8:30 AM ET When you’ve been watching football for as long as we have, it’s easy to get lulled into thinking you’ve seen and heard it all before. However, when an international training session has to be temporarily halted due to a marauding parrot, you quickly realise that the beautiful game still has plenty of
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9:41 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — you can find out when the windows close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Plus, check out all the latest major completed transfers across Europe. TOP STORY: Real Madrid, Liverpool target Mbappe in 2021
5:42 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Luis Suarez is furious with Barcelona after the club backtracked on an agreement to let him leave for free when it emerged he was close to signing for Atletico Madrid, sources have told ESPN. Suarez is now considering holding a news conference alongside his lawyers if the situation
3:36 AM ET Patrice Evra has attacked Manchester United and accused people at Old Trafford of being arrogant and lacking respect for the club’s history. Evra, who won five Premier League titles, the Champions League and the Club World Cup in eight-and-a-half seasons at United between 2006 and 2014, made the claims in an extraordinary
5:02 AM ET Premier League stadiums will remain closed under UK government coronavirus regulations. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Premier League stadiums will remain closed to supporters next month after the UK government abandoned plans to allow clubs to stage a tentative re-opening of grounds from Oct. 1 following a resurgence of cases of COVID-19. – Stream ESPN
3:22 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The all-time Premier League record for the most goals in a single game week has been broken after the weekend’s fixtures produced 44 strikes. Gabriel Jesus‘ last-minute goal in Manchester City’s 3-1 victory at Wolves meant the previous record of 43 set in February 2011
5:17 AM ET Multiple Contributors Barcelona are making a late play to land USMNT right-back Sergino Dest and beat Bayern Munich to the player, sources have told ESPN, and have approached Ajax Amsterdam to name their price. Bayern are still in discussions with Ajax over the transfer of Dest with the two clubs trying to
3:13 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United might need five games to get up to speed. 2 Related The Norwegian watched United slip to a 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday as they got their campaign off to the worst possible start. And after a short preseason,
5:01 PM ET AC Milan‘s veteran forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice and also missed an open goal to give his side a 2-0 win over Bologna to get their Serie A campaign off to a winning start on Monday. – Serie A on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Stream ESPN FC Daily
3:16 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg It’s “as you were” in the top five of this week’s edition of MLS Power Rankings, with Columbus winning for the third time in its past four contests to maintain its place