4:00 AM ET Adam Brown Ousmane Dembele could follow Lionel Messi’s path from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images The 2022 winter window is open as of Jan. 1 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,
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Dec 31, 2021 Manchester United should, for the sake of entertainment, pledge to give Cristiano Ronaldo more opportunities to stage his rescue acts in 2022. Alex Pantling/Getty Images Goodbye 2021, hello 2022. All you have to do is be better than either of the past two years, so quite frankly the bar is pretty low. It’s
11:09 AM ET Jess Marsch is on the shortlist to be the next Monaco manager. Photo by Guenther Iby/SEPA.Media /Getty Images American Jesse Marsch is one of the leading candidates in the running to become the new manager of AS Monaco, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 club sacked Niko Kovac on Thursday after what
10:19 AM ET Three Liverpool players and more staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the trip to Chelsea but it is too soon to ask the Premier League to postpone the game, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. The league has postponed 18 games so far due to a mixture of COVID-19
4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen In April, I looked at the next generation of male football stars — the top talents, aged 21 or under, who have shown the promise and ability to become the next household names. While the 39 players on that list were already reasonably established at their clubs, there are also
9:25 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Here’s a little game everyone can play, which is ironic really, because it’s the games not everyone can play that brings it to mind. Of all the managers at Spain‘s first division LaLiga clubs, who do you think is currently the best player? If you stuck them in their
5:36 AM ET Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said he fears Romelu Lukaku‘s controversial interview could destabilise his side’s season and that he was surprised over the striker’s claim he is unhappy at the club. In a conversation with Sky Sport Italia recorded three weeks ago but released on Thursday, Lukaku suggested he was “not happy”
7:28 AM ET Nigeria will be without striker Emmanuel Dennis for the Africa Cup of Nations. Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images Nigeria striker Emmanuel Dennis has been excused from participating at the Africa Cup of Nations as his club side Watford are “baring fangs,” according to a statement released by the country’s FA. A Nigeria Football
8:30 AM ET Southampton and Newcastle have both had other matches cancelled in December. Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Mark Leech Sports Photography/Getty Images Newcastle United‘s Premier League match against Southampton at St. Mary’s on Sunday has been postponed due to COVID-19 cases and injuries in their squad, the league announced on Friday. It is the 18th Premier
4:00 AM ET Real Madrid want to pair Kylian Mbappe with Erling Haaland in a forward line that would be the envy of world football — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Arsenal have plans to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Jump to: Arsenal’s list of Auba replacements | City goodwill towards Barca in Torres deal