8:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are keeping the movements of their players top secret in a bid to make sure the rearranged fixture with Liverpool goes ahead, sources have told ESPN. The club are concerned the team bus may be targeted in an effort to stop the players arriving at Old Trafford and
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3:01 PM ET Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC is nearing an agreement to be sold to the Wilf family, the owners of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, OCSC owner Flavio Augusto da Silva announced Wednesday. The deal will also include the Orlando Pride of the NWSL and related soccer assets. The sale, which has long
1:43 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona contacted Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick’s representatives to sound out his availability this summer, sources close to the Catalan club have told ESPN. Flick, 56, announced in April that he would leave Bayern at the end of the season, but Barca were told that a deal for
9:09 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has criticised the Premier League for handing Manchester United a packed fixture schedule and called it a “crime.” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side will play three matches in five days after their clash against Liverpool on May 2 was postponed due to United supporters protesting inside and
5:35 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar said he would like to play with Cristiano Ronaldo in the future. Neymar recently extended his stay with the Parisians to 2025 but Ronaldo’s future at Juventus looks less certain with Andrea Pirlo’s side facing a battle to finish in the Serie A top four and reach the
6:36 AM ET Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has ruled himself out of this summer’s European Championship with Netherlands as he recovers from injury. Van Dijk, 29, has not played since suffering a season-ending knee injury in October in the Merseyside derby at Everton. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Liverpool boss
3:31 AM ET Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said that striker Erling Haaland will remain at the club next season. Haaland, 20, is under contract at Dortmund until 2024, but a clause in his contract allows him to leave the Westfalenstadion for a fee significantly below €100 million in the summer of 2022. –
1:03 AM ET Sporting players celebrate after winning the Portuguese title at Marques de Pombal in Lisbon. CARLOS COSTA/AFP via Getty Images Sporting fans celebrating their club being crowned Portuguese champions for the first time in nearly two decades clashed with riot police in the early hours of Wednesday. Fans had gathered on Tuesday evening outside
4:00 AM ET Joe Bryan can’t remember how he felt during the best moments of his career. He only recalls those two goals he scored against Brentford in the 2020 Championship playoff final, which earned Fulham promotion to the Premier League and a £170m windfall, through watching highlights. Nor can he remember the emotions of
4:08 PM ET Pep Guardiola was always likely to change the landscape of English football when he arrived at Manchester City in 2016, but five years on, the Spaniard and his players have ripped up the record books and the rulebook by becoming the dominant force in the Premier League and their latest title triumph