Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMar 13, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé is suing a kebab shop owner for using his name in the description of one of his sandwiches. Mohamed Henni, an influencer based in Marseille and well known in the football world in France, has opened a kebab shop. – Stream on
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Mar 13, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New Fenway Sports Group (FSG) Football Chief Executive Michael Edwards, who will run Liverpool‘s football operation, has not asked Jürgen Klopp if he will remain as manager after this season because “he is not dumb,” the club’s German boss said Wednesday. Edwards’ new role at FSG,
Mar 13, 2024, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has been working as Salford City director of football, a source confirmed to ESPN. Giggs is a co-owner at Salford along with his former United teammates Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
Mar 13, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Spanish police have arrested six suspects in the robberies of the Madrid homes of eight wealthy individuals, including top players Radamel Falcao and Rodrygo Goes. Five men and a woman were detained and police seized 10 watches, jewellery, €3,300 ($3,600) in cash and two air pistols, police said in
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMar 13, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis oversaw a historic season in which his club won a first league title since the 1980s. Less than a year later, the club is in disarray after a series of baffling decisions. Andrea Staccioli/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty Images
Jeff Kassouf Mar 13, 2024, 11:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vlatko Andonovski feels like he is home again — not just in obvious geographical terms, but in the spiritual sense of belonging. Saturday’s NWSL season opener against the Portland Thorns will be Andonovski’s first as head coach of the Kansas City Current, his hometown
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 13, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United‘s recruitment team are touring Europe’s biggest clubs ahead of the transfer window in an effort to get a jump start on this summer’s squad rebuild, a source has told ESPN. Football director John Murtough and director of football negotiations Matt Hargreaves had
Adriana Garcia Mar 13, 2024, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is impressed but not surprised that Lionel Messi has the same desire to win now as he had at Barcelona. Martino previously guided record eight-time Ballon d’Or award winner Messi at Barça in the 2013-14 season and then
Open Extended Reactions Porto coach Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during Arsenal‘s shootout win over the Portuguese side that booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010. Asked to elaborate on what had happened, Conceicao said through a UEFA interpreter: “During the game
Arsenal survived a penalty shootout to scrape past Porto and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in 14 years after a tense last-16 duel had ended 1-1 on aggregate on Tuesday. The hosts coolly converted their first four penalties with Porto’s Wendell hitting the post before David Raya saved Galeno‘s