Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 25, 2024, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After completing a historic treble with Manchester City last season, Pep Guardiola was asked what there was left for him to achieve. “Score a goal against Spurs away,” he said quickly, and probably only half joking. He won’t need reminding that he takes his
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Julien Laurens Rodrigo Faez Jan 25, 2024, 05:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé has received an offer to join Real Madrid as a free agent next summer and another to renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, but the France international remains undecided on his future, sources have told ESPN. One source told ESPN
Jan 25, 2024, 06:37 AM ET A Spanish High Court judge proposed on Thursday that former football federation chief Luis Rubiales stand trial for kissing player Jenni Hermoso‘s lips after Spain‘s victory in the Women’s World Cup. The court said in a statement that the judge, Francisco de Jorge, also sought a trial for former
Jan 25, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Union Berlin coach Nenad Bjelica was banned for three matches and fined €25,000 ($27,075) on Thursday after he shoved Bayern Munich‘s Leroy Sané, the German Football Association (DFB) said. The Croatian coach was sent off after 74 minutes in Wednesday’s 1-0 Bundesliga loss to Bayern after
Adriana Garcia Jan 25, 2024, 06:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino said on Wednesday he is “concerned” by his team’s lack of goals with the 2024 Major League Soccer season fast approaching. Martino’s side drew 0-0 with El Salvador and lost 1-0 at FC Dallas, despite new signing Luis
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJan 25, 2024, 09:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has suggested Aleksander Ceferin should know better than to pass judgement on Manchester City after the UEFA president claimed Europe’s governing body were right to ban the club from European competition in 2020. City were hit with a suspension in February 2020
Jan 25, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Claudio Echeverri will continue to play for River Plate until he moves to Man City next January. Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images Manchester City have completed the signing of highly rated Argentina under-23 midfielder Claudio Echeverri from River Plate, the club announced on Thursday. The 18-year-old has
Luis Miguel Echegaray, ESPNJan 25, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The late, great Anthony Bourdain — one of my personal heroes — once said that good food is “very often, even most often, simple food” and one of the best representations of this sentiment is in football. When you attend a match, you
Jan 25, 2024, 04:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mohamed Salah will definitely return to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) if he recovers in time from injury and Egypt reach the final, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said. The 31-year-old winger returned to England for treatment after picking up a hamstring injury in Egypt’s 2-2
Jan 25, 2024, 03:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dutch prosecutors said on Wednesday they were looking for a nine year prison sentence for Spartak Moscow’s Dutch forward Quincy Promes, who is being tried for drug trafficking. Prosecutors last year said the former international was suspected of having been involved with smuggling 1,360 kg of