Month: January 2023

5:48 PM ET Chelsea have agreed to sign Enzo Fernandez from Benfica and will meet the midfielder’s €120 million (£105m) release clause, according to ESPN sources. Fernandez will move to Chelsea for a Premier League-record transfer fee with a contract that runs through 2031, the sources added. The 22-year-old impressed for Argentina as they won
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3:17 PM ET 2022 NCAA champion Nathan Opoku has signed for Leicester City in the Premier League. Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Leicester City have signed forward Nathan Opoku, most recently of Syracuse University, the club announced on Tuesday. Opoku, 21, has been immediately loaned to Belgian side OH Leuven, the sister club of Leicester
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9:05 AM ET A total of 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster. One victim died in July 2021. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images Britain’s National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and College of Policing have apologised to survivors and the families of
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8:27 AM ET Associated Press Mykhailo Mudryk joined Chelsea in the January transfer window. Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images An apology has been issued on behalf of Chelsea player Mykhailo Mudryk after he appeared to use the N-word in a video posted on social media. The forward, who joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk this month
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9:20 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are considering a deadline day move for Bayern Munich midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, sources have told ESPN. United have been left short in midfield following injuries to Christian Eriksen, Donny van de Beek and Scott McTominay. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Sources have told ESPN that
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6:00 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email With the January transfer window closing today around Europe (11 p.m. GMT / 6 p.m. ET for the Premier League) there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done
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6:00 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email With the January transfer window closing today around Europe (11 p.m. GMT / 6 p.m. ET for the Premier League) there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done
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7:17 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United hope Christian Eriksen can play again this season. Naomi Baker/Getty Images Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen is set to be out at least three months with the ankle injury suffered against Reading in the FA Cup on Saturday. Eriksen left Old Trafford on crutches following a challenge from Andy
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6:24 AM ET Bayern Munich have signed Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo on loan with an option to make the transfer permanent this summer for €70 million. ESPN reported on Monday that Cancelo was keen to leave Premier League champions City after growing frustrated with his lack of playing time. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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6:21 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have rejected a world-record bid from Arsenal for striker Alessia Russo but the deal could still go ahead, sources have told ESPN. Russo is out of contract in the summer and could leave United for free, but Arsenal have made a bid in excess of the £400,000 Barcelona
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5:38 AM ET Jorginho was named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year in 2021. Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Arsenal are set to sign Chelsea midfielder Jorginho in a £12 million deal hours ahead of the January transfer deadline, sources have told ESPN. The club have been chasing a deal for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo,
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5:01 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Manchester United winger Anthony Elanga and Fiorentina midfielder Sofyan Amrabat are among the names being considered by Barcelona as they explore options to bolster their squad before the January transfer deadline on Tuesday, sources have told ESPN. LaLiga have confirmed to Barca that they have a small amount
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5:20 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Mexico international Diego Lainez has joined Tigres on loan from Real Betis, the Liga MX club announced on Monday. According to ESPN MX, the winger will arrive on loan from the LaLiga side, with an option for Tigres to buy his contract for $7 million. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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11:58 AM ET Brandon Vazquez is just one dual national who excelled for the U.S. during January camp. Shaun Clark/ISI Photos/Getty Images As January camps go, the 2023 edition was like no other for the U.S. men’s national team. For one, it was an abbreviated version, lasting all of eight days as opposed to the multiweek
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2:06 PM ET Associated Press Gennaro Gattuso, who was hired by Valencia in June of 2021, has been sacked. Getty Images Spanish club Valencia sacked coach Gennaro Gattuso on Monday following the team’s poor results. Valencia said in a statement they reached a mutual agreement with Gattuso to terminate his contract. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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5:30 PM ET Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for match officials across English football, has admitted Liverpool midfielder Fabinho should have been sent off for his challenge on Brighton & Hove Albion forward Evan Ferguson in Sunday’s FA Cup tie. Fabinho caught Ferguson on the Achilles in a lunging challenge from
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5:49 PM ET Associated Press Midfielder Sam Mewis underwent a second knee surgery and is unlikely to be available for the United States at the Women’s World Cup this summer. Mewis, who also plays for the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League, first had surgery on her right knee in August 2021.
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