6:08 PM ET The hasty exit spoke volumes. Jose Mourinho had no desire to spend a second longer than necessary on the touchline alongside his former player and now Chelsea manager Frank Lampard. The 57-year-old — and it serves us well to be reminded of his age sometimes given the antics that are his trademark
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11:28 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld On the opening weekend of the 2021-21 Bundesliga season, there were six Americans in action. Gio Reyna scored
2:12 PM ET There were wild results in the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga, Lionel Messi was back in action, Luis Suarez excelled for Atletico Madrid — which feels weird to type — and we had handball controversies galore in England. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in
6:23 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — So much for Liverpool’s “nightmare” start to the season. Three games in and the reigning champions have aced it so far by beating last season’s Championship winners (Leeds United), Europe’s biggest summer spenders (Chelsea) and a resurgent Arsenal side — 3-1 on Monday at Anfield — that only last
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4:00 AM ET This summer’s transfer window has been unusual given how the coronavirus pandemic has caused uncertainty across the world, particularly in the financial markets, while leagues have been postponed, then restarted while adhering to safety protocols. 2 Related Some clubs have had to change their transfer plans significantly; others have seemingly continued as
3:26 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER — Manchester City are fortunate they have already agreed a deal for Ruben Dias because Benfica might have been tempted to put the price up after Jamie Vardy ran riot in Leicester’s 5-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium. Dias is set to move to Manchester in a deal that
1:23 PM ET A Jamie Vardy hat trick and goals from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans helped Leicester City beat Manchester City 5-2 on Sunday. Ederson could do little in the City goal as Vardy and Tielemans fired three penalties past him. Vardy and Maddison added two from open play while goals from Riyad Mahrez
5:15 AM ET Barcelona have had a bid of €20 million plus add ons accepted by Ajax for USMNT defender Sergino Dest, sources have told ESPN. Dest, 19, and his representatives are discussing personal terms as Ronald Koeman closes in on his first signing as Barca boss. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Exclusive: Why
11:59 AM ET BRIGHTON, England — This was more like the old Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and in many ways, that is precisely the problem. They needed a frankly ludicrous chain of events to secure a fortuitous 3-2 victory here at the Amex Stadium as Brighton hit the woodwork five times and conceded
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6:10 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi has launched another scathing attack against Barcelona‘s board, accusing them of disrespecting Luis Suarez and effectively kicking him out of the club. Suarez, 33, had said he wanted to stay at Barca this season, even if it meant taking on a backup role, but eventually agreed
2:31 PM ET Dabo Swinney could hardly believe what he was watching. The Clemson football coach knew his godson, a star in the FC Dallas academy, was a good athlete. He knew the kid had a strong leg. But when Tanner Tessmann started kicking at a Clemson camp in the summer of 2019, Swinney wasn’t
3:51 PM ET “What is it about you and Germany?” This is a question I get rather a lot. As a Scot whose broadcasting travels have taken me around the world since first picking up the microphone professionally in 1986, no country has had a hold on me quite like the land of bratwurst, BMWs,
3:04 AM ET Pep Guardiola is treading new ground as he leads Manchester City into the 2020-21 campaign. For the first time in his glittering managerial career, the City boss is embarking on a fifth season in charge of a club and within that, he’s also having to rebuild and launch a second cycle of
10:00 AM ET The early part of a new season is always one of conflict: A) we know we shouldn’t overreact to what we see in the first few matches of the year, but B) overreacting is really, really fun. We just waited an entire offseason — granted, this offseason was shorter than most —
7:22 AM ET Multiple Contributors A year ago, Lionel Messi set out his terms for staying at Barcelona. “I want to be at Barcelona for as long as possible. This is my home,” he told the Catalan newspaper Sport. “But I don’t want to have a long-term contract and to only be here because of
3:17 AM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said Mesut Ozil will find it “very difficult” to break into the first team squad this season. Ozil, whose contract is set to expire next June, did not feature towards the end of last season and was not named in Arsenal’s matchday squad for the first three