9:11 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will be out for “more than a month” with a hamstring injury as he suffers a fresh injury blow, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. Van Dijk sustained the injury in Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Monday and was substituted at half-time. – Stream on ESPN+:
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5:15 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the Super League “could be a reality by 2025” as football awaits a court verdict on whether UEFA’s attempts to prevent the breakaway competition’s launch breached European competition law. Last month the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General delivered his non-binding opinion
5:03 AM ET Manchester United have signed goalkeeper Jack Butland on loan for the remainder of the season from Crystal Palace, the club announced on Friday. Butland arrives from Palace after Newcastle United recalled Martin Dubravka from his season-long loan at Old Trafford. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The 29-year-old England international
9:09 AM ET Associated Press Noussair Mazraoui had COVID-19 during the World Cup and is now suffering from pericarditis, Bayern Munich said. Photo by Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images Bayern Munich said Friday that full-back Noussair Mazraoui tested positive for the coronavirus during Morocco‘s historic run to the semifinals of the World Cup and has since been
7:53 AM ET UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin is the only candidate for presidential elections at European football’s governing body scheduled to take place at its congress in April, it said on Friday. UEFA had previously said that Ceferin, a Slovenian lawyer, would stand for a third term as president. The 55-year-old was re-elected unopposed for
4:00 AM ET Defending Premier League champions Manchester City may be facing an overhaul in the centre of midfield at the end of the season and are chasing one of the world’s best young players as a result. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Al Nassr’s pitch prep for Ronaldo | Prem clubs
5:42 PM ET LONDON — Riyad Mahrez came off the bench to net a 63rd-minute winner as Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Thursday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)– Premier League table | Upcoming fixtures Substitute Carney
6:42 PM ET Chelsea boss Graham Potter has said he has “never experienced anything like it” after the club’s injury situation worsened as Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic limped out of Thursday’s 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City. Sterling was forced off after five minutes with Pulisic following him 17 minutes later with a knee
4:53 PM ET Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal back to five points and left Chelsea languishing down in 10th position after a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. After City struggled to make inroads in an unfamiliar formation in the first half, substitutes Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez combined
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jadon Sancho is working to overcome “physical and mental” issues before returning to the Manchester United team, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Sancho has not featured since October and missed United’s training camp in Spain during the World Cup, instead travelling to the Netherlands to take part in an