11:44 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email New Chelsea signing Timo Werner scored less than four minutes into his Blues debut in a preseason friendly against Brighton on Saturday. In a move started by Hakim Ziyech, who was also making his first start for Chelsea, the ball found itself on the head
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7:34 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Leeds United have signed Valencia forward Rodrigo for a club record £26 million, the club announced on Saturday. The 29-year-old has signed a four-year deal with Marco Bielsa’s side who return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+–
4:31 AM ET 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 close in on Diaz AC Milan are finally closing in on the signing of Real
8:26 PM ET Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will take a leave of absence from the Major League Soccer club’s operations amid investigations into allegations he used racist language. Hansen, who also owns United Soccer League club Real Monarchs and National Women’s Soccer League side Utah Royals, has also come under criticism after
Aug 27, 2020 Every big club in the world would want Lionel Messi. Some players are just too good, and too exciting, to turn down if the opportunity arises that they may become available. There is just one major problem with Messi, though. Or, to be more precise, 100 million of them. Whenever you find
2:11 PM ET As protests against racial injustice continue to roil the country, MLS finds itself navigating a fraught situation. The league’s players staged a near-complete boycott of the six games scheduled for Wednesday night, with only the match between Orlando City SC and Nashville SC taking place with the fluid nature of events not
Aug 27, 2020 Here we go again! Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the
1:02 PM ET Two-times World Cup winner and OL Reign midfielder Megan Rapinoe is opting out of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) fall series starting next month, the Washington-based franchise said in a statement on Friday. 1 Related U.S. international Rapinoe is among 10 Reign players who are not available for the tournament, which
11:03 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Manchester City are confident Lionel Messi would snub any other approach to join them if Barcelona soften their stance and decide to negotiate the sale of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, sources have told ESPN. Paris Saint-Germain have expressed an interest in signing Messi, too, and sources have
8:05 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said there is “no chance” the club will sign Barcelona captain Lionel Messi this summer. Messi has told Barca he wants to leave the club and sources have told ESPN that Pep Guardiola and Messi spoke on the phone