The draw for the knockout playoff round of the new-look UEFA Champions League is upon us. And there is going to be a blockbuster knockout playoff round tie between Manchester City and Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. Here’s why. The draw for the knockout playoff round will take place on Friday, Jan. 31 at 6 a.m. ET / 11 a.m. GMT at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.…
Young Barcelona midfielder Unai Hernández is set to join Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad in a deal worth an initial €4.5 million ($4.7m), sources have confirmed to ESPN. The 20-year-old will fly to Jeddah this week to finalise the deal, which could pocket Barça a further €500,000 in potential add-ons. Hernández has starred for Barça’s reserve side this season, scoring nine goals in 20 appearances in the third tier of…
Inter Miami’s president of football operations Raúl Sanllehí is no longer in charge of sporting matters and has been replaced by the club’s academy director Guillermo Hoyos, a sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by GiveMeSport. Sanllehí has been reassigned within the Inter Miami organization. GiveMeSport’s report detailed how during the team’s recent trip to Las Vegas, Sanllehí entered a bus containing Miami players and staff, and…
Liverpool are considering fast-tracking a move for Ajax defender Jorrel Hato, while Chelsea have made Bournemouth’s in-form centre-back Dean Huijsen a top target. 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: Spurs to stick with Ange amid sack calls – Sources: Neymar closing on return to boyhood club Santos…
Although not quite a full weekend of football, there was still plenty of women’s action across the continent’s biggest leagues, with the fight for the top three taking centre stage in the Women’s Super League (WSL). Manchester City overcame a plucky Aston Villa side on Saturday to secure a 4-2 win at Villa Park, with Vivianne Miedema claiming her first league brace for her new club. Guro Reiten’s late penalty…
As women’s soccer continues to progress, so too does the world transfer record. And this weekend we saw USWNT star Naomi Girma become the most expensive women’s transfer in history when she moved to Chelsea from the San Diego Wave for €1.04m ($1.1m). The 2024 January transfer window had seen international spending in the women’s game reach an all-time high, according to FIFA, with clubs around the world collectively trading…
Another topsy-turvy weekend of European football is in the books, and there are talking points galore across the big leagues. In the Premier League, Tottenham’s latest defeat piles more pressure on manager Ange Postecoglou, while Manchester City shrugged off an early deficit to Chelsea — and shaky debut for Abdukodir Khusanov — to pick up a 3-1 win and get back into the top four. In LaLiga, Real Madrid took…
Al Hilal are preparing a huge contract offer to sign Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah on a free in the summer, while Real Madrid are considering a move to sign Aston Villa’s Jhon Durán. 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: Arsenal, Man City battle to sign Sverre Nypan…
The transfer window is open across Europe as clubs look to do some midseason business. But what are ESPN’s reporters hearing about some of the deals that could be done, and which clubs are hoping to make moves? Every Friday during January we’ll bring you the latest updates and insights on the biggest transfer news. Barcelona are certainly the first choice for Marcus Rashford and his representatives if he leaves…
The English Football Association (FA) has blocked the English Football League’s Welsh clubs’ plans to join a revamped Welsh League Cup next season. The move will come as a blow to Wrexham, Swansea City, Cardiff City, Newport County’s hopes of securing a spot in the UEFA Conference League. Wrexham were fully behind the plans for the new Welsh League Cup, but their support was contingent on the competition receiving the…