Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has opened the Buffon Football Academy to ‘offer boys and girls age eight to 16 a highly specialized goalkeeping course’. The 43-year-old’s future is uncertain, but he has opened an academy to train youngsters by sharing his experience and bringing boys and girls closer to the role of a goalkeeper. The World Cup winner has won 10 Scudetto,…
The announcement of the controversial European Super League on Sunday angered legions of fans and some of the game’s biggest names, including managers and players. Their responses may just have worked. Plans for a breakaway league now hang in the balance, as founding members Manchester City and Chelsea signaled their intention to exit the deal on Tuesday. The reaction to the news…
With the January transfer window closing on Monday night, theScore ranks the best pieces of business conducted across the game’s top leagues. 11. Jordan Morris ?? Swansea City Athena Pictures / Getty Images Sport / Getty Details: Initial loan from Seattle Sounders with option to buy It might take a while for Jordan Morris to find a rhythm, but the American could…
Each day in January was the same; a dreary procession of minor loan deals and free transfers trundled its way through the month. Even Sky Sports News’ coverage – with its yellow-and-black, crime-scene color scheme and presenter Jim White’s perpetual excitement – struggled to exhibit its usual faux frenzy. It was an uneventful, forgettable transfer window, and there are two key factors…
With the January transfer window now open, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive. Here’s a look at what’s hot in transfer talk throughout world football. Big decisions upcoming for Liverpool Talk over Mohamed Salah’s future at Liverpool has been rife in light of the Egyptian star’s recent interviews. Salah, who previously flirted with the possibility of joining Real Madrid, recently…
With the January transfer window closing tomorrow, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive. Here’s a look at what’s hot in transfer talk throughout world football. Liverpool lead Mbappe race Real Madrid have long been viewed as Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe’s eventual destination, but another high-profile suitor emerges as a serious option for the electrifying Frenchman seemingly every week. This time,…
Inevitably, the pandemic curbed transfer activity in January, bringing relative quiet to one of football’s busiest months of the year. Some clubs stood pat, afraid to open their checkbook, while others got creative, using different formulas to get deals done. Here, theScore nominates the biggest winners and losers of the January transfer window: Winners: Arsenal and Mesut Ozil His time in purgatory…
