4:34 PM ET Mikel Arteta will now carry the title of Arsenal first-team manager instead of head coach as part of a restructuring that reflects his growing influence at the club. Arteta, 38, was only appointed in December but an upturn in performances coupled with his leadership throughout the coronavirus pandemic has prompted Arsenal to
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12:06 PM ET The Premier League announced on Thursday that the Black Lives Matter message will be replaced by ‘No Room for Racism’ on players’ and officials’ kits for the duration of the 2020-21 season. The League added that it will continue to support any players who wish to take a knee. – Stream ESPN
5:17 PM ET French champions Paris Saint-Germain, missing several players who tested positive for COVID-19, lost 1-0 at Lens in their first Ligue 1 game of the season on Thursday after a terrible error by goalkeeper Marcin Bulka. Bulka, 20, tried to play the ball out along the floor to a teammate but Cameroonian forward
10:36 AM ET Frank Lampard has played down Chelsea‘s chances of winning the Premier League despite spending more than £200 million on six new signings this summer. Chelsea kick off their campaign with a trip to Brighton on Monday night aiming to improve on last season’s fourth-place finish, which saw them end 33 points behind
1:03 PM ET It took Julian Nagelsmann a week to get over RB Leipzig‘s loss in the Champions League semifinals to Paris Saint-Germain. He talks through their wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid with me on Zoom, and evaluates where they fell short against PSG; you can sense him playing the matches again in
4:46 AM ET Gabriel Marcotti Think back, a little less than six months ago, and you’ll journey to apocalyptic predictions about the future of football. This was a time when leagues had stopped and it wasn’t clear whether they’d be returning at all; a time when a KPMG study suggested that the Big Five leagues
3:59 AM ET Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic has been handed the No. 10 jersey ahead of the new season, the club announced on Thursday. Pulisic, 21, enjoyed a successful debut campaign in England following his €64 million move from Borussia Dortmund in 2019. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Premier League preview: Big questions, new
3:14 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken a dig at the spending power of Chelsea and Manchester City and said some clubs are owned by “countries” and “oligarchs.” The Premier League champions have only signed Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos this summer and have struggled in their pursuit of Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago. –
8:09 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Napoli president and owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serie A club said in a statement on Thursday. The club said he returned a positive result in a test carried out on Wednesday, but gave no further details. – Stream ESPN
6:55 AM ET Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has urged the club to use the recent success of Liverpool and Manchester City as “motivation” for the upcoming season. Liverpool lifted their first league title in 30 years last season while City won back-to-back titles over the previous two campaigns and secured a domestic treble in