Super-agent Jorge Mendes wants to take AC Milan winger Rafael Leão to Barcelona, while Newcastle United intend to offer Alexander Isak an improved contract. 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 – Source: Madrid, Vini Jr. open early extension talks – Guardiola denies City spend due to embargo fear –…
As introductions to English football go, this was about as unceremonious as it gets. Two of Manchester City’s four midseason signings made their debuts in Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup fourth-round win (stream a replay on ESPN+,U.S. only) at League One minnows Leyton Orient. Nico Gonzalez lasted 22 minutes before injury struck and Vitor Reis was taken off at half-time. It was in part a testament to Orient’s tenacity and defiance…
The road to Lisbon has reached its first big turn with the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarterfinal ties now confirmed. The headline fixture is Manchester City vs. Chelsea, but the others — Wolfsburg vs. Barcelona, Bayern Munich vs. Lyon, and Arsenal vs. Real Madrid — are pretty good. Though you might be sick of watching City vs. Chelsea by the second leg. (Find out why below.) The quarterfinal first legs…
Real Madrid will make a move for Arsenal centre-back William Saliba when the transfer window reopens in the summer, while the release clause for Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Matheus Cunha has been revealed. 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 – Fulham re-sign Willian six months after exit – Man United…
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 couldn’t get through to the 27-year-old England international, he had to be exiled. “What I say is I…
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Rafael Louzan’s seven-year ban from holding public office has been overturned by the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday. A provincial court had in 2022 ruled against Louzan for misconduct during his tenure as president of the Pontevedra Provincial Council. Louzan appealed to the Supreme Court which allowed him to run in the RFEF presidential election in December 2024. According to Thursday’s ruling by the…
Another winter transfer window has come to a close, which means another chance for some takeaways … It’s the age-old maxim whereby you don’t get a good deal in the January window, and there’s more than a little truth to it. You tend to pay a premium for midseason transfers because the club whose player you’re taking has to find a replacement in double-quick time. (And their replacement’s old club…
Chelsea forward Sam Kerr said she feared for her life when “trapped” in a taxi before she was alleged to have caused racially aggravated harassment to a police officer, a court heard. The Australia captain gave evidence at her trial on Wednesday, saying she was “terrified” and her partner, West Ham United and United States midfielder Kristie Mewis, was “crying and scared.” Kerr, 31, who is one of the top…
Cristiano Ronaldo said he is “the most complete player to have existed,” saying he respects fans who prefer Lionel Messi, Pelé or Diego Maradona, but arguing that statistics back up his claim. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, 39, has broken a host of records during his career and is the highest men’s goal scorer in football history with 923 goals, the latest coming in a brace in Al Nassr’s 4-0…
Outside of domestic and homegrown signings, no group of players is more important to Major League Soccer than South Americans. This argument could be made on talent alone from a collection of players headlined by the likes of global superstar Lionel Messi. But what’s just as significant is the impressive quantity of figures that populate teams across the region. When the league announced its player demographics report last summer, a…