Month: January 2022

7:23 AM ET Luis Diaz has an €80 million release clause at Porto. Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur are expected to make an improved offer for FC Porto winger Luis Diaz after having an opening bid of €45 million ($50.75m) plus add-ons rejected, sources have told ESPN. Porto have a strong negotiating position

8:32 AM ET Adriana Garcia Anthony Martial has said his loan move to Sevilla from Manchester United will satisfy his need to enjoy playing football again. The France international, who was used sporadically at Old Trafford, took a wage cut so he could join the LaLiga outfit this week. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS,

2:09 PM ET Associated Press United States national team winger Paul Arriola was acquired by FC Dallas from D.C. United on Wednesday for a Major League Soccer record of $2 million in general allocation money. D.C. will receive $1.5 million this year and $500,000 in 2023, plus up to $300,000 in conditional future GAM based

1:34 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Club America women’s manager Craig Harrington has been give a three-match ban by the league. Getty Images Following alleged improper language during a Liga MX Femenil match against Monterrey earlier this week, Club America manager Craig Harrington has been given a three-game suspension from the league’s disciplinary committee. – ESPN+ viewers’

1:14 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Adama Traore has emerged as a January target for Barcelona, but any deal is linked to Ousmane Dembele‘s situation at the club, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Dembele, 24, is in the final six months of his contract with Barca and has still not signed

12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jesse Lingard is growing increasingly unhappy at his treatment by Manchester United with talks over a possible loan move to Newcastle stalled and on the brink of collapse, sources have told ESPN. Lingard, who will be out of contract in the summer, wants to move to St James’ Park until

11:52 AM ET Associated Press FIFA President Gianni Infantino linked his plan for biennial World Cups on Wednesday to giving more hope to Africans who risk their lives crossing the sea to Europe. In a speech to European lawmakers, Infantino said football was being dominated by the few who “have everything” and it needed to