Soccer RUMORS AND NEWS

Pro Soccer Talk "As a neutral, the idea of Gareth Bale rejoining Tottenham Hotspur would be a delight to our Premier League matchday viewing. Obviously this applies to Spurs fans to the nth degree, especially after a dull 0-0 with Watford at the weekend. In the..." January 21

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona are reportedly making progress in their move for Rodrigo. Jorge Mendes represents the Valencia player and the progress between the two parties has been impressive over the last week.  The deal seems to be narrowed down to a swap deal between..." January 21

Black And Red United "On the second day of training camp, Steven Goff reports (and the Atlanta Journal Constitution corroborates) that D.C. United is making the move of acquiring midfielder Julian Gressel from Atlanta United. Goff goes on to say that D.C. and Atlanta have been..." January 21

CBS Sports "Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to the Los Angeles Galaxy is on the verge of being announced and he is set to arrive in the City of Angels on Wednesday, sources tell CBS Sports. But before he arrives, the Mexican international spoke out about the move and from Sevilla to..." January 21

TSN "Mexico striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez confirmed his move to Major League Soccer with the LA Galaxy on Tuesday, even though the club has yet to make any kind of announcement. “It was the right time, the right opportunity," the 31-year-old El Tri hitman..." January 21

Managing Madrid "Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane talked to the media in the pre-match press conference. Los Blancos will face Unionistas de Salamanca this Wednesday in the Copa del Rey’s Round of 32 and Zidane said his team is ready. “We’re fully focused. This is an..." January 21

LiverPool Offside "It feels as though Xherdan Shaqiri’s Liverpool career so far can be broken down into three roughly equal sections. There’s the part where he’s injured, the part where he’s being linked with a move away, and the part where he’s actually fit and..." January 21

Black & White & Read All Over "With an aging squad getting older by the week, it makes a whole lot of sense that Juventus’ front office would have their eyes on acquiring some young talent to go along with the likes of Dejan Kulusevski’s much-anticipated return from loan come the summertime. And..." January 21

Bavarian Football Works "Bayern Munich interested in Alvaro Odriozola (Sky Sport) You probably have seen that Bayern Munich is interested in Real Madrid’s Achraf Hakimi, currently on loan to Borussia Dortmund. Obviously, if Real makes good their alleged intention to put Hakimi on their..." January 21

Fadeaway World "Amid plenty of rumors about his future, Kylian Mbappe has opened up about this matter but leaving more doubts than certainties. Two of the teams that sounded like a very likely landing spot for the Frenchman are Real Madrid and Liverpool. Mbappe refused to talk about Los Blancos and..." January 21

ESPN "Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has likened runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool to "a machine" and expressed his awe at their ability to keep winning under pressure. Speaking with BBC Sport after launching his charity Inspired by Kylian..." January 21

AC Milan Offside "AC Milan left back Ricardo Rodriguez was set to leave the club and move to Turkey to join Fenerbahce with confirmations coming last week but the move has fallen off the tracks due to complication with FFP and the Turkish FA. MilanNews.it reported that the transfer..." January 21

Barca Blaugranes "Aubameyang emerges as Barca’s favourite  Today’s rumors are all about Barca’s search for a replacement for Luis Suarez in the January transfer window and begin with Mundo Deportivo who reckon a couple of players are under..." January 21

We Ain't Got No History "Edinson Cavani wants out from PSG, and he’s gone as far as to submit a transfer request, even. Transfer requests can be denied of course — we did just that this time last year with Callum Hudson-Odoi — and he’s reportedly worth more to PSG as a backup option than as..." January 21

Managing Madrid "Update: Odriozola is not training with the rest of the squad this Tuesday as his move away from the Bernabeu is completed. Real Madrid defender Alvaro Odriozola is set to leave the club on a loan deal during this winter transfer market, according to a report from Cadena COPE...." January 21

We Ain't Got No History "Breaking news out of Turkey on Monday claimed that Chelsea assistant coach Eddie Newton has agreed to become the assistant manager at Trabzonspor, effective this Friday.  Earlier reports had the Süper Lig contenders — currently third, five points off the pace of..." January 20

Stump Town Footy "Preseason training camp officially kicked off for the Portland Timbers today, and what better way to mark the occasion than with a little player news? According to a tweet from Richard Farley, the team’s internal reporter and content producer, the Timbers have signed..." January 20

Fadeaway World "Dejan Lovren shared a hilarious moment with Mohamed Salah following Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United. The defender took to Instagram to mock his teammate for his ‘mistakenly sent’ message. Salah scored the second goal of the game in injury time at..." January 20

ESPN "Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley faces a lengthy stint on the sidelines for up to four months after club GM Ali Curtis said he needs surgery for a "severe and complicated" injury. The U.S. international suffered an ankle injury in the 2019 MLS Cup in November, in..." January 20

Cartilage Free Captain "The Christian Eriksen to Inter Milan rumor mill continues to grind as we enter into the closing stretch of the January transfer window. According to Sky Italy (reported here by Sky Sports News) Inter are still negotiating with Tottenham Hotspur for the Danish playmaker..." January 20

Managing Madrid "Reinier Jesus turned 18 years old on January 19th. The next day, he officially signed for Real Madrid. Not bad. If you’re a Real Madrid fan, than you had likely already seen the rumors and witnessed the countless video montages doing the rounds on social media. Like most..." January 20

Sounder At Heart "At long last, there seems to be something like a credible rumor connecting the Seattle Soundersto a centerback. An Argentinian radio station is reporting that the Sounders have made an offer for Union de Santa Fe’s Yeimar Gómez Andrade. Reports in..." January 20

Hot Time In Old Town "It appears the Chicago Fire have their eye on a big right back from Gornik Zabrze in the Polish top division. According to a growing number of reports from Polish news outlets, the Fire are talking to Boris Sekulic about a move to MLS. Fire reporter Guillermo..." January 20

LiverPool Offside "Based on the numbers, 23-year-old RB Leipzip forward Timo Werner just might be the best striker in the world. If he isn’t, he’s not far off it, and still with room to grow. And when you’re in that conversation, chances are you’d back yourself to get minutes..." January 20

Mirror "Manchester United are set to be joined by Manchester City in their negotiations for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes. United have made signing Fernandes their priority in January - with the Portugal international 'desperate' to join them this month and personal terms..." January 20

Fadeaway World "Chelsea are reportedly showing the strongest interest in Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho. But, they’re prepared in case the English international fails to land in Stamford Bridge this upcoming season. The winger is having another outstanding season in the Bundesliga, showing..." January 20

Bavarian Football Works "Leroy Sané suddenly not a sure thing after all? (Kicker) “Well-informed circles” now tell kicker that Leroy Sané’s transfer to Bayern Munich is not such a sure thing anymore. Apparently, because Sané has changed agents..." January 20

We Ain't Got No History "Inter Milan CEO Beppe Marotta confirmed his team’s interest in Chelsea loanee Victor Moses over the weekend, and now, according to Gianluca Di Marzio’s latest divinings, Chelsea have given approval to the Nerazzurri to begin talks over a potential..." January 20

Managing Madrid "Real Madrid’s Achraf Hakimi has been performing very well during his two-year loan spell in Borussia Dortmund, so much that he has drawn interest from Bayern Munich, who sent scouts to watch the young right-back play against Augsburg this weekend, according to a report from German..." January 20

We Ain't Got No History "nter Milan’s title ambitions to dethrone Juventus took a bit of a hit for the second successive weekend with Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Lecce, underlining Antonio Conte’s need for more players to help them go, as he says, at “full pelt”, always at..." January 19

12 Up "Goodness me, if VAR hadn't disallowed a Liverpool goal which for a moment made things 2-0, David de Gea very well may have lost his damn mind. After he was clearly fouled by Virgil van Dijk in the box in the Liverpool-Manchester United showdown, the whistle never blew and Roberto Firmino..." January 19

Brotherly Game "Slovakian U21 midfielder Matej Oravec has finalized a deal with the Philadelphia Union, according to a report published Sunday morning on MLSSoccer.com. " January 19

AC Milan Offside "AC Milan's pursuit for Dani Olmo seems to have gotten complicated over the past few days as the player's agents have asked for additional bonuses in addition to the seemingly agreed upon 20 million euro fee as reported by Sportske Novosti. Dinamo Zagreb were supposed to..." January 19

Mirror "Everton are lining up a sensational £30million swoop for former Liverpool midfielder Emre Can.  Can, a Germany international, is wanted by new Goodison boss Carlo Ancelotti after being told he is surplus to requirements at Juventus. Inter Milan have..." January 19

The Sun "United chief Ed Woodward has spent 18 months hunting for the right man. And SunSport understands Portuguese transfer guru Campos, 55, could get the job. Woodward felt that Campos’ appointment would give Mourinho too much power 18 months ago. But now..." January 19

Sporting News "Virgil van Dijk has insisted that there is no animosity between himself and Harry Maguire, who broke the Liverpool defender's world record transfer fee when he joined Manchester United. Van Dijk became the most expensive defender of all-time when he joined Liverpool from..." January 19

Express "Paris Saint-Germain aren’t giving up hope that they can persuade Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City. The French giants have got Guardiola at the top of their wanted list if they part company with current boss Thomas Tuchel. The Spaniard who only has another year left to run..." January 19

Daily Star "Manchester United have admitted defeat in their pursuit of Donny van de Beek with the Dutchman set to join Real Madrid.  The Ajax forward is much in demand following a stellar 18 months which has seen him score 25 times. Unlike several of his team-mates he chose to..." January 19

Royal Blue Mersey "Yesterday’s midfield no-show will have convinced Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti that he needs to bring in reinforcements into the middle of the park sooner than later. To the Italian’s chagrin, he watched time and again as the Blues lacked any sort of attacking..." January 19

Evening Standard "Jose Mourinho has confirmed he wants to sign a new a striker in the January transfer window following Tottenham's toothless showing in the 0-0 draw at Watford. Spurs have now gone four Premier League games without a victory and 195 minutes without a goal since Harry..." January 19

Lion Of Vienna Suite "One of our own is being linked with a move away. According to reports in this mornings The Sun, Bolton Wanderers defender & part time captain Harry Brockbank is being linked with a move to League One promotion chasers Sunderland, with Phil Parkinson keen to sign his..." January 19

Fadeaway World "Newcastle United’s winger Matt Ritchie has been known for kicking the corner flag whenever his team scores a goal. This has been a common practice for him, but the latest edition of his antics took a different level. Isaac Hayden scored a late header, after Ritchie’s poor..." January 19

Barca Blaugranes "Jean-Clair Todibo made his Schalke debut on Saturday in the Bundesliga team’s 2-0 friendly win over third division team Preuben Münster. " January 18

Hot Time In Old Town "Robert Beric didn’t turn around and fly back to Europe after experiencing a Chicago snowstorm. That’s a good sign. After a week of buzz and rumors floating around, Chicago Fire FC announced today Beric, the Slovenia National Team striker, joins the club..." January 18

Black & White & Read All Over "Juventus take on Parma tomorrow in Serie A action, with manager Maurizio Sarri getting asked if he would return to the trident of Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain up top. “We’ll see how everyone is doing and then..." January 18

Pro Soccer Talk "Liverpool host Manchester United this Sunday (Watch live, 11:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com) as the Premier League leaders welcome their bitter rivals to Anfield. This will be feisty, on and off the pitch, as United hope to put a spanner in the works of..." January 18

ESPN "Manchester United are prepared to walk away from a deal for Bruno Fernandes unless Sporting Lisbon drop their demands, sources have told ESPN. Sporting want €65 million up front and another €15m in add-ons for Fernandes, a stance that has baffled United because the..." January 18

The Score "Pep Guardiola is adamant he'll be coaching Manchester City next season. "I'm staying unless they sack me - 100% unless they don't like it," he said on Friday, according to Agence France-Presse. "I've said it many times. Not because we won..." January 18

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona are having discussions with Juventus about swapping Ivan Rakitic for Federico Bernardeschi, according to a variety of reports. Mundo Deportivo report that Juventus have brought the topic up once more now that Quique Setien has replaced Ernesto Valverde in the Camp..." January 18

We Ain't Got No History "Inter Milan’s interest in Victor Moses appears to have heated up again. The temperature continues to rise in fact, after a move AS Roma’s Leonardo Spinazzola has fallen through. And while Ashley Young has been signed instead for the left flank, Moses is now being..." January 18