5:57 PM ET The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the globe. TOP STORY:
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3:45 PM ET MLS president and deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said that the league is aiming to start the 2021 season in early March. A report from the Sports Business Journal previously stated that the league was considering an April start date due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because of the crowded
10:31 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus, the Egypt Football Association have confirmed. The 28-year-old is asymptomatic and was the only member of the Egypt squad to return a positive test. Salah’s enforced absence will be a huge blow to Liverpool, who will
12:26 PM ET The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will host a meeting with English football’s leading administrators and key figures on Tuesday in an attempt to define the future of the game post-COVID-19, sources have told ESPN. Secretary of State Oliver Dowden has identified the power vacuum left by Greg Clarke’s
10:11 AM ET Exequiel Palacios is taken to hospital following his injury. Marcelo Endelli/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios fractured a bone in his spine during the 1-1 draw with Paraguay in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier and is expected be out for three months, his club Bayer Leverkusen confirmed on Friday. Palacios sustained the
1:04 PM ET Mexico winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano is thankful to Napoli manager Genaro Gattuso for his patience after a tough first season in Serie A, but admitted that the Italian can be “an ogre” when angry. Lozano failed to impress and get regular starts in the 2019-20 for Napoli, after signing from PSV Eindhoven
2:52 PM ET Didier Deschamps’ weekends have become really tricky in 2020. The France head coach wants to watch as many of his players featuring for their clubs every Saturday or Sunday, but the problem is that there are too many contenders now to make the squad that he and his assistants are struggling to
3:28 AM ET USMNT star Giovanni Reyna has signed a new long term contract with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, sources have told ESPN. Dortmund have not disclosed the length of the deal but sources said Reyna, 18 on Friday, has signed a new deal that would last until 2024. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
3:10 AM ET Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has defended his goal celebrations that involve him wearing the masks of different superheroes after being criticised by Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos. Speaking on his Einfach mal Luppen podcast, Germany international Kroos said this week that he was not a fan of the former Borussia Dortmund striker’s
5:44 AM ET Adriana Garcia Inter Milan have branded Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda’s remarks that the Italian club has not looked after Alexis Sanchez as it should as “unacceptable, offensive and inaccurate.” Sanchez, Chile’s all-time goalscorer, did not complete Thursday’s training session and is doubtful for Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Peru in Santiago due