6:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Clubs signed up to the new European Super League (ESL), including Manchester United and Manchester City, are fielding calls from players and agents worried about the implications of the bombshell plans, sources have told ESPN. A number of top players under contract at the six Premier League clubs signed up
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6:22 AM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino told the 12 breakaway European Super League clubs on Tuesday that they could not be “half in, half out” of the established football system and must face up to the reality of their decision. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United,
8:19 AM ET The grandson of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly has said he would be happy for his grandfather’s statue to be removed from outside Anfield in protest at the club’s European Super League (ESL) proposal. Liverpool announced that they would be the founding members of the breakaway league alongside AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico
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”
1:37 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur‘s decision to sack manager Jose Mourinho just days before their League Cup final against Manchester City is “crazy,” former England skipper Wayne Rooney said. Rooney, who played under Mourinho when the Portuguese was in charge at Manchester United, said Spurs should have waited until after Sunday’s final to pull the
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
2:15 PM ET While their relationship ended abruptly on Monday with news of his firing, the truth is that Tottenham’s alliance with Jose Mourinho was a transactional relationship from day one. Spurs are run on a day-to-day basis by chairman Daniel Levy, one of the shrewdest and sharpest administrators in football. Mourinho may have fooled
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
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
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