6:23 PM ET Project Paris has not come cheap for Qatar Sports Investments. At the last count, Paris Saint-Germain‘s owners had spent more than £820 million in transfer fees, recruited some of the world’s most high-profile players and coaches and endured nothing but failure in the Champions League every season since buying the club in
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11:20 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Julien Laurens Inter Miami completed the signing of France international Blaise Matuidi last week, easily the biggest splash of Major League Soccer’s summer transfer window so far. But what kind of player is Miami
3:00 PM ET This past Wednesday was declared “Ney Day” in Brazil, with many clubs and prominent people in football across the country taking to social media to express their support for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar as he went into the Champions League quarterfinal tie against Atalanta. PSG reached the semifinals of the competition for
Aug 11, 2020 After a dizzying, dramatic slate of quarterfinals in Lisbon that saw last-second drama (PSG vs. Atalanta), historic scores (Bayern Munich 8, Barcelona 2) and a pair of serious updates (RB Leipzig over Atletico Madrid, Lyon knocking Man City out), we’re down to the final four in the UEFA Champions League. Two games
8:51 AM ET In any conversation about the greatest Champions League manager ever, Pep Guardiola should be in it. But as the years go by and the failures mount up, the Manchester City coach is drifting further towards the margins and City’s latest Champions League embarrassment, which saw them lose 3-1 to outsiders Lyon in
3:00 AM ET Stepping into Sir Alex Ferguson’s sizable shoes was always going to be tough, but since his retirement in 2013 following a 27-year tenure that brought 13 titles and two Champions Leagues, Manchester United have been on a downward spiral. 2 Related The hope was that Everton boss David Moyes would be the
6:45 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent COLOGNE, Germany — A Manchester United season that looked like it may never end finally has, and with it came a reminder that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team remains a work in progress. After playing 61 games over more than a year, United’s campaign ended with a 2-1 Europa League semifinal
10:41 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent COLOGNE, Germany — An hour or so after Manchester United had been dumped out of the Champions League by Sevilla in March 2018, Jose Mourinho sat in the news conference theatre at Old Trafford and was asked what at the club needed to change. “Everything,” was Mourinho’s curt response and,
5:00 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester City‘s Kevin De Bruyne has won the Premier League Player of the Season award after equalling the division’s assists record of 20 during the 2019-20 campaign. De Bruyne helped City finish second in the Premier League but they finished a distant 18 points behind
7:26 PM ET Is there another manager who turns the Champions League knockout stages into an existential battle for his soul quite like Pep Guardiola? The only time Manchester City appeared likely to win Saturday’s quarterfinal against Lyon was when they looked like themselves: A dominant 20-minute, second-half spell which coincided with Guardiola abandoning an
10:00 AM ET You have to hand it to Barcelona. They’ve put years of the same effort, consistency, doggedness and imagination into careering downhill toward their 8-2 humiliation and self-flagellation against Bayern Munich as they once did into carefully building up to what’s widely acknowledged as the greatest Champions League final performance of all time
8:21 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Quique Setien’s tenure as Barcelona coach is set to come to an in the coming days following Friday’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich, according to ESPN sources. Barca were chasing their first Champions League triumph since 2015 but, having already missed out
6:26 PM ET The stadium — three-quarters empty, one-quarter filled with substitutes, coaches and media at the sort of population density you might find in Alaska — must have made it worse. Angry boos and vicious abuse, anguished howls and despairing cries… however unpleasant, they tell you you’re alive. They’re the slap to the face
Aug 12, 2020 If history has its way, Bayern Munich will stick three or four unanswered goals past Barcelona on Friday evening and then go on to complete their second Treble by winning the Champions League just over a week later. When Bayern meet Barcelona’s perennial Spanish rivals, Real Madrid, in Europe, it’s a kind
4:00 AM ET Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on Arsenal’s investigation into their record £72 million signing. Plus: Barcelona start their search for a new boss. Jump to: Barca hunt for new boss | Mourinho and Levy’s
6:35 PM ET Before their Champions League quarterfinal against Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann called on Tyler Adams and the rest of his players to step out of the shadows and embrace the blinding spotlight that used to shine on their former star striker Timo Werner. With Werner watching his old team in
9:17 AM ET In a football sphere defined and dominated by super clubs — whether legacy institutions, or generously bankrolled nouveau riche — it’s tempting see the tale of Atalanta as the classic underdog story, using ingenuity, creativity and, above all, fearlessness to shake up the established order in both the Champions League and Serie
8:49 PM ET This time, Paris Saint-Germain were Sergi Roberto. They were Marcus Rashford. Twenty-five years of frustration, of remontadas, of disappointments, of sadness all gone in the space of three minutes in added time. All the heartbreaks the Parisians suffered through the years, especially those nightmare nights against Barcelona in 2017 and Manchester United