Ancelotti: Madrid 'slump' a team issue, not Vini's

Jan 22, 2025, 03:30 AM ET Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has said he fears his side’s 1-0 defeat to AS Monaco on Tuesday may have cost them their chance to finish in the top eight of the Champions League. Villa, who are in Europe’s top club competition for the first time since 1983, are…

Apr 24, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Manchester United are keen on signing Atalanta midfielder Éderson, while striker Rasmus Højlund is attracting interest from Juventus as a potential Dušan Vlahović replacement. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s…

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 8, 2025, 07:33 AM ET Former Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández has said he was too emotionally connected to the Catalan club to deliver the sustained success demanded from him. Xavi, who made 767 appearances for Barça as a player, returned to the LaLiga side in 2021 when he replaced Ronald…

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany gave up trying to answer a question about what makes Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz special. Ahead of the teams meeting in the Champions League on Wednesday, Kompany was asked what sets Wirtz and Bayern star Jamal Musiala apart and what they could learn from each other. “You’ve obviously noticed…

LIVERPOOL, England — It took Mohamed Salah just 34 minutes to weigh in on a debate that had been raging for days in the build-up to Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League clash with Lille. After the Egyptian’s teammate Curtis Jones, during a grilling by former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, admitted that he believed Chelsea legend…

Jan 22, 2025, 01:34 PM ET A little more than a year after Nuri Şahin returned to Borussia Dortmund, when he first joined as Edin Terzić’s assistant before eventually becoming his successor, Şahin was dismissed as the club’s manager on Wednesday. Şahin took over from Terzić last summer because Dortmund’s higher-ups believed that the former…