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RB Leipzig’s 24-year-old France forward Christopher Nkunku has already completed a medical ahead of joining Chelsea for £52m in next summer’s transfer window. (Bild)external-link Manchester City’s Norway striker Erling Haaland, 22, considered a move to Liverpool in the summer transfer window, but a switch to Manchester United was out of the question. (Star)external-link Aston Villa are assessing former Paris St-Germain …

Bundesliga play heads into Matchday 8 this end of the week, and the move starts off with Bayern Munich initiating on Bayer Leverkusen on Friday evening. The opening shot is set for 2:30 p.m. ET from Allianz Field in Munich. Bayern Munich is falling off a 1-0 surprise misfortune to Augsburg in Matchday 7 as the Bundesliga goliaths presently end …

There are no full camps left, no friendlies to spring feelings of fan consternation remaining, no more in-person auditions to spare. The next time a U.S. men’s national team roster is announced, it will be the one that’s geared for Qatar and the 2022 World Cup. It’s never that straightforward, though. Manager Gregg Berhalter has already cautioned that even after …

Trent Alexander-Arnold has scored 11 goals for Liverpool, including one this season in a 9-0 win against Bournemouth Jurgen Klopp would pick “exceptional” Trent Alexander-Arnold in any team after the full-back was overlooked by England manager Gareth Southgate. The Liverpool defender, 23, did not figure against Italy and was dropped from the squad that drew with Germany. Reds boss Klopp …

It was, in the end, about Erling Haaland, just as the narrative gods had intended it to be.  He did score the winner against his former club, but for a long time it had appeared that Borussia Dortmund would shock Manchester City Wednesday in the Champions League in the second high-profile reunion in the competition in as many days. It took 80 …

Manchester United’s midfield has played a big part in the recent resurgence by Erik ten Hag’s side – but it is absolutely crucial he gets that area right at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Ten Hag has to decide whether he keeps both Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes in there against Manchester City, or chooses a more defensive-minded set-up and goes …

  Anyone hoping for Alex Morgan to bust out the tea celebration at Wembley Stadium next month will be sorely disappointed. The U.S. women’s national team forward, who famously celebrated a 2019 Women’s World Cup goal vs. England in that manner, has been left out of the U.S.’s trip abroad for friendlies against the European champion Lionesses and Spain with …

The USA beat England 2-1 in the 2019 World Cup semi-finals in France United States head coach Vlatko Andonovski said he pushed for his side to play England in a friendly after experiencing the “buzz” of Euro 2022. The USA have not faced England since 2020 but will play in front of a sell-out Wembley crowd on 7 October. Andonovski …

Having already been seen (and criticized) by many U.S. fans following several weeks of leaks, Nike’s new national team uniforms finally were unveiled by U.S. Soccer and its supplier early Thursday morning. Both the American men and women will wear the kits, starting with this month’s USMNT friendlies against Japan and Saudi Arabia. The women likely will play in them …

Smith Rowe made his England debut in a 5-0 win against Albania in November 2021 Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith Rowe has had surgery on a groin injury and the club hope he will return to training during December. The 22-year-old has made four brief substitute outings this season. In the last of those, which was a defeat at Manchester United, …