Nov 4, 2023, 07:58 AM ET Sandro Tonali‘s breaches of rules on betting on matches caught Newcastle by surprise, and the Premier League club is conducting an internal investigation into the midfielder’s transfer, the team’s sporting director Dan Ashworth has said. The 23-year-old Italy international was sanctioned with an 18-month ban last month by the
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 4, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — It wasn’t pretty, but Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag won’t care. At the end of a week that has seen the Dutchman’s position at Old Trafford seriously questioned for the first time, Bruno Fernandes forced in a stoppage-time goal to hand
Cesar Hernández Nov 3, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Galaxy have parted ways with Mexico striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernández after the expiration of his contract, the MLS club announced on Friday. “We are grateful to Javier for his dedication and contributions to the LA Galaxy,” said head coach and sporting director Greg
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 3, 2023, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has branded Marcus Rashford‘s decision to go to a nightclub after Manchester United‘s defeat to Manchester City as “unacceptable” and revealed the forward has apologised. Rashford was spotted at Chinawhite club in Manchester on Sunday night hours after the 3-0 derby
ESPN news services Nov 3, 2023, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF have agreed a deal with Grêmio’s Luis Suárez, sources have confirmed to ESPN in Uruguay. As confirmed last month by his current coach at Grêmio, Renato Gaucho, Suárez, 36, will depart the Porto Alegre-based club at the end of the
Associated Press Nov 3, 2023, 02:49 PM ET German soccer club Mainz terminated the contract of Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi on Friday following his social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. The announcement by Mainz came two days after El Ghazi disputed the club’s version of events when it lifted an earlier suspension. German
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 3, 2023, 04:42 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Former Inter Miami manager Phil Neville is poised to make a return to MLS, after talks with the Portland Timbers to take their vacant head coaching role reached an
Open Extended Reactions Everton are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over restructuring their deal for Dele Alli to avoid paying £10 million ($12.2m) when he plays 20 games for the club, sources have told ESPN. Alli moved to Merseyside in January 2022 in a complicated agreement which included no initial transfer fee but a series
Nov 3, 2023, 12:43 PM ET French club Lille said on Friday that their fans had been banned from travelling to Marseille this weekend, due to fears of crowd trouble after hooligans forced last week’s match between Marseille and Lyon to be abandoned. “If the authorities finally decided this morning that they would not be
Open Extended Reactions Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino insists his affection for Tottenham Hotspur will remain intact no matter what reception he receives on his return to the club — and even joked that he considered wearing a disguise to watch his former team after leaving. Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham in November 2019 after five-and-a-half