international

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said a brutal schedule was not allowing players to rest “mentally or physically” after revealing Kevin De Bruyne could miss the rest of the year with a hamstring injury. De Bruyne limped off early in City’s 3-0 win over Burnley to open the Premier League season on Friday. The 32-year-old […]

Neymar brought an end to a topsy-turvy spell at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday by leaving for Saudi club Al Hilal, six years after great fanfare greeted his arrival in the French capital. The Brazilian was afforded a rock star’s welcome in Paris when he signed from Barcelona for a world-record fee of 222 million euros […]

Chelsea completed the signing of Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo on Monday for a reported Premier League record fee of up to £115 million ($146 million). The Blues said the 21-year-old has agreed an eight-year contract at Stamford Bridge, with a club option for a further year, after Chelsea beat off competition from Liverpool for his signature. It […]

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions. A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the […]

Roberto Mancini announced his shock resignation as coach of European champion Italy on Sunday less than a month before Euro 2024 qualifying resumes, having failed to qualify for last year’s World Cup. The Italian soccer federation (FIGC) said in a statement it had “received late yesterday evening” Mancini’s surprise decision to step down after five […]

England captain Harry Kane arrived in Germany on Friday after Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou confirmed the striker is on the brink of signing for Bayern Munich. The two clubs have reportedly agreed a fee worth an initial 100 million euros ($110 million) for the 30-year-old forward, who had just one year left on his contract at Spurs. Kane was […]

Uncertainty over the future of Kylian Mbappe hangs over French soccer ahead of the new Ligue 1 season, which starts this weekend. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has won France’s player of the year award four times in a row and been Ligue 1’s top scorer in five straight seasons, but his contract dispute with the […]

Real Madrid begins life after Karim Benzema looking to wrest back the Spanish title from Barcelona as the La Liga season kicks off this weekend, seemingly content to play the waiting game for Kylian Mbappe. Benzema, the reigning Ballon d’Or, swapped the Santiago Bernabeu for Saudi Arabia in June after 14 seasons in Madrid, where he is second […]

The Saudi Pro League kicks off on Friday amid unprecedented attention on Saudi soccer following a year of high-profile transfers and growing accusations of “sportswashing.” Clubs in the oil-rich Gulf state have lured global stars, with Karim Benzema, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane among those following in Cristiano Ronaldo‘s footsteps. Last month Al-Hilal made a […]