8:34 PM ET Alex Kirkland Florentino Perez has said he’s “completely sure” Real Madrid and other Super League participants won’t be thrown out of this season’s Champions League over their role in the proposed breakaway group — and blasted the current competition’s format, saying it’s “only attractive from the quarterfinals” and clubs “will all die”
6:25 PM ET LEEDS, England — On a night when fans set a Liverpool shirt alight in protest at the club’s involvement in plans for a European Super League, the persistence of a saxophonist outside Elland Road, who played Abba’s “Money, Money, Money” throughout Leeds United‘s 1-1 draw against last season’s Premier League champions, provided
3:25 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp called out Leeds for placing a Champions League T-shirt bearing the message “earn it” inside the Reds’ dressing room ahead of the two clubs’ Premier League clash on Monday. For their pregame warm-ups, Leeds players took the pitch at Elland Road wearing the shirts which also displayed the
4:52 PM ET Leeds players celebrate after scoring a goal against Liverpool in the Premier League. Lee Smith – Pool/Getty Images A late Diego Llorente header cancelled out Sadio Mane’s strike as Leeds United rallied for a draw with Liverpool in the Premier League on Monday night. The game began amid a tumultuous 24 hours in
6:01 AM ET Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich have opted to proceed with Champions League reforms rather than participate in the new controversial European Super League, according to Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. Bayern have yet to comment on the proposed league but Watzke said in his statement that both clubs were in agreement
8:01 AM ET Liverpool fan group Spion Kop 1906 have announced that they and other groups involved in decorating Anfield’s iconic Kop will remove their flags as a protest against the club’s involvement in the European Super League. The stand has had flags that acted as tributes to iconic players, managers and seasons since the
9:00 AM ET UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has accused the 12 clubs behind a proposed European Super League (ESL) of “spitting in the face of football lovers” and dismissed the plan to launch a rival to the Champions League as “disgraceful and self-serving.” Ceferin, who has overseen the re-modelling of the Champions League from 32
9:45 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Well, MLS is back for 2021, and the opening weekend saw no shortage of drama, superb goals
Apr 17, 2021 It would be something of an understatement to suggest that those driving the plan to launch a European Super League (ESL) involving the game’s biggest clubs spectacularly misread the room before unveiling their self-styled “strategic vision” for the “benefit of the entire European football pyramid.” Those around the table, led by Real
5:54 AM ET Tottenham have sacked Jose Mourinho after 17 months in charge, the club have confirmed. Spurs announced the decision on Monday morning, less than 12 hours after confirming they will be founder members of a new European Super League alongside five other English clubs including Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. Tottenham chairman
12:55 PM ET A Mason Greenwood double helped Manchester United close the gap at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Sunday. Greenwood scored late after James Tarkowski had equalised moments after the youngster had put the hosts ahead in the second half. – Dawson: United
3:22 AM ET Associated Press The 12 European clubs pursuing a Super League have told the leaders at FIFA and UEFA that legal action is already being pursued to stop them from action intended to thwart the launch of the breakaway competition, according to a letter obtained on Monday by the Associated Press. The letter
3:23 PM ET Kelechi Iheanacho scored the game’s only goal as Leicester City saw out a narrow victory over Southampton at Wembley on Sunday night to book a spot against Chelsea in the FA Cup final. – FA Cup on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) Leicester had the better of the chances
2:13 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — After beating Burnley 3-1 at Old Trafford, Manchester United are within eight points of Premier League leaders Manchester City with six games to play. It is the same situation that faced City when chasing United in 2012 … and we all know how that finished. Lightning is
4:58 PM ET A heavily depleted Real Madrid side scraped a 0-0 draw at Getafe on Sunday in La Liga to fall three points behind leaders Atletico Madrid. Real beat Barcelona 2-1 last week and overcame Liverpool in midweek to reach the Champions League semifinals but were crippled by the absence of nine players due
1:43 PM ET On Sunday, the European game was rocked by revelations that a number of leading clubs — anywhere from 12 to 15 — had either signed an agreement or expressed interest in joining a breakaway league that would effectively be a direct competitor for the UEFA Champions League. Among them are Manchester United,
5:49 PM ET Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez recorded his first two-goal performance of his MLS career and Sacha Kljestan scored in the 81st minute to lift the LA Galaxy to a 3-2 win over host Inter Miami CF on Sunday. Hernandez matched his goal total from all of 2020, the first year in MLS for the
7:04 PM ET Twelve of Europe’s top clubs announced on Sunday they were launching a breakaway Super League, headed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all joined as founding clubs, the statements added. Madrid
4:25 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi‘s father and agent, Jorge, arrived in Barcelona from Argentina on Sunday with the forward’s future at the Catalan club still undecided. A source told ESPN that Messi Sr. plans to travel on to Italy this week to deal with some “personal issues” and that no talks
1:54 PM ET Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has said a breakaway European Super League would be a move away from 70 years of football history and that fans love the Champions League as it is. Sources told ESPN on Sunday that 15 of Europe’s biggest clubs are in talks to launch a breakaway