2:50 PM ET Mikel Arteta insists Mesut Ozil’s Arsenal exile is solely due to football reasons and he takes “full responsibility” for omitting the 31-year-old from the club’s Premier League and Europa League squads. The Gunners confirmed on Tuesday that their highest-paid player, earning £350,000-a-week, was not included in their 25-man squad for the current
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2:04 PM ET Former Mexico national team coach Javier Aguirre feels Major League Soccer is more attractive to him than Liga MX at this stage of his career, citing the relative stability in the head coach’s position. The 61-year-old is currently out of work after parting ways with Leganes, who were relegated on the last
12:26 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann are among the players negotiating new contracts with Barcelona as part of short-term cost-cutting measures at Camp Nou, sources have told ESPN. Sergio Busquets and Sergi Roberto, who share the same agent, are also in talks over renewed terms as Barca continue to
12:26 PM ET MEXICO CITY — It’s no secret that the United States has a generation of players that is garnering genuine attention beyond the country’s borders. The explosion of U.S. stars at top European clubs has grown in 2020, and the trend hasn’t gone unnoticed in Mexico, either. – Stream LIVE games and replays
7:43 AM ET Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has said “loyalty is hard to come by” as he expressed his disappointment at being omitted from the club’s Premier League squad list. The 32-year-old was left out of both the Europa League and domestic lists, which means he will not be available until at least January and
5:37 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has clashed with former player Jamie Carragher over the club’s transfer business this summer. Club legend Carragher questioned whether Liverpool should have signed more defensive cover after Virgil van Dijk suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the 2-2 draw at
7:17 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has said the clb are having to “carefully manage resources” because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the club’s latest financial results showed net debt has increased by 133% to £474.1 million. As well as the huge increase in debt, United’s fourth quarter and
11:18 AM ET It’s probably not a coincidence that reports of a breakaway European Super League resurfaced just as the Champions League returns. This is the classic story that won’t go away and, at its heart, is about pitting the world’s biggest football clubs against each other on a regular basis, or, at least, a
6:33 PM ET It took until 62 minutes into Chelsea‘s eighth game of the season, but Frank Lampard finally got what he wanted. Once Hakim Ziyech replaced Mason Mount just after the hour mark, the Blues had all six major summer signings together on the pitch for the first time. The concern will be, however,
4:39 AM ET Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo said he is ashamed of the Nigerian government following reports that soldiers opened fire on protesters in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday. Nigerians have been demonstrating nationwide every day for nearly two weeks against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),