8:23 AM ET USMNT international Christian Pulisic has said that Chelsea are experiencing a “tough period” after losing 3-1 against Manchester City on Sunday at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is under pressure after his team slipped down to eighth position in the table with four defeats from their last six Premier League matches.
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12:53 PM ET The English Football Association is providing financial assistance to enable all non-Premier League clubs competing in the FA Cup third round this weekend to undergo COVID-19 tests within the next 72 hours — a move which could result in some sides fielding youth-team players to avoid the prospect of ties being forfeited.
9:50 AM ET TV pundit and former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has said he will sponsor non-league side Marine for their FA Cup game against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Marine lost their sponsorship for the third round tie when an advertiser pulled out. – WATCH Marine vs. Tottenham Hotspur on ESPN+ Carragher agreed to step
10:57 AM ET Manchester City were back to their best against Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both got big wins to keep the pressure on each other in La Liga, Bayern’s big win was slightly deceptive and Juventus looked impressive ahead of a mid-week top-of-the-table Serie A clash with Milan. There were also talking
5:16 AM ET Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said he feared that Jadon Sancho had “subconsciously” left the club after being linked with a move to Manchester United in the summer. Sancho, 20, was one of the star players in the 2019-20 Bundesliga season when he scored 17 goals and set up a further
1:12 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool will “do the right thing” in the transfer market this month if the club can find a solution to the defensive problems caused by the long-term injuries suffered by Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Van Dijk and Gomez are both battling to play again this season
4:48 AM ET Arsenal defender Willian Saliba is set to join Nice on loan until the end of the season, sources have told ESPN. Negotiations are at an advanced stage with the Ligue 1 club unlikely to pay a loan fee but expected to cover Saliba’s wages, worth in the region of £40,000-a-week. – Stream
7:28 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has joined Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s backroom staff at Old Trafford, the club have confirmed. Fletcher, who played for United between 2003 and 2015 after coming through the academy, has been coaching the under-16s since October but has now stepped up to work with the
8:00 AM ET Jose Mourinho has demanded to know when Tottenham Hotspur will play their postponed Premier League clash with Fulham and warned organisers not to “punish” his side with their scheduling plans for the second time this season. The Spurs boss previously labelled officials “unprofessional” after calling off the Dec. 30 fixture just three
7:30 AM ET It’s fair to say that pressure — if only external, for the time being — is beginning to mount on Frank Lampard as his Chelsea side continue to falter into the New Year. The Blues have endured a rough set of results throughout December and early January, having won just once in