Football Crush

7:20 AM ET Moises Llorens Rodrigo Faez AS Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni‘s transfer to Real Madrid has been held up due to a tax issue, multiple sources have confirmed ESPN. LaLiga champions Madrid are prepared to pay around €80 million to land Tchouameni, who joined Monaco for €20m from Bordeaux in 2020. However, the Spanish

6:40 AM ET The exodus at Manchester City is continuing as they announced on Thursday that defender Lucy Bronze will leave the club at the end of her contract this summer. Georgia Stanway, Caroline Weir and Karima Benameur Taieb have also said that they will leave the club this summer. – Euro 2022: England’s kit

7:23 PM ET Associated Press Eduardo Berizzo previously spent close to two years in charge of Paraguay. Elvis Gonzalez – Pool/Getty Images Chile hired Eduardo Berizzo as national team coach on Thursday as they seek to recover from another disappointing performance in South American qualifying for the World Cup finals tournament. The Chilean soccer association said

7:24 AM ET Investcorp said an agreement wasn’t reached to buy AC Milan. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images Investcorp and U.S. fund Elliott have ended talks over the buyout of Italian champions AC Milan, a top executive of the Bahrain-domiciled asset manager said on Thursday. Reuters reported last week that Investcorp had put on hold its plans

1:31 PM ET Ligue 1 president Vincent Labrune has hit back at his LaLiga counterpart Javier Tebas who attacked Paris Saint-Germain following Kylian Mbappe‘s contract extension, saying his denigration of the French league and its players was ‘unacceptable’. Mbappe, who had been linked with a move to Real Madrid, rejected an offer to join the

9:55 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Luca Koleosho has received youth call ups from the United States and Canada. RCD Espanyol Espanyol forward Luca Koleosho has accepted a call up from Canada but has not closed the door on representing the United States men’s national team, a source familiar with the situation has told ESPN.

7:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold has called on fans to have patience with new manager Erik ten Hag, insisting that “success will not be achieved overnight.” Ten Hag officially took over on Monday after a season which saw United finish sixth in the Premier League and drop out of the

4:55 PM ET Sam Marsden Barcelona’s Lieke Martens celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Real Madrid in the Copa de la Reina semifinals. Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Barcelona bounced back from defeat in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final by beating Real Madrid 4-0 on Wednesday to book their place in the Copa de

8:39 PM ET Weeks ahead of his move to Manchester City, forward Julian Alvarez scored six goals for River Plate in a 8-1 Copa Libertadores thrashing of Alianza Lima on Wednesday night. Alvarez, 22, netted three before the half and three after in River’s final Group F match of South America’s continental club competition to

6:48 PM ET An emotional Jose Mourinho celebrated an historic achievement having become the second manager to win five major European titles after Giovanni Trapattoni as his AS Roma side clinched the UEFA Europa Conference League on Wednesday. Mourinho, who had previously won the Champions League, Europa League and the UEFA Cup, completed a unique