7:01 AM ET Jose Mourinho and Gareth Bale had always seemed to be the football connection that was destined never to happen. Once at Real Madrid, and for two successive summers at Manchester United, Mourinho tried and failed to add the Wales winger to his squad. In so many ways, Bale was, and is, a
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4:44 PM ET LONDON — It took Liverpool almost three months of pondering and prevarication before they suddenly snapped into action and completed the £20m signing of Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich last Thursday. Within five minutes of his debut against Chelsea on Sunday, you had to wonder why Liverpool spent so long making up
10:10 PM ET Kacper Przybylko scored on both sides of half-time and Alejandro Bedoya and Anthony Fontana also had goals as the Philadelphia Union took advantage of the Montreal Impact playing with 10 men most of the match to win 4-1 on Sunday night at Harrison, N.J. This was technically a home game for Montreal,
3:31 PM ET United States international Weston McKennie made the starting lineup in Juventus‘ Serie A opener against Sampdoria on Sunday. McKennie, 22, secured a move from German side Schalke 04 to the defending Italian champions last month on a one-year loan deal with an option to permanently join at the end of the 2020-21
4:51 PM ET Real Madrid had an underwhelming return to La Liga as they could only draw 0-0 away to Real Sociedad on Sunday in the first game of their title defence. The champions looked rusty and particularly toothless up front, barely creating any chances of note in either half as Karim Benzema found little
4:33 PM ET Chile international Arturo Vidal arrived to Inter Milan on Sunday ahead of an expected transfer from Barcelona. 🤳 | SALUTO 👋 @kingarturo23 😉 pic.twitter.com/G8cHdMBMFs — Inter (@Inter) September 20, 2020 The deal would see Vidal reunited with Inter manager Antonio Conte, under whom he won three Serie A titles in a row
6:46 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — you can find out when the windows open and 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. Arsenal’s Sokratis to Napoli
Liverpool shrugged off last week’s rollercoaster win over Leeds at Anfield with a composed, dominant 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Sadio Mane and new signing Thiago were the driving forces for Jurgen Klopp’s side, who showed why they’ll be difficult to dethrone in the Premier League this season. – Report: Mane magic as
Sep 11, 2020 Jeremy WillisESPN.com EPA/Matt Dunham It seems Chelsea‘s delay in replacing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga finally caught up to it against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge Sunday. With Liverpool already up a goal, and Chelsea down a man due to a red card issued against Andreas Christensen, Kepa took a chance with a bad pass
1:17 PM ET Sadio Mane scored a second half double to help Liverpool cruise past Chelsea with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Chelsea were reduced to 10 men after Andreas Christensen was sent off for a professional foul on Mane after 45 minutes and Jorginho missed a penalty in the second half.