of Thursday’s friendly between the women’s national team and Mexico in Hartford, Connecticut. – Stream ESPN FC
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7:00 AM ET Alex Morgan and other female athletes have spoken out against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) guidelines on bringing young children. Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images USWNT player Alex Morgan leaves for the Tokyo Olympics in a week’s time, but says she is still unsure whether eased COVID-19 restrictions for nursing mothers will
10:00 AM ET U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has named a young, MLS-heavy roster to contest the Gold Cup beginning on July 10. With players such as Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie being given time off following grueling club seasons — they were not even named to the U.S. Gold Cup provisional roster
1:56 PM ET Only eight teams remain in Euro 2020, but the picture as to who is going to win this thing has barely cleared up at all. Some of the original batch of favorites are gone — France, Portugal, Germany — but according to ESPN’s Soccer Power Index (SPI), no remaining team has even
1:21 PM ET Putting together a roster for a national team tournament is full of innumerable moving parts. There’s the form and health of the players, as well as the willingness of clubs to have their performers take part. Timing is also an issue. The CONCACAF Gold Cup would at first glance appear to be
10:00 AM ET U.S. men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter has opted against selecting Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie for the Gold Cup which begins on July 10. With both players being given time off following grueling club seasons, as well as taking part in the Nations League, Berhalter opted to look mostly to domestic
9:00 AM ET After a thrilling round of 16, eight countries retain hope of winning Euro 2020. The quarterfinals begin on Friday, with Switzerland meeting Spain and Belgium taking on Italy. The following day, Czech Republic and Denmark clash, before Ukraine face England. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S.)– Tournament bracket
5:02 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta says La Liga’s financial fair play rules are holding up Lionel Messi signing a new deal with the club. Messi, 34, became a free agent for the first time in his professional career on Thursday as his contract with Barca expired. – Messi at
6:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Borussia Dortmund have confirmed they have reached an agreement with Manchester United for Jadon Sancho. A statement released by the German club on Thursday said the fee is “fixed” at €85 million. Sources have told ESPN Sancho will sign a five-year contract with the option of another year after undergoing
4:23 AM ET Manchester United are close to finalising a deal for Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, sources have told ESPN. The France international, whose contract at Bernabeu is due to expire in June 2022, is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s top defensive target and sources have said that United are ready to move for the 28-year-old