ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol explains why Frank Lampard is facing an uphill battle in his first season in charge at Chelsea. Frank Lampard secured his first win as Chelsea boss as his side came out 2-1 winners against Barcelona in Japan. Real Madrid’s Eden Hazard said that he believes the man replacing him in the Chelsea
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By Andrew Cesare Richardson After Eric Bailly’s injury against Tottenham, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol says Manchester United’s needs at the centre-back position are more dire than ever. ESPN FC’s Ian Darke and Stewart Robson share their thoughts on the likelihood Harry Maguire joins Manchester United this summer. Manchester United starlet Mason Greenwood comes of the
12:44 AM ET Los Angeles FC scored four goals in a 12-minute stretch of the first half, including one from Carlos Vela, the MLS leader in goals scored, to overcome an early deficit and then held on for a wild 4-3 victory Friday night over visiting Atlanta United FC. Adama Diomande, Diego Rossi and Eduard
Julien Laurens questions whether Joao Felix will be able to express himself at Atletico Madrid like he’s done with Benfica. At just 19 years old and after barely half a season of regular senior football, Joao Felix became the fourth-most expensive footballer in history when Atletico Madrid paid Benfica €126 million for the striker dubbed
Miralem Pjanic is going to see a lot of the ball this season. In Maurizio Sarri’s early training sessions as Juventus coach, Pjanic has taken on a central role, sitting at the base of midfield in practice matches and spraying passes to his teammates in the same metronomic fashion as Jorginho under Sarri at Napoli
10:02 PM ET Diego Costa scored four goals as Real Madrid were embarrassed 7-3 by rivals Atletico Madrid in the final match of their United States tour in New Jersey on Friday. Real fielded a strong side once again, with new signings Eden Hazard and Luka Jovic starting up front and Gareth Bale again on
After Eric Bailly’s injury against Tottenham, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol says Manchester United’s needs at the centre-back position are more dire than ever. Eric Bailly will miss the start of the Premier League season after suffering a meniscus injury that will sideline the Manchester United defender for at least six weeks, according to ESPN FC
10:09 AM ET Mark Ogden HONG KONG — Leroy Sane scored twice for Manchester City as the Premier League Champions coasted to a 6-1 friendly win against Kitchee in Hong Kong. City, playing the third game of their preseason tour of the Far East, were forced to overcome stifling humidity in the Hong Kong Stadium
LAFC is closing in on the signing of Penarol midfielder Brian Rodriguez, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. Reports in South America suggest that Penarol would not let Rodriguez go for less than $11.5 million, though it remains to be seen if the final number will be that high if and when the deal gets
NEW YORK — Jurgen Klopp doesn’t remember the name of the street but he recalls the staggering traffic that delayed his arrival in Manhattan for the meeting that started it all. He can’t distinguish exactly which high-rise building it was in given the scale of steel structures painting the New York skyline, but he reminisces
10:20 AM ET Sam Marsden Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley helped Chelsea beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Rakuten Cup on Tuesday as Ernesto Valverde’s side kicked off their preseason with a defeat in Tokyo. Abraham opened the scoring in the first half after a mistake from Sergio Busquets, with Barkley wrapping up the
ESPN FC’s Matteo Bonetti finds the silver lining to AC Milan’s one-year ban from European competition. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Moscardelli ends the bottlecap challenge Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
The European transfer window is open. Click here to review all the latest transfers and keep up to date with the latest gossip below. Top free agents in 2020 | What do Europe’s elite need? TOP STORY: Arsenal run the rule on Rugani Unai Emery is interested in making Juventus defender Daniele Rugani his latest Arsenal
Shaka Hislop believes that Newcastle United’s problems are higher up than the recent appointment of manager Steve Bruce to replace Rafa Benitez. Shaka Hislop makes sense of Newcastle’s £50 million valuation of Man United target Sean Longstaff, who only made nine league appearances in 2018-19. Alejandro Moreno sifts through the latest transfer rumours in this
The FC crew discusses the next step in Gareth Bale’s career and whether he will return to Tottenham or move somewhere else. This has been a strange summer in the transfer market. The Gareth Bale-Real Madrid saga has become increasingly nasty. Neymar‘s desired divorce from PSG isn’t going as he’d hoped. It felt like Barcelona
Atletico Madrid and Chivas were each reduced to 10 men in a scoreless battle that saw Diego Simeone’s side escape with a win on penalties. International Champions Cup: Carlos Villanueva red card (61′) Chivas Guadalajara 0-0 Atletico Madrid International Champions Cup: Marcos Llorente red card (24′) Chivas Guadalajara 0-0 Atletico Madrid Sid Lowe explains why
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s dominance continued versus Carlos Vela’s LAFC as his hat trick lifted LA Galaxy to a 3-2 win in El Trafico. LA Galaxy and U.S. youth international full-back Julian Araujo would consider a move to the Mexican national team if the right opportunity presented itself. The 17-year-old dual national right-back was part of the
With Arsenal admitting to their lack of spending power, ESPN FC’s Ian Darke finds it plausible that the Gunners could drop out of top six this season. ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson says Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are ‘too inconsistent’ to feature for Arsenal week in and week out. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop remains pessimistic
To watch the 2019 International Champions Cup, sign up for ESPN+. SHANGHAI — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Daniel James to handle any rough treatment in the Premier League next season as Mauricio Pochettino was forced to apologise after a bad tempered friendly between Manchester United and Tottenham in China. James was on the end
Pep Guardiola dismisses a report in the Chinese media accusing Manchester City of being disrespectful of their hosts on their visit to Shanghai. Kyle Walker explains why it is imperative Manchester City win the Champions League and discusses his new deal in an exclusive interview with ESPN. Pep Guardiola urged Leroy Sane to decide on