8:28 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said he will pick a strong Real Madrid team this weekend hoping to celebrate a LaLiga title win, despite facing a Champions League semifinal second leg with Manchester City just four days later. Madrid’s 15-point lead over Barcelona and Sevilla at the top of the league
Month: April 2022
10:09 AM ET Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made a dramatic late offer of £4.25 billion to buy Chelsea. The sudden intervention by the man who is, according to a Forbes study from last year, Britain’s richest, comes more than two weeks after the deadline for final offers set by New York-based merchant bank Raine
8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has said he will urge Manchester United to sign younger players in the future rather than focusing on signing established star names. Earlier on Friday, Rangnick was named as Austria’s new head coach and signed a contract until 2024. – Notebook: Ten Hag tells Man Utd to leave
9:54 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has said Jurgen Klopp’s decision to extend his contract at Liverpool will not sway his own thoughts about his Manchester City future. Klopp has penned a deal which will keep him at Anfield until 2026. Guardiola has a contract at City until the end of next season but
9:00 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic told ESPN he is the best player ever to feature in Major League Soccer, having spent two years at the LA Galaxy. The Sweden forward moved to the United States in 2018 following 18 months in the Premier League with Manchester United, which was curtailed following a serious knee injury.
6:00 AM ET With the announcement that Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah has been named the men’s Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year, ESPN’s writers react. Is he the right pick? If not, why not? And which players deserve recognition for a stellar season despite not getting nominated? – O’Hanlon: The race for Champions League qualification
5:51 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Police have made an application to extend the bail of Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood following his arrest in January on suspicion of rape, assault and threats to kill. Greenwood’s initial bail period was due to expire on April 30 but Greater Manchester Police have applied to have it extended.
5:02 AM ET West Ham are working to identify fans who allegedly attacked broadcasters. Photo by Alex Gottschalk/vi/DeFodi Images via Getty Images West Ham United said they are working to find supporters who allegedly attacked two German radio commentators during Thursday’s 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of their Europa League semifinal.
6:50 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has been confirmed as Austria‘s new head coach. The 63-year-old, who has been interim manager at Manchester United since November, has signed a contract until 2024. – Insider Notebook: Ten Hag tells Man Utd to leave him alone Rangnick confirmed he has held talks with the United board
5:04 AM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the prestigious Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award for a second time, it was announced on Friday. The 29-year-old saw off competition from Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne to scoop the prize, with Salah winning with a vote share of 48%. West Ham’s
4:00 AM ET Erik ten Hag wants full focus on Ajax before his rebuilding job at Manchester United — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Paulo Dybala is a man in demand. Jump to: Dybala in demand | Fireworks at the World Cup | USMNT’s Dest gets Barca reprieve | Neves set to leave
8:58 PM ET The Miami City Commission approved a 99-year lease to the owners of Inter Miami CF for a redevelopment project that includes a new stadium for the Major League Soccer side. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games, replays (U.S. only) After over six hours of occasionally heated discussion, public comment and revising
5:08 PM ET Ansgar Knauff celebrates putting Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 up inside the first minute against West Ham. Getty Images Eintracht Frankfurt winger Ansgar Knauff opened the scoring in the first minute as they beat West Ham United 2-1 in the first leg of their Europa League semifinal on Thursday, with both teams seeking their first
6:27 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick says Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Manchester United future will be one of the topics up for discussion when he finally gets a chance to meet new manager Erik ten Hag. Rangnick insists he will “definitely” take up his consultancy role next season despite sources telling ESPN the 63-year-old is set
5:24 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Maybe the Glazers will never get it right as Manchester United owners. When they signed Tom Brady for their NFL franchise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they were rewarded with a Super Bowl title at the first attempt, but for all of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s goals and star quality, the best
Cristiano Ronaldo rescued a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in Thursday’s Premier League clash at Old Trafford. Ronaldo, who has now scored United’s last five goals, found the net just two minutes after Chelsea had taken a deserved 60th-minute lead through Marcos Alonso. Despite dominating the game, Chelsea failed to
3:22 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick is considering an offer from the Austrian FA to coach their national team, but has told Manchester United he could still fulfil his role as consultant even if he takes the job, sources have told ESPN. The outgoing interim manager at United has a two-year contract to begin
12:20 PM ET In this week’s edition of his column, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae dissects the tension-packed relegation equation featuring a couple of notable American connections. Pellegrino Matarazzo is normally one to encourage rather than scold his players in public, but the New Jersey-born-and-raised coach of VfB Stuttgart didn’t mince his words after
2:49 PM ET Premier League club Chelsea are on borrowed time and only have weeks to complete their sale, Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport told the BBC on Thursday. Chelsea were put up for sale by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich before sanctions were imposed on the oligarch by the British
1:46 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino said Thursday he is “100%” sure both he and Kylian Mbappe will remain with the club next season. Speculation over Pochettino’s future in the French capital has swirled since PSG were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid in the Round of 16, despite holding a
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