Neymar, a famous footballer from Brazil, will be shown to fans at Al-Hilal on Saturday. He is the latest well-known player to be signed by the high-spending Saudi Pro League. The 31-year-old forward will be greeted at Al-Hilal’s 68,000-seat stadium in Riyadh by fellow Brazilian Malcolm and Moroccan goalie Yassine Bounou, who are also new … Read more
Theo Walcott, one of the best young English players of his time, said on Friday that he is giving up professional football at age 34. In his 18-year professional career, the winger played for Southampton, where he began and ended, Arsenal, and Everton. He made more than 560 club games and scored 129 goals for … Read more
Reports in the Italian press on Friday said that the Italian Football Federation and Luciano Spalletti have made a deal for him to take over as coach of the national team from Roberto Mancini. La Gazzetta dello Sport says that Spalletti, the top choice of the league, will sign a three-year deal that will last … Read more
Lionel Messi said Thursday that he is happy again since joining Inter Miami. He called his move to Major League Soccer the “opposite” of his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. Messi has played six games for Miami and scored nine goals. He joined the MLS team after spending two years with PSG in France. … Read more
Al-Hilal has signed Morocco goalie Yassine Bounou from Sevilla on a three-year deal, the Saudi Pro League club said on Thursday. “The Atlantic lion is our goalie,” Al-Hilal wrote on X, which used to be called Twitter. The deal’s details were not made public, but Spanish media said that Sevilla will get 21 million euros … Read more
Lionel Messi has won almost every soccer prize there is, but on Thursday he said that giving Inter Miami their first title ever would be “incredible” and “a beautiful thing.” Before Messi came to South Florida last month, Inter Miami’s season had been a disaster. They were at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings … Read more
The winners Bayern Munich’s boss, Thomas Tuchel, says that the team is still a work in progress. Bayern Munich’s defense of the Bundesliga title starts on Friday against Werder Bremen. The Bavarians have won the last 11 league titles in a row, but they only kept it last year because Borussia Dortmund made a mistake … Read more
Jamal Bhuiyan, who is the leader of the Bangladesh national football team, will sign a deal with Argentine third-tier club Sol de Mayo on Friday, the player told The Daily Star. Jamal started rumors yesterday when he shared a picture of himself in his Bangladesh shirt at the Argentine Football Association on his public page. … Read more
Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland of Manchester City, along with Lionel Messi, are two of the three finalists for the men’s UEFA player of the year award, which was announced on Thursday. The three got the most votes from the jury, which was made up of coaches of UEFA clubs, people in charge of … Read more
The three-time champions of Manchester City have added another trophy to their collection, but their UEFA Super Cup win over Sevilla only showed some cracks in Pep Guardiola’s team before another tough season. Sevilla’s season got off to a bad start last week when they lost 2-1 at home to Valencia. Last year, Sevilla ended … Read more
