Football

3:30 PM ET Manchester United confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the No. 7 shirt after he re-joined the club from Juventus. The Old Trafford side announced Ronaldo had officially signed on Monday after posting confirmation of an agreement with the player to make the move the previous Friday. – How Man Utd persuaded Ronaldo to

4:00 AM ET The transfer window closed on Aug. 31, with Europe’s top clubs spending plenty of money to enhance their squads even amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the financial constraints that has brought. 2 Related Manchester United splashed more than €120m on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, while also bringing back Cristiano Ronaldo;

10:15 AM ET The time to exorcise demons — or try to, at least — has finally arrived. Exactly 1,423 days after a loss to Trinidad & Tobago prevented the United States men’s national team from qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, qualification for the 2022 competition finally begins. The USA’s 14-game path to

6:05 PM ET FARO, Portugal — If anyone is still wondering whether Manchester United are getting a Cristiano Ronaldo whose best days are firmly behind him, just ask the shell-shocked Republic of Ireland players who thought they had denied him a goal-scoring world record in Estadio Algarve, only to see the Portugal captain smash it

4:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen This transfer window has been incredible. Given the challenges of the last 18 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis that has ensued as a result, nobody really thought anything would happen at all. 2 Related According to Transfermarkt, the English Premier League led the way by spending

6:45 PM ET Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost every major club in Europe made a big-money signing in the just-closed transfer window and there were plenty of records broken, with the Premier League leading the way with over £1.3 billion spent. While Real Madrid weren’t able to get a last-minute deal for

5:06 PM ET Alex Kirkland Julien Laurens Antoine Griezmann is set to leave Barcelona and return to Atletico Madrid, sources have told ESPN. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Antoine Griezmann is set to rejoin Atletico Madrid from Barcelona in a €10 million ($12m) loan deal with an option to stay permanently for around €40m ($47m), multiple

9:00 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have opened negotiations with Atletico Madrid over a swap deal involving Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann, various sources have confirmed to ESPN. Barca failed with an offer to take Felix on loan on Monday, with Atletico knocking them back immediately, but returned on Tuesday with a new

2:30 AM ET The summer transfer window is into Deadline Day for the major European leagues, which means the biggest clubs are looking to make a splash in the market while they still can. Check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Will Real Madrid land PSG star Mbappe?

1:04 PM ET Twelve years after first leaving Old Trafford, Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United, having agreed to a sensational return. It is a move that has been talked about again and again in the time since his departure to Real Madrid in 2009, but without ever really coming close to happening. There

9:50 AM ET Liverpool transfer guru Michael Edwards is to leave the club at the end of the season, sources have told ESPN, with the widely-respected sporting director due to be replaced by his deputy, Julian Ward. Edwards, who joined Liverpool from Tottenham to take up the role of head of analytics in 2011, is

6:28 PM ET Mbappe, left, took the headlines for PSG’s victory even though his new teammate, Messi, was the main attraction. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images From Lionel Messi‘s long-awaited PSG debut to drama in Dortmund, impressive wins for Real Madrid and Barcelona in LaLiga and a vintage performance between the posts for Man United’s often-criticized

WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Cristiano Ronaldo was everywhere as Manchester United beat Wolves on Sunday, even though he was actually 1,500 miles away in Lisbon while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Molineux. – Report: Greenwood’s goal gives Man United another away win– Ratings: Greenwood 7/10 in win at Wolves– De Gea:

10:20 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have rejected an opening bid from Tottenham for right-back Emerson Royal worth €20 million plus Serge Aurier, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Barca expect Tottenham to return with another offer before Tuesday’s transfer deadline but sources have told ESPN it would have to be a “huge” offer

6:00 PM ET Liverpool have condemned supporters who sang anti-gay chants targeting opponents Chelsea during Saturday’s 1-1 Premier League draw at Anfield. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more The latest incidents follow Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s criticism of the club’s fans for chants

5:56 PM ET Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal celebrated his return from a long injury lay off by firing his side to a 1-0 win at Real Betis in LaLiga on Saturday. Carvajal volleyed home a cross from Karim Benzema to break the deadlock in the 61st minute in his first start for Real since

10:30 AM ET Mikel Arteta is supposed to be changing Arsenal, which makes the most damaging aspect of Saturday’s 5-0 defeat at Manchester City the fact that this was more of the same: a shambolic display bereft of organisation, discipline and belief, the type which put paid to his predecessors Arsene Wenger and Unai Emery.

8:45 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain will eye bids for Bayern Munich‘s Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund‘s Erling Haaland, and Everton‘s Richarlison should Kylian Mbappe make the move to Real Madrid. PSG have yet to fully agree a deal for the transfer of Mbappe after Madrid’s second offer of €180 million, and the discussions continued on Friday