7:15 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens United States international Sergino Dest is one of the players Barcelona are prepared to listen to offers for in January to help fund other signings, sources have told ESPN. Barca have made strengthening their attack next month a priority but must move on players before they can even
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8:25 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Benjamin Mendy awaits trial, charged with seven counts of rape. Photo by Manchester City FC/Manchester City FC via Getty Images Benjamin Mendy has been charged with another count of rape following an appearance in court on Wednesday. The Manchester City footballer is now accused of seven counts of rape relating to
6:39 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United expect Paul Pogba to stay during the January transfer window despite the midfielder nearing the end of his contract at Old Trafford, sources have told ESPN. Pogba will be a free agent in the summer and can begin formal negotiations with clubs outside England from Jan. 1. Sources
10:27 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona are closing in on a €55 million ($62m) deal for Manchester City‘s Ferran Torres but the signing is dependent on freeing up room on their wage bill first, according to ESPN sources. Sources have told ESPN that Barca and City officials met in Seville on Tuesday to
6:27 AM ET Arsenal are willing to listen to offers for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January, sources have told ESPN. The 32-year-old was stripped of the captaincy last week after a series of disciplinary issues and has been training away from his teammates. Sources claim the situation is not beyond repair but the Gunners are ready
9:00 AM ET Bruce Schoenfeld BARCELONA — There’s nothing nou about Camp Nou, Barcelona‘s iconic stadium. The red grandstand seats, meant to evoke the stripes on the Catalan flag, have faded to a flamingo pink. The concrete floors are mottled and scarred. It’s a fitting symbol for the vertiginous decline of a great football club.
5:18 AM ET Posts by Premier League club Arsenal promoting fan tokens broke advertising rules, a watchdog has ruled. The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said Arsenal had taken “advantage of consumers’ inexperience” in cryptoassets. The posts, which appeared on Arsenal’s Facebook page and website and featured three first team players in Ben White, Kieran
4:00 AM ET Dave Kelly is an Everton supporter, but whenever Liverpool play at home, he spends hours at Flagpole Corner, just outside The Kop at Anfield, collecting donations of food from fans on the way to the game. Kelly’s van is adorned by images of a handshake — red shaking blue — and the
4:58 PM ET On Monday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, speaking at a global summit of FIFA member nations, revealed that a biennial men’s World Cup would likely generate an additional $4.4 billion in revenue (an increase of around 60%) over a four-year cycle compared to the current quadrennial tournament. He said that there was probably
8:04 PM ET Danny Lewis The January transfer window is fast approaching and, naturally, all the gossip on who’s moving where is heating up. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz as we count down to the 2022 winter window. TOP STORY: Dembele in demand Juventus, Manchester United and Chelsea are all pushing to