7:30 AM ET Real Madrid are favourites to sign Bayern Munich‘s David Alaba with Chelsea unwilling to meet the defender’s wage demands, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old is out of contract this summer and rejected Bayern’s offer of a new five-year deal worth around £250,000-a-week including bonuses. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
Month: February 2021
8:55 AM ET Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said Paris Saint-Germain can keep talking about Lionel Messi if they want as the tension grows ahead of next week’s Champions League game between the two sides. PSG’s pursuit of Messi, who is out of contract in June, has spilled into the media in recent months. Sporting
8:55 AM ET William Saliba has again been critical of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after leaving the club on loan. Saliba joined Arsenal from Saint-Etienne for €30 million in 2019 when Unai Emery was in charge but failed to play a single minute for the club, spending last season back at St Etienne on loan.
7:08 AM ET Adriana Garcia Sebastian Abreu joins his 30th career club aged 44. Oscar Meza/Jam Media/Getty Images Former Uruguay international striker Sebastian “El Loco” Abreu has been unveiled at Brazilian outfit Athletic Club MG, the 30th club of his career. Abreu, 44, made his senior debut with Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting in 1994 and set a
5:35 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Hellas Verona youth player Andrea Gresele is in intensive care after coming into contact with train lines, the club confirmed to ESPN. The incident happened on Saturday when the 18-year-old had been with friends. Gresele climbed on top of a train at the Porta Vescovo station and was struck
5:35 AM ET Two nurses and a psychologist have been added to the investigation into the death of Diego Maradona. Maradona died at the age of 60 of a heart attack on Nov. 25, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following successful brain surgery. – Marcotti: Maradona soccer’s ultimate flawed
9:21 AM ET There is an inescapable sense of deja vu about Manchester City right now and, if it proves to be correct, they will end the season having achieved another domestic treble. Sunday’s 4-1 victory at Liverpool in the Premier League sent City five points clear at the top of table, with a game
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — One potential quarterback — Matthew Stafford — is off the board for the Indianapolis Colts. There are other options for the Colts to try to replace retired Philip Rivers. Whom it will be is still up in the air. But ESPN’s Adam Schefter recently reported the Colts have interest in
8:00 AM ET This is part one of a four-part series on the life, death and safety legacy of Dale Earnhardt, 20 years after his death at the 2001 Daytona 500. THE INTIMIDATOR STANDS watch over his hometown of Kannapolis, North Carolina, day and night, his arms permanently interlocked across his chest, his folded Gargoyles
6:50 AM ET Coming off his victory at the Saudi International, world No. 1 Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. No reason was given. Johnson’s withdrawal leaves the field without a top-10 player and only three in the top 20. Johnson has won at Pebble Beach twice and come in