Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday that his final game of the LaLiga season this weekend will be emotional as Real Madrid finally made his departure official. Earlier this month, the Brazilian Football Confederation said that Ancelotti would be taking charge of the Brazil national team this summer, but Madrid had not formally announced his departure. Ancelotti wished former Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso luck as Madrid’s next coach, even as…
Ange Postecoglou has said that his early-season promise that he always wins things in his second campaign “wasn’t me boasting, it was a declaration” after Tottenham Hotspur lifted the UEFA Europa League on Wednesday. Spurs’ 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Bilbao ended the club’s 17-year trophy drought and made Postecoglou the first Australian coach to win a major European trophy in history. “I always win things in my second…
Arsenal have been told they must pay Real Madrid €80 million to sign Rodrygo after making their first move, while Florian Wirtz will choose between Bayern Munich and Liverpool in the next 10 days. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades – Sources: Man Utd backing Amorim after UEL loss…
Casemiro won 18 trophies, including five Champions Leagues, in his storied stint at Real Madrid. However, the Brazil international has called his current campaign with 16th-place Manchester United, who are also in the Europa League final, “one of the most successful seasons” of his career. The 33-year-old looked set for a January exit from Old Trafford after failing to impress manager Ruben Amorim, who took over at the club in…
Boston Legacy FC, a 2026 NWSL expansion franchise, will play its entire first season of home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, due to delays with the redevelopment of its proposed home stadium. “With the 2026 NWSL season beginning in 10 months, Boston Legacy FC will play its inaugural season at Gillette Stadium before the club moves into its permanent home at White Stadium in 2027,” a Boston Legacy…
Defender Naomi Girma will join the United States women’s national team next week for the first time since her world-record $1.1 million transfer to Chelsea in January. She could play for the USWNT for the first time since December if she appears against China on May 31 or against Jamaica on June 3. Vice-captain Girma, who USWNT head coach Emma Hayes called “the best defender I’ve ever seen” during last…
Liam Delap’s future will become clear after the Europa League final, sources have told ESPN, with Chelsea’s hopes of signing the Ipswich forward set to be dictated by the outcome of Manchester United’s clash with Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao on Wednesday. Delap, 22, is expected to leave Ipswich after just one season at Portman Road due to the team’s relegation from the Premier League enabling him to leave if a…
Australia captain Sam Kerr has been assured of her continued future at Chelsea even as she continues her lengthy rehabilitation from a serious knee injury by working with Football Australia’s medical staff. Kerr hasn’t played for club or country for 16 months, since tearing her anterior cruciate ligament at a training camp with Chelsea in January 2024. She was a shock sighting at Sunday’s A-League Women grand final at AAMI…
Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Matheus Cunha, while Real Madrid are closing on the signing of Benfica left-back Álvaro Carreras. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades – Arteta challenges Arsenal board to back him with signings – Chelsea committed to Kerr despite…
Prior to Saturday’s FA Cup final, Crystal Palace had gone the entirety of their 120-year existence without winning a major trophy. Ending that century-plus drought, and doing so by beating one of football’s modern dynasties in Manchester City, was cause for a long-overdue celebration in south London. That party extended across the Atlantic. During the goodbyes of the season finale of “Saturday Night Live,” Ego Nwodim was front and center,…