Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refuted suggestions forward Mason Greenwood could suffer a burnout. The 18-year-old has been a regular in the United side since the restart following the stoppage due to the coronavirus outbreak and has scored 16 goals in all competitions this season. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook:
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Norwich City were consigned to relegation from the Premier League after a resounding 4-0 defeat by West Ham United on Saturday with Michail Antonio scoring all the goals for the visitors in a virtuoso performance at Carrow Road. The result leaves Norwich, relegated from the Premier League for a record fifth time, bottom on 21
8:00 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC “I haven’t played a 9 a.m. game since before high school,” Matt Besler told ESPN about Sporting Kansas City‘s morning kickoff against Real Salt Lake on July 22 (watch live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes), and he’s not alone. While these are unusual times and the MLS is Back
Jose Mourinho has said he will not watch the new Amazon documentary of Tottenham’s 2019-20 season and admitted his frustration at the intrusion from cameras during filming. The 22-second trailer for “All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur” was released on Friday, focusing on Mourinho’s arrival at the club last November to succeed Mauricio Pochettino as head
The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. TOP STORY: Arsenal face competition for Ceballos Dani Ceballos‘ future at Arsenal remains in doubt with AC Milan, Valencia and Real Betis chasing permanent deals for the 23-year-old. 2 Related On Friday, The
This weekend’s north London derby is precisely the type of occasion the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was built for. It is a £1.2 billion ($1.5bn) bricks-and-mortar manifestation of the club’s decades-long struggle to emerge from Arsenal‘s shadow, something they achieved to an extent under Mauricio Pochettino on the pitch and are now attempting to replicate off
Goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Alaves on Friday to go four points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga with three games to go. Alaves hit the bar with just three minutes played and Raphael Varane cleared the follow-up off the line before Madrid
Real Madrid restored their four-point lead in La Liga over Barcelona with a 2-0 win against Alaves on Friday night. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Twist in Thiago to Liverpool Karim Benzema put the hosts in front from the penalty spot early in the first half after Alaves’ Ximo
11:22 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have agreed personal terms with Lautaro Martinez for the Inter Milan striker to join the club next season but the signing could depend on selling Philippe Coutinho, sources have told ESPN. While Martinez, 22, has reached a verbal agreement to move to Camp Nou, any move remains
The Champions League is back, but not as we know it. With 12 teams, 11 games and a World Cup-style last eight, it will take seven straight knock-out ties in the space of 12 days at two venues in Lisbon, Portugal, to decide who will be crowned European champions. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the
Manchester United face a potential Europa League final against Inter Milan following Friday’s draw. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side take a commanding 5-0 lead over Austrian side LASK into the second leg of their round-of-16 tie. Progression to the quarterfinals would mean United face the winners of the clash between FC Copenhagen and Istanbul Basaksehir, with
The draw to determine the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions League will take place in Nyon, Switzerland at 11 a.m. BST (6 a.m. ET/12 p.m. CET). Due to the unprecedented stoppage brought upon by the global coronavirus crisis, the tournament will be formed of one-off matches in Lisbon from the quarterfinal stage onwards, with
The coronavirus pandemic has made the summer transfer window uncertain, but here are the rumours floating around Europe’s big leagues and beyond. Leicester set to pursue Madrid outcast Jovic Leicester City have entered the race to try and sign Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic this summer, Daily Star reports. 2 Related The 22-year-old looked set
The young Jesse Marsch never dreamed of coaching a team in the Champions League. It was an outlandish, unrealistic thought. But now that he is a little older, Google “FC Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch,” and it comes with various qualifiers. Depending on what you read, he’s the “first American to coach a team in the
BIRMINGHAM, England — There is something beginning to stir at Manchester United. After seven years of decline and drift since Sir Alex Ferguson retired as manager in 2013, Thursday’s 3-0 victory at Aston Villa was just the latest example of the upward trajectory of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team. Back in January, Solskjaer was fighting for
5:31 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United brushed aside relegation-threatened Aston Villa 3-0 to move within one point of fourth-placed Leicester City. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side extended their unbeaten run to 17 games thanks to a Bruno Fernandes penalty and goals from Mason Greenwood and Paul Pogba at Villa Park. Greenwood scored the second in
The neat little trick via which Lionel Messi has reinvented Antoine Griezmann, opened the door to the previously “closed” society he enjoyed with Luis Suarez and turned the French World Cup winner into a productive Barcelona striker is the same one which the Argentina star has previously produced to great effect. Griezmann’s change of position
The Premier League is now halfway to completing ‘Project Restart’ after overcoming weeks of uncertainty to get competitive football off the ground again following the COVID-19 shutdown in March. 2 Related It has still not been a case of ‘normal service resumed’ due to games being played behind closed doors, increased substitutions and time-out style
Jul 7, 2020 Rob DawsonCorrespondent Bruno Fernandes is getting sick of Paul Pogba. Not the fact that he gets to play alongside him — that part is going well. It’s the questions about the Frenchman that are driving him mad. Pogba doesn’t do a lot of interviews — especially at the moment — for fear
12:42 PM ET Tom Marshall Stefano Fusaro With reporting from Stefano Fusaro in Orlando, Florida. It has not been a smooth road for Major League Soccer to get back to action in Florida, but the MLS is Back Tournament (stream all games LIVE on ESPN and ESPN+, U.S. only) begins in earnest Wednesday night. Amid