5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have ruled out letting Anthony Martial leave this summer, sources have told ESPN. United were willing to listen to offers for Martial earlier this summer, but a combination of the France forward’s preseason form and the uncertainty over Cristiano Ronaldo‘s future means he is part of Erik ten
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5:30 PM ET Sadio Mane was named African Footballer of Year on Thursday after a season in which he kicked the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they secured World Cup qualification. Mane finished ahead of Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, his former
2:45 PM ET Nottingham Forest have signed former Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard on a free transfer, the promoted Premier League club said on Thursday. Lingard, a United academy graduate, ended his 22-year association with the Old Trafford club following the expiry of his contract last month. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
3:18 PM ET New Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez scored four times in the Premier League side’s lopsided 5-0 win over RB Leipzig on Thursday. Nunez, who came on for Roberto Firmino at half-time, scored from the penalty spot before adding three more goals from the run of play in Liverpool’s easy victory over Bundesliga club
1:03 PM ET D.C. United have signed Ravel Morrison on a free transfer using Targeted Allocation Money. Morrison, 29, played under D.C. United coach Wayne Rooney at Derby County. A Jamaica international, Morrison began his career with Manchester United and has also played for West Ham United, Lazio, Sheffield United and ADO Den Haag. “Wayne
11:01 AM ET What you’re about to read is pure speculation. It’s an exercise in what might happen, in trying to find logic in a game (football) that has little and a summer rite of passage (the transfer market) that often has even less. With Cristiano Ronaldo‘s future seemingly up in the air with few
5:35 AM ET Footage of Tiemoue Bakayoko being searched at gunpoint went viral on Monday. Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Tiemoue Bakayoko has said that Milan police put his life “in danger” when they conducted a gunpoint search on him. The AC Milan midfielder, who is on loan from Chelsea, was stopped by police as they
7:18 AM ET Brazilian prosecutors have opened an investigation into Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Santos for alleged illegal child work and have requested that the club suspend all activities of its academy. The Sao Paulo state labor prosecutors’ office issued a statement on Wednesday saying that a court will give Santos until July 26
3:39 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s new recruits Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt scored on their preseason debuts as the German giants thrashed Wayne Rooney’s D.C. United side 6-2 in the first match of their United States tour on Wednesday. Senegal forward Mane, who joined the Bundesliga champions from Liverpool last month, opened the scoring
2:46 AM ET Christian Pulisic scored but was unable to prevent a Chelsea defeat against Major League Soccer side Charlotte as Thomas Tuchel’s team lost on penalties after drawing 1-1. Raheem Sterling also made his first Chelsea appearance after completing his £47.5 million move from Manchester City, but the west London side were undone by