Month: February 2023

9:33 AM ET Chelsea boss Graham Potter said he wants Mason Mount‘s contract stalemate “resolved quickly” as several rival Premier League clubs monitor the midfielder’s situation at Stamford Bridge. ESPN reported on Thursday that Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United were among the clubs tracking Mount as talks over a new deal with Chelsea have

8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has told his players they should not be distracted by takeover talk as they continue their fight in four competitions this season. Prospective bidders have been asked to provide proof of funds to support their proposals by Friday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,

9:24 AM ET Adriana Garcia Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has supported the new plans to launch a breakaway European Super League (ESL) and said UEFA is “by no means a great Samaritan for football fans.” Earlier this month, it was announced that ESL planned to launch a new competition that could include as many

6:26 AM ET Adriana Garcia Former Spanish refereeing committee (CTA) vice president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira threatened to expose Barcelona in 2019 after the Catalan club stopped making payments to his company, according to a burofax document published by El Mundo newspaper on Friday. Negreira is being investigated by the Spanish prosecutor’s office for receiving

11:17 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier defended Neymar after he was pictured out late playing poker and then in McDonald’s a day after their Champions League loss to Bayern Munich. PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe said after the match that it was important that the players were “sleeping and eating well” to recover ahead

12:50 PM ET Lionel Messi‘s father and agent, Jorge Messi, has said it’s unlikely that his son will play for Barcelona again. The Argentina captain joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021 after his contract with Barca was not extended because of financial problems. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Messi, 35,

12:08 PM ET Former Barcelona chief Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed to ESPN that ex-Spanish refereeing committee (CTA) vice president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira tried to extort money from the Catalan club in 2018 after it stopped making payments to his company. Enriquez Negreira is being investigated by the Spanish prosecutor’s office for receiving at