Month: December 2023

Adam Brown Dec 31, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The winter transfer window is set open across Europe (check out the official dates here) and there are moves in the works and plenty of gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done

Associated Press Dec 31, 2023, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona defender Marcos Alonso will undergo back surgery in the coming days, the club said Sunday. The Catalan club said the surgery is aimed at fixing the “problems in the lumbar region” that have kept the 33-year-old Alonso sidelined in recent weeks. – Stream

Associated Press Dec 31, 2023, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fabio Carvalho is returning to Liverpool after his loan spell at RB Leipzig was ended early. The 21-year-old winger had joined the German side on a season-long loan in June, but made only three starts in a total of 15 appearances in all competitions

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has branded Arsenal‘s “painful” 2-1 defeat at Fulham as their “worst performance of the season.” Bukayo Saka opened the scoring on five minutes, but goals from Raúl Jiménez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid condemned the Gunners to a second consecutive Premier League defeat, which leaves them fourth in the table. –

Richarlison and Son Heung-Min both scored for Spurs. Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur brought resurgent Bournemouth down to earth with a flattering 3-1  Premier League victory thanks to goals by Pape Matar Sarr, Son Heung-Min and Richarlison on Sunday. Bournemouth were unbeaten in seven league games with six wins in that sequence and they will wonder how that run

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — If 2023 was the year in which Arsenal proved unable to last the pace as frontrunners then their New Year’s resolution must be to thrive in the role of chasers. A 2-1 defeat at Fulham on the final day of the calendar year extends a poor run of form to

Fulham handed Arsenal a second consecutive defeat after they fought back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 win on Sunday. Bukayo Saka‘s early goal was cancelled out by Raúl Jiménez before Bobby De Cordova-Reid‘s second-half strike ended the hosts’ three-match losing streak. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Fulham rose to

Dec 31, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team star Crystal Dunn has joined NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC after leaving the Portland Thorns in free agency, Gotham announced Sunday. Dunn, a 2019 World Cup winner, had announced in November that she would not return to Portland after entering the

Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag said he is the right person to lead Manchester United out of their slump after Nottingham Forest inflicted the team’s ninth Premier League defeat of the season on Saturday. United are nine points adrift of the top four and out of European competition as they head into 2024. The

ESPN News Services Dec 30, 2023, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions France‘s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has joined MLS club LAFC from Tottenham Hotspur, both clubs said Saturday. Lloris, 37, whose contract with Spurs was due to expire in June, has signed a one-year deal with an option to extend for 2025 and

Open Extended Reactions NOTTINGHAM, England — It’s never a good thing for a Manchester United manager to be compared to David Moyes, but Erik ten Hag is now posting more alarming statistics than the man generally regarded as the worst manager of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era at Old Trafford. United’s 2-1 defeat at Nottingham

Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday as the home side piled more misery on their beleaguered visitors with goals from Nicolas Dominguez and Morgan Gibbs-White securing the points at a rocking City Ground. Erik ten Hag’s United team are struggling in seventh on 31 points after their 14th defeat this

Dec 30, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arbroath were forced to bring on substitute goalkeeper Ali Adams after naming just four outfield players on the bench for their Scottish Championship clash against Raith Rovers on Saturday, only for Adams to score an outstanding 35-yard strike. Arbroath were 1-0 down early in the second

Christian Pulisic scored his sixth league goal of the season. Photo by Giuseppe Cottini/AC Milan via Getty Images Christian Pulisic ensured AC Milan ended the year on a high by scoring a second-half goal that secured a 1-0 home win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday. In the 59th minute, the American broke the

Manchester City ended a run of three successive Premier League home draws with a comfortable 2-0 victory over bottom club Sheffield United on Saturday. Goals by Rodri and Julian Álvarez in each half barely did justice to City’s dominance as they enjoyed 84% possession in a routine win that at times resembled a training session.

Associated Press Dec 30, 2023, 09:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Josh Sargent played for the first time since August on Friday. Photo by Kevin Hodgson/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images United States forward Josh Sargent returned from an ankle injury that sidelined him for fourth months, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute of