5:30 PM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has claimed Chelsea have the “strongest squad in the Premier League” ahead of the London clubs’ Boxing Day meeting, which kicks off a week that the Gunners boss said will define their season. Arsenal beat Chelsea in August’s FA Cup final at Wembley, but the two clubs have
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11:52 AM ET Over the past six months, Manchester United‘s Harry Maguire has played 38 matches in all competitions, logging a total of 3,421 minutes. In the six months before the coronavirus stoppage — so, mid-September 2019 to mid-March 2020 — he put in 40 matches for 3,552 total minutes. Teammate Bruno Fernandes has logged
Dec 23, 2020 The transfer window reopens on Jan. 1 and to judge by what we’re hearing from clubs and agents, the twin forces of COVID-19 and bad contracts will dominate. The former because the global pandemic has left clubs short of immediate cash (zero or few spectators in the stands, rebates on TV money)
1:50 PM ET Thomas Tuchel can’t say that he didn’t see it coming. The now-former Paris Saint-Germain manager — sources told ESPN the German has been relieved of his duties — had sensed for some time that he was swimming against the tide. He knew that the Ligue 1 defeats at home against Marseille and
4:00 AM ET There have been at least six Premier League managers sacked every calendar year since 2012. In two of the past three years (2017 and 2019), that number rose to nine. COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on football, as it has on all walks of life, but managers have at least benefited
5:55 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel after a disappointing start to the season, sources have told ESPN. PSG have already lost four matches in Ligue 1 this season and enter the winter break in third position in the table, a point behind Lyon and Lille. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
8:53 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has rejected claims that Mohamed Salah could leave the club after the forward refused to rule out a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid in the future. Speaking in an interview with AS, Salah said his future was “in the
8:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told his squad not to let themselves become distracted by title talk. United can cement their place in the race for the Premier League trophy with victory over Leicester at the King Power Stadium on Boxing Day but Solskjaer has warned his players
5:12 AM ET West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce has said that Arsenal‘s dismal start to the Premier League season has left them in a battle to remain in the English top-flight. Allardyce’s 19th-placed side are also in the thick of the relegation fight and host Arsenal on Jan. 2, following clashes with champions Liverpool
3:49 AM ET Inter Milan midfielder Christian Eriksen could leave the Serie A club next month after struggling to settle in Italy following his transfer from English Premier League side Tottenham in January, the club’s chief executive Giuseppe Marotta said. The Denmark international has struggled for game time in Italy under coach Antonio Conte, starting