Oct 30, 2024, 08:24 AM ET Vivianne Miedema previously suffered an ACL injury while at Arsenal in December 2022. James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Manchester City have confirmed that striker Vivianne Miedema has undergone knee surgery, although the club did not specify the extent of the injury. Miedema signed a three-year contract at City in the…
Oct 30, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Antonio Conte during Napoli’s win against AC Milan. Ciro De Luca/NurPhoto via Getty Images Serie A leaders Napoli continued their impressive unbeaten run with a victory at AC Milan on Tuesday and, while manager Antonio Conte can no longer brush off talk of a Scudetto title triumph, a return to…
Oct 30, 2024, 07:06 AM ET Valencia have had their request to postpone Wednesday’s Copa del Rey game against Parla Escuela in Madrid accepted by Spain’s football federation (RFEF) after floods in the south-east of the country killed several people and authorities advised against all non-essential travel. Weather agency AEMET declared a red alert in…
Oct 30, 2024, 06:55 AM ET Jürgen Klopp has defended his decision to head up Red Bull’s group of football clubs, saying he “didn’t want to step on anybody’s toes” after his decision prompted a backlash from fans of his former teams in Germany. Klopp is taking over as the drinks company’s head of global…
Oct 30, 2024, 06:22 AM ET LaLiga president Javier Tebas has criticised Real Madrid for boycotting the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday. Los Blancos cancelled their planned trip to the French capital after finding out that Manchester City midfielder Rodri would be announced as the winner of the prestigious award ahead of Real…
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 30, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Before the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008 transformed Manchester City into a European superpower, things were very different for the youngsters growing up with dreams of playing for the first team. Thomas Krucken is City’s youth academy director, but for a year in the early 2000s he…
Oct 30, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Real Madrid may be angry at Manchester City midfielder Rodri winning the Ballon d’Or but they still want to sign him in the summer, while Arsenal are working on a deal to land Leroy Sané from Bayern Munich. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from…
Oct 29, 2024, 07:53 PM ET The winter transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Madrid plot swoop for Ballon…
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 29, 2024, 05:14 PM ET It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers, but I really don’t care about the Ballon d’Or despite having followed it since I was a kid. Things you achieve on the field of play are just inherently more meaningful to me than baubles…
Al Nassr are out of the Saudi King’s Cup at the hands of Al Taawoun after Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in second-half stoppage time on Tuesday. The five-time Ballon D’Or winner has yet to win a major trophy since signing for the club almost two years ago. The mid-table Saudi Pro League visitors took…