5:46 PM ET Associated Press Diego Valeri led Portland to an MLS title in 2015 and was league MVP in 2017. Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri is heading home to Argentina. The Timbers on Thursday announced an agreement with Lanus for the transfer of the 35-year-old former league MVP. Lanus plays in Argentina’s
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Brenden Aaronson, Red Bull Salzburg. Injuries for Pulisic and Reyna opened a door for Aaronson at the national team level, and he has taken advantage. Only Adams has played more minutes for the U.S. in World Cup qualification, and he’s scored twice. He’s also produced strong form for Salzburg despite a finishing funk, scoring twice
6:02 AM ET French lawmakers approved a change to its COVID-19 rules that could impact unvaccinated players in the Champions League. Valerio Pennicino – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images European football governing body UEFA have said Real Madrid and Chelsea are facing the prospect of losing unvaccinated players for the away legs of their Champions League last
8:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have been warned over their potentially illegal treatment of forward Ousmane Dembele by the Professional Footballers Association (AFE) in Spain. Barca announced on Thursday that Dembele must leave the club before the end of the month after failing to agree a new contract at Camp Nou, with
9:54 AM ET FIFA is set to implement rules in which clubs will be limited to signing and sending players on loan internationally from next season so that more focus can be given to developing talent, world football’s governing body said on Thursday. The objective of the regulations, delayed by two years due to the
3:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The January transfer window is open and though clubs are still finding things tough amid COVID-19 restrictions, financial issues and match postponements, there has been movement already. 2 Related The futures of some of the big-name players out of contract in summer 2022 — like Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba and
11:25 PM ET LAFC is on the cusp of acquiring Canada international goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau from the Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for around $1 million in allocation money, a source has confirmed to ESPN. The Washington Post was the first to report the news of the pending deal, while MLSSoccer.com reported the amount of assets
4:06 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Atletico Madrid‘s team bus was attacked by home fans on its arrival at Real Sociedad‘s Reale Arena in San Sebastian on Wednesday ahead of their meeting in the Copa del Rey. At least two windows were smashed after objects were thrown at the bus as it was surrounded
12:01 PM ET Bookmakers have informed the FA to vast amounts of money being staked on an Arsenal player to be booked, sources have told ESPN. Julian Finney/Getty Images The Football Association (FA) is examining a yellow card received by an Arsenal player linked to suspicious betting patterns during a Premier League match this season. Sources
7:00 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here), and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Arthur’s agent talks with Arsenal Arsenal