Soccer

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

12:08 PM ET This weekend saw Lionel Messi play for a new club (weird), Manchester United flatter to deceive (not weird), Juventus struggle without the United-bound Cristiano Ronaldo (not his fault) and Arsenal learn more humbling lessons, this time against Manchester City. (We expected that, right?) There were big wins for Barcelona, Real Madrid and

4:40 PM ET Lionel Messi made his long-awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday as Kylian Mbappe scored twice to give Mauricio Pochettino’s side a 2-0 win over Reims. Messi came on off the bench after 66 minutes, replacing Neymar. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access

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

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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

3:33 PM ET And so, he’s back. Maybe just as interesting as the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United is how it happened. Back in May, plenty of us speculated about how it could make sense. Juventus weren’t exactly offering him around, but with projected losses in excess of €300 million over

9:47 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have pulled out of the race to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, sources have told ESPN. City were offered the chance to sign the 36-year-old and while a move was considered, they have decided not to move forward. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN?

Lionel Messi will face Pep Guardiola — and maybe even Cristiano Ronaldo — in a blockbuster Champions League clash after Paris Saint-Germain were paired with Manchester City in Group A of this season’s competition. City and PSG, the last two losing finalists in the Champions League, have both invested huge sums in player recruitment this

5:40 PM ET Despite the United States men’s national team’s failure to qualify for the last World Cup, it begins 2022 World Cup qualifying next week with significantly heightened expectations. In the nearly four years since the USMNT didn’t punch a ticket to Russia, the player pool has experienced an unprecedented amount of breakthroughs in

9:19 AM ET The summer transfer window is into its final week 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: Ronaldo agrees deal to join Man

9:45 AM ET First Lionel Messi, now Harry Kane. Manager Pep Guardiola is becoming accustomed to missing out on his top targets at Manchester City and, make no mistake, he will regard the failure to tempt Kane from Tottenham as being more damaging to his club’s hopes of success than the inability to persuade Messi

10:28 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have not dismissed the possibility of signing Cristiano Ronaldo after Harry Kane committed his immediate future to Tottenham, sources have told ESPN. Kane posted on social media on Wednesday to confirm he will not leave Spurs this summer, bringing an end to City’s pursuit of the England captain