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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJun 4, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have launched legal action against the Premier League, a source has confirmed to ESPN. City are challenging the Premier League’s Associated Party Transaction rules (APT) claiming they are unlawful. A private arbitration hearing is scheduled to begin next week. – Stream on

We are back! With the 2023-24 European club season closed after the Champions League final, and the European Championship and Copa América on the horizon, we’re returning with our eighth annual rankings of the best men’s players in world soccer! Welcome to the FC 100. The FC 100 is different than most countdowns. It is

Jun 3, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid have announced the signing of Kylian Mbappé on a free transfer, ending their years-long wait for him to join the club. Mbappé announced last month that he would leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season when his contract expired. – Stream on

Julien Laurens, CorrespondentJun 3, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago, Paris Saint-Germain played and won their last Ligue 1 game of the season, a 2-0 win at Metz. Kylian Mbappé was not there. Instead, he spent his weekend on the beach in Cannes, at

Julien Laurens Alex Kirkland Jun 3, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid are set to announce the signing of Kylian Mbappé after agreeing a five-year contract that will see the forward earn €15 million ($16.2m) a year after taxes, sources have told ESPN. Mbappé, who arrives on a free transfer from Paris

Jun 2, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The focus for Arsenal this offseason will be finding improvements in the squad which should finally bridge the small gap between themselves and Premier League champions Manchester City. There’s one obvious priority here, and we’d expect the club to deal with it pretty quickly: manager Mikel

Jeff Kassouf Jun 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET COMMERCE CITY, Colorado — If the United States women’s national team’s 4-0 win over South Korea on Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park was any indication, the stagnant attack from last year’s World Cup is fully an issue of the past. The era of Emma Hayes as

Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Real Madrid boss José Mourinho will be unveiled as the new coach of Turkish Super Lig team Fenerbahce later on Sunday, the club said. Following days of strong indications that Mourinho was to take charge, the Istanbul club said in a post on

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — You wonder what went through Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti’s head as the half-time whistle blew at Wembley on Saturday night. His team, the heavy favorites and finalists in six of the last 10 years (and winners each time), could well have been two or three goals down against Borussia

Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has described a survey that found one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white players on the national team as “absolutely racist.” The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity,”

Jun 1, 2024, 05:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions José Mourinho has begun negotiations with Fenerbahce over the head coach role, the Turkish Super Lig club said on Saturday. “Negotiations have started with José Mario Dos Santos Mourinho Felix for the position of coach,” the club said in a statement to the Public Disclosure Platform

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMay 31, 2024, 11:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham is 20 years old. He’s just been named LaLiga’s player of the year after scoring 19 goals to fire Real Madrid to the league title in his debut season at arguably the world’s biggest club. On Saturday, he’ll play a Champions

May 31, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi has made the impact that was expected for Inter Miami and in MLS to become the best player in the league, and some more. (Photo by CHRIS ARJOON/AFP via Getty Images) The Major League Soccer season is in full swing and with a third of

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 31, 2024, 05:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Goalkeeper Ederson will have to ask for a transfer if he wants to leave Manchester City this summer, a source has told ESPN. Ederson has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League (SPL), but City are not actively looking to part

Open Extended Reactions The last time we will see Toni Kroos in a Real Madrid shirt will be at Wembley on June 1, when his club take on Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final. Kroos will retire from football after the European Championships this summer, he has announced. His deal at the Bernabeu was

May 30, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A Spanish judge has placed former Barcelona player Gerard Piqué under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of Spain‘s Super Cup to Saudi Arabia. Judge Delia Rodrigo concluded there were indications of wrongdoing in the deal between Piqué’s company Kosmos

Open Extended Reactions DORTMUND, Germany — Jadon Sancho was a man alone during a miserable autumn in Manchester. Ostracised by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and forced to train, eat and change away from his teammates, sometimes taking his lunch break in his car, the €85 million signing was left wondering where his once-glittering

ESPN News Services May 29, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi scored yet again, but it was the lone highlight for Inter Miami CF, as its 10-match Major League Soccer unbeaten run was ended by an Atlanta United side that got its first league win in nearly two months. Saba Lobjanidze scored