May 5, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Europe’s summer transfer window is fast approaching and, with domestic leagues ending within a month, teams are starting to think hard about which players they want to bring in. With most of the top leagues able to start doing business from July 1 — England‘s Premier League opened the
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Sid Lowe, Spain writerMay 5, 2023, 02:23 PM ET Turns out Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was right again when discussing the LaLiga race. “The difference between us and Barcelona isn’t 11 points,” Ancelotti said on Monday. By Thursday that was true: it’s 14. The European champions are not the biggest team in Spain right
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMay 5, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has hailed Antony‘s improvement but warned the Brazil winger not to let
May 5, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Hugo Lloris has made 447 appearances for Tottenham in over a decade at the club. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris will miss the rest of the season due to a hip injury, interim boss Ryan Mason said on Friday as the club try to keep alive their
Declan Rice has two years remaining on his deal at West Ham. Julian Finney/Getty Images West Ham United are expected to demand £100 million for midfielder Declan Rice this summer as they attempt to ward off interest from several Premier League rivals, sources have told ESPN. The east London club would prefer to keep Rice but
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 5, 2023, 08:44 AM ET Manchester City are nine games away from the treble. Their manager, Pep Guardiola, doesn’t want to talk about it, and it’s a feat that has only been achieved once before in English football by Manchester United in 1999, but City have given themselves the opportunity to lift
Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerMay 5, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah are among those modelling the new kit. Liverpool FC Liverpool have gone early in unveiling their new home kit for the 2023-24 season with four weeks of this Premier League campaign left to play. Editor’s Picks 2 Related
May 5, 2023, 10:48 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he is doubtful that Liverpool will secure Champions League qualification as fourth-placed Manchester United are unlikely to slip up in their last five matches of the Premier League season. The Merseyside club’s five-match winning streak has lifted them up to fifth in the table,
May 5, 2023, 08:32 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has condemned his club’s own supporters for staging protests outside Neymar‘s house and added he had nothing to do with the decision to suspend Lionel Messi. PSG’s dip in form this year, especially after they were knocked out of the Champions League in the
May 4, 2023, 08:01 PM ET Luke Shaw said his “silly mistake” cost Manchester United an important point in a 1-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Thursday. Deep into second-half stoppage time a cross from a corner kick grazed Shaw’s outstretched arm and, after consulting the pitchside monitor, referee