Football

Open Extended Reactions Global transfers during the January window broke the $2 billion (£1.6bn) mark for first time in the men’s game according to FIFA data, with Premier League champions Manchester City accounting for 10% of the spending spree with a $223m (£179m) outlay on four new players. Pep Guardiola’s squad at the Etihad Stadium

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at LaLiga president Javier Tebas’ claim that Real Madrid have “lost their minds” with their referee complaints, saying the club want “to improve things” and “to change a system they don’t like.” Madrid filed a formal complaint

Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have included injured midfielder Rodri in their updated Champions League squad for the knockout phase while there are also places for new signings Omar Marmoush, Nico González and Abdukodir Khusanov. Vitor Reis, who also arrived in January in a €35 million ($36.2m) deal from Palmeiras, has been omitted. Marmoush, González

Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — As the majority of Liverpool‘s players flocked to celebrate with Cody Gakpo after he had opened the scoring against Tottenham Hotspur, captain Virgil van Dijk had other ideas. Though there were only 34 minutes on the clock at Anfield when Liverpool drew level on aggregate in their Carabao Cup

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool outclassed a blunt Tottenham Hotspur team 4-0 on Sunday to book their spot in the Carabao Cup final, but captain Virgil van Dijk said he was disappointed with aspects of his side’s performance during the dominant win. Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk saw Liverpool thrash

Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick praised Ferran Torres‘ ability to fill in for Robert Lewandowski after the forward netted a hat trick in Thursday’s 5-0 Copa del Rey quarterfinal win over Valencia at Mestalla. Fermín López and Lamine Yamal were also on target as Barça joined Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad

Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has described external criticism of his team as “irrelevant” following their 4-1 aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semifinals. Spurs took a slender advantage into the second leg at Anfield thanks to Lucas Bergvall‘s late winner in north London last month. However, they were

Feb 6, 2025, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga President Javier Tebas criticised Real Madrid on Thursday, saying the club had “lost their minds” after lodging an letter of complaint against the Spanish league’s referees. Madrid sent the letter following their 1-0 defeat by Espanyol on Saturday, with controversy surrounding a decision not to

Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said Marcus Rashford had to leave Manchester United because he could not get the forward to buy into his ideas. Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under Amorim. And the United head coach has hinted that, because he

ESPN News Services Feb 6, 2025, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spain and Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos has signed for Monterrey, the Liga MX club has announced. “The number 93 is ready to defend the blue and white jersey,” Monterrey said alongside a video on their social media account. “A historic defender in