2:48 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg With the MLS is Back Tournament a distant memory and the regular season well and truly underway, with a schedule jammed full of matches, ESPN’s Power Rankings make their long-awaited return. With
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6:41 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain — and you can find out when the windows open and close here — but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. AC Milan, Everton chase Emerson deal Mundo Deportivo is reporting that AC Milan and
2:23 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has joined Serie A side AS Roma on a permanent deal after terminating his contract with Arsenal, the Premier League club said on Monday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) • How the summer transfer market works• Kuper:
3:14 PM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has extended his contract with AC Milan by a year, the club announced. The striker’s contract expired at the end of last season but he has signed a new deal after impressing with his performances. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– The all-time 39 worst kits ranked– Transfer Q&A: How
10:44 AM ET The problem with analyzing the future of Lionel Messi is that, after 20 years, his relationship with Barcelona lies somewhere between the professional and the romantic. You can use reason and logic on the first part to come up with plausible scenarios. You can’t account for the second, partly because it’s intensely
8:15 AM ET Real Madrid and Everton are in talks over a fee for James Rodriguez, sources have confirmed to ESPN, with the midfielder having already agreed a three-year contract at Goodison Park. Madrid are asking for at least €25 million for the Colombia international, while Everton want to pay less, believing a lower fee
6:25 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona believe the only way Lionel Messi can legally leave for free is if he commits to not playing football next season, sources have told ESPN. Barca’s interpretation of a much-debated clause in Messi’s deal is that he could quit the club but would have to forgo his
6:38 AM ET Alex Kirkland Arturo Vidal has hit out at Barcelona, criticising the club’s management on and off the pitch, and hinted that he would be open to a return to Serie A amid links with Inter Milan. The Chile midfielder, 33, is one of the players Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu and new
11:03 AM ET Ivan Rakitic will leave Barcelona to return to his former club Sevilla, sources have told ESPN. The midfielder — who signed for Barca from Sevilla in 2014 — has a year left on his contract at Camp Nou, but he does not form part of the plans new coach Ronald Koeman’s has
5:30 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is targeting RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano to bolster his defensive options at Manchester United, sources have told ESPN, after sealing a deal to make Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek his first major signing this summer. Netherlands international Van de Beek is expected to complete a £40 million