3:17 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Ricardo Pepi said he believes the leading man in the frontline for the United States men’s national team at the 2022 World Cup. Speaking to ESPN’s Ahora O Nunca following his transfer from FC Dallas to Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, Pepi said he is confident to the starting No. 9
Football
2:44 PM ET Associated Press United States men’s international midfielder and defender James Sands was loaned Wednesday to Glasgow Rangers from Major League Soccer champions New York City FC through the end of the 2022-23 Scottish Premier League season. Rangers have an option to acquire Sands at the end of the loan. – ESPN+ viewers’
3:29 PM ET Lionel Messi has returned to Paris from Argentina after testing negative for COVID-19. Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has returned to Paris after testing negative for COVID-19 and will resume training in the coming days, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday. Messi was among the four PSG
3:42 PM ET It’s the juxtaposition that gets you. Davy Propper and Christian Eriksen made their professional debuts on the very same day and on Tuesday — 4,370 days later — they made radically different different choices when faced with an almost existential question: How do I feel about football? One is in love. The
10:45 AM ET MLS expansion side St. Louis City has named Bradley Carnell, left, as manager. St. Louis City SC Major League Soccer expansion club St. Louis City SC has hired former New York Red Bulls assistant coach and former South Africa international defender Bradley Carnell to be the team’s first manager. The team will begin
8:00 AM ET Arsenal qualified for the semifinals with a win over Sunderland last month, while Liverpool beat Leicester City. Visionhaus/Getty Images The first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal clash between Arsenal and Liverpool has been postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak, it was announced. Liverpool cancelled their first-team training on Tuesday following a COVID-19
9:49 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Philippe Coutinho is open to leaving Barcelona this month and five Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa, have expressed an interest in signing him on loan, sources have told ESPN. Coutinho’s agent Kia Joorabchian is working in collaboration with Barca to find a new home for the Brazil
9:04 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has said Alvaro Morata will not be allowed to leave the club this month after Barcelona made a move for the striker. ESPN revealed last week that Barca had made Morata their top target for the January transfer window after completing the €55 million
3:48 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer “We’re back!” Joan Laporta was in a bullish mood, which is the mood he’s in most days, but especially on days like this. It was the first day of the rest of their lives, a sunny morning in the city. Up in the stands at the Camp Nou were
6:50 PM ET Danny Lewis The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here) and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Laporta confident he’ll land Haaland Barcelona president