Transfer Talk: Madrid, Barca going head-to-head for Williams

Sep 26, 2023, 08:20 PM ET Athletic Club striker Nico Williams is reportedly attracting interest from both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Alvaro Medranda/NurPhoto via Getty Images The summer transfer window has closed for Europe’s top leagues, but there are still moves in the works and plenty of gossip swirling around.Transfer Talk brings you all the … Read more

UEFA set to reinstate Russian youth teams

Sep 26, 2023, 11:00 AM ET UEFA will explore options for Russia‘s youth teams to return to competition for the first time since the country’s invasion of Ukraine, European football’s governing body said on Tuesday following its Executive Committee’s meeting in Limassol, Cyprus. Following the invasion, world soccer’s governing body FIFA and UEFA decided in … Read more

Ancelotti hopes Alonso coaches Madrid ‘one day’

play Ancelotti: Our defence was too weak in Madrid derby (0:59)Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti reflects on his side’s 3-1 defeat to rivals Atletico Madrid in LaLiga. (0:59) Sep 26, 2023, 08:16 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti said he hopes Xabi Alonso can coach Real Madrid “one day” after the Bayer Leverkusen boss was linked with … Read more

President of Colombia’s Tigres killed after loss

Sep 25, 2023, 05:28 PM ET The president of Colombian second division club Tigres FC, Edgar Paez, was shot dead following his team’s defeat on Saturday, the club announced. The 63-year-old was returning home by car with his daughter after the 3-2 home loss to Atletico FC when he was killed by two men on … Read more

Chelsea boss Pochettino: Bruno didn’t belong

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has explained releasing assistant coach Bruno Saltor. It emerged yesterday that Bruno had ‘quietly’ left Chelsea after terminating his contract by mutual consent. The Spaniard had been part of former manager Graham Potter‘s staff and had stayed on after his sacking. Pochettino told Sky Sports today: “It was a decision that … Read more

Leboeuf: Chelsea should’ve competed for Kane and Mitrovic

Chelsea hero Frank Lebouef says they should’ve moved for Harry Kane over the summer. Kane left Tottenham for Bayern Munich last month and Leboeuf says Chelsea should have tried for him. The Frenchman insists the current Blues strike-force isn’t good enough. “If they have that much money, they should have bought Harry Kane or so … Read more