Mark Donaldson and Shaka Hislop look at how Chelsea’s starting XI should look after their appeal against a two-window transfer ban was rejected by FIFA. Last summer was a relatively quiet affair in the transfer market. But this year it promises to be a frenzy, fired by wide-scale disappointment. With the exception of Liverpool, all European superclubs will be forced to spend big to compensate for a strong sense of underachievement.
The Bundesliga, one of the more stable leagues, will see plenty of ins and outs too. While Bayern Munich are rebuilding, Borussia Dortmund are expected to ship out half a dozen squad players to make room for three to four…
Despite Manchester City’s strong run of form, ESPN FC’s Paul Mariner explains why Liverpool remain his favourites to win the Premier League title.
Liverpool stars Sadio Mane and Naby Keita have urged Germany striker Timo Werner to move to Anfield should he decide to leave RB Leipzig this summer.
Under contract at Leipzig until 2020, Werner is set to decide on his future with his club prepared to cash in on him in the upcoming transfer window to stop him entering the final year of his deal.
– Honigstein: Where will Werner end up?
The 22-year-old has been strongly linked with Bayern Munich but asked by the print edition of German outlet…
Craig Burley hails Christian Pulisic as an excellent player, but cautions the move to Chelsea is loaded with risks for the American star.
ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop sifts through all the latest transfer rumours surrounding N’Golo Kante, Callum Wilson and many more in Transfer Rater.
The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs is open again. Transfer Talk has been scouring the world’s media and setting our correspondents loose to see who could be heading to/out of your club this month.
Leipzig consider sale of Liverpool target Timo Werner
Speaking to Kicker, Oliver Mintzlaff, the Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull GmbH who own RB Leipzig, commented that the club won’t let Timo Werner’s contract run into its final year.
The striker’s current deal expires in 2020 and…
Craig Burley hails Christian Pulisic as an excellent player, but cautions the move to Chelsea is loaded with risks for the American star.
ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop sifts through all the latest transfer rumours surrounding N’Golo Kante, Callum Wilson and many more in Transfer Rater.
The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs is open again. Transfer Talk has been scouring the world’s media and setting our correspondents loose to see who could be heading to/out of your club this month.
TOP STORY: Leipzig consider sale of Liverpool target Timo Werner
Speaking to Kicker, Oliver Mintzlaff, the Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull GmbH who own RB Leipzig, commented that the club won’t let Timo Werner’s contract run into its final year.
The striker’s current deal expires…
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol assesses potential moves for Mesut Ozil, Kalidou Koulibaly, Douglas Costa, Neymar and more in Transfer Rater.
The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs might be closed, but they are still working tirelessly behind the scenes to line up the arrival of their next star. Transfer Talk has been scouring the world’s media to see who could be heading to your club when Jan. 1 arrives.
Liverpool and Bayern Munich battle for German star
The two European giants are to go head-to-head in the Champions League when it returns in February but, according to German publication Abendzeitung, the clubs could face…
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol assesses potential moves for Mesut Ozil, Kalidou Koulibaly, Douglas Costa, Neymar and more in Transfer Rater.
The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs might be closed, but they are still working tirelessly behind the scenes to line up the arrival of their next star. Transfer Talk has been scouring the world’s media to see who could be heading to your club when Jan. 1 arrives.
TOP STORY: Liverpool and Bayern Munich battle for German star
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The two European giants are to go head-to-head in the Champions League when it returns in February but, according to German publication Abendzeitung, the clubs could…
The ESPN FC crew come to Leroy Sane’s defence following Toni Kroos’ latest comments taking aim at the Man City midfielder’s attitude.
With Leroy Sane failing to make Manchester City’s first team, Raf Honigstein and the FC panel examine if his Germany omission was warranted. RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner has claimed Leroy Sane can become Germany’s version of Kylian Mbappe.
Sane was voted PFA Players’ Young Player of the Year last season following his performances as Manchester City won the Premier League with a record-breaking 100 points. However, he was left out of Joachim Low’s World Cup squad and has failed to start a single league match so far this season for City.
While Germany teammate Toni Kroos was critical of Sane’s body language last week. However,…
N’Golo Kante had an off day in the World Cup final, but Julien Laurens and the FC crew explain why he was pivotal to France’s triumph in Russia.
The FC guys answer your tweets about the controversies in the World Cup final, Paul Pogba’s performance and where the 2018 World Cup ranks all time.
Croatia fell short in their first World Cup final, but the FC crew explain what made the Vatreni’s run so impressive.
Relive the best of France’s victory over Croatia in the World Cup final in LEGO form.
Craig Burley and Ale Moreno explain why the referee was put in a tough position when he awarded France a penalty for a handball by Ivan Perisic.
Stewart Robson shares his reflections on the World Cup final following France’s 4-2 victory over Croatia in Moscow.
Croatia’s World Cup team returned to a heroes’ welcome at Zagreb airport following their 4-2 defeat to France in the World Cup final in Moscow.
Stewart Robson explains the impact the referee’s decision to award a penalty for a handball against Ivan Perisic had on the rest of the match.
Right then. The 2018 World Cup is over. What will we do next? The best thing might be to take a look ahead for the next one and so we asked Mark Ogden to commit to some way-too-early predictions for 2022.
The big guns return
Russia 2018 has been a great World Cup, perhaps even the best ever, but the absence of several regional heavyweights has been an anomaly that can be rectified in Qatar.
A World Cup without Italy, the Netherlands, back-to-back Copa America winners Chile, the United States…
Sit back and take all of the goal celebrations you’ll see this at this summer’s World Cup by the Exploding Heads’ most agile athlete, Ian Fiveankles.
Ian Darke leads the ESPN panel in predicting the 2018 World Cup winner with names of Germany, Brazil, France and England among the list.
Steve Nicol and Shaka Hislop react to the selections for the Ultimate World Cup XI, as chosen by the fans and ESPN FC experts.
ESPN FC’s fantasy guru Mark Donaldson runs you through the ESPN FC Match Predictor. Do you have what it takes to win the grand prize?
From the group stage to the final, find out who ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti has lifting the World Cup trophy in Russia.
We only had so much space, which meant plenty of good players missed out on our Top 50. Here are several who could make us look silly!
Roberto Firmino (Brazil)
Firmino’s absence can be explained by his struggle to claim a regular starting spot for his country. With only one centre-forward space available in Tite’s system, the Liverpool striker is set to miss out to Gabriel Jesus. Firmino’s predicament highlights Brazil’s depth, as the record five-time winners look to avoid relying on Neymar as they…
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has been attracting a lot of interest.
Scouting Spotlight has more of an international feel this week as we look ahead to the 2018 World Cup. Who are some of the breakout young stars who will be looking to impress in Russ…