Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 3, 2023, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández said he agrees with Ilkay Gündogan after the midfielder slammed Barcelona for not showing enough anger or emotion after last week’s El Clásico defeat to Real Madrid. Gündogan’s comments have drawn headlines in Spain and beyond, but Barça coach Xavi
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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
Adriana Garcia Nov 3, 2023, 05:41 AM ET CONMEBOL has called for “peace and harmony” following a brawl between Boca Juniors and Fluminense fans at Copacabana beach ahead of Saturday’s Copa Libertadores final. Images posted on social media appeared to show Boca and Fluminense supporters clashing near the fan zone on the beach in Rio
Luis Miguel Echegaray, ESPNNov 3, 2023, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to Onside/Offside! Each week, Luis Miguel Echegaray discusses the latest from the soccer world, including standout performances, games you might have missed, what to keep an eye on in the coming days and of course, certain things that probably deserved extra love
Nov 3, 2023, 04:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mamadou Sakho has left Ligue 1 club Montpellier following an incident at the training centre last week, the defender said on Thursday. French media reported that the 33-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool centre-back allegedly had an altercation with manager Michel Der Zakarian. – Stream on
Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lyon said on Thursday that they want their now rescheduled Ligue 1 clash against Marseille to be played on the Dec. 6 date at a neutral venue. The match was postponed due to an attack on the Lyon team bus and the French League
Nov 2, 2023, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FC Dallas midfielder Alan Velasco sustained a torn ACL in his left knee in Monday’s 2-0 playoff loss at Seattle Sounders FC, an injury that ends his season. Velasco also has a partial tear in his LCL and will undergo surgery in the near future, the
Nov 2, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions So who saw Saarbrücken becoming a serious part of the narrative this week? Bayern Munich‘s Blamage (a great German word for “disgrace”) in the DFB-Pokal has only added another layer of interest and complexity to assessing how Saturday’s showpiece event might go. Internationally, the Borussia Dortmund-vs.-Bayern