The slowly dissolving glue of Atletico Madrid and Joao Felix’s marriage culminated in a loan transfer to Barcelona last summer. While Felix performed in spurts, an inability to perform consistently led to the Portuguese struggling for regular minutes. As such, following the expiration of his loan deal, Barcelona are unwilling to splash big on Felix and are instead pursuing a …

Lille centre-back Leny Yoro has reportedly passed the second part of his medical ahead of finalising his transfer to Manchester United. Speaking to CaughtOffside for his exclusive Daily Briefing column earlier today, Fabrizio Romano provided details of Yoro’s imminent move to Man Utd for an initial fee of €50m, with potential add-ons to come later, and now the journalist has …

Wednesday night could go down as a season-defining moment for the Philadelphia Union. Jim Curtin’s squad routed the New England Revolution 5-1 at Subaru Park, ending their 10-match winless streak. 14-year-old Cavan Sullivan made MLS history in the match, becoming the youngest player to make his regular-season debut among the top North American professional sports leagues. Sullivan surpassed Freddy Adu’s …

July 18 – Argentina have strengthened their grip on the top spot of the FIFA World Ranking following their Copa America win maintaining their lead over second placed France who crashed out in semi-finals of Euro 2024. The top four ranked nations see Euro champions Spain jump five places to third, while Euro runners-up England moved up to fourth. Brazil …

The UEFA Euro 2024 proved successful for Barcelona players, with the national team boasting the most Blaugranes ultimately winning the tournament. Despite many players rising to the occasion, it was Lamine Yamal who stole the show this summer. With goal contributions in all four of Spain’s knockout rounds and the most assists at the tournament, he won the Young Player …

Manchester United are engaged in a busy summer transfer window. The Red Devils’ sporting operation, now led by minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has already completed the signing of young Dutch attacker Joshua Zirkzee with highly-rated Lille defender Leny Yoro also on the verge of being unveiled. Despite spending £36.5 million on Zirkzee and £42 million on Yoro (pending confirmation), …

Record 15-time European champions Real Madrid are the most celebrated club in soccer history. Almost every player worth their salt dreams of playing there, but only the very best get the invitation to join them. On July 16, Kylian Mbappe fulfilled his dream of becoming a Real Madrid player. The former Paris Saint-Germain forward got a grand reception, with over …

Paris Saint-Germain are accelerating in talks to sign Benfica midfielder Joao Neves this summer, according to French football expert Jonathan Johnson. Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for the latest edition of his Daily Briefing column, Johnson explained that PSG are looking to add another midfielder, with Neves making sense as a target to play alongside Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery in a …

Joelinton has been speaking to the club’s media team from our training camp at the Adidas HQ in Germany this week. Asked about best mate and fellow Brazilian Bruno Guimaraes, he revealed that his midfield partner “can’t wait to come back” after his summer break and confirmed the 26-year-old will rejoin the squad for our pre-season tour of Japan ahead …

The U.S. men’s national team’s poor showing at the 2024 Copa America dropped it to its lowest international ranking since October 2022. The Americans dropped five places to No. 16 in Thursday’s FIFA Rankings, the federation announced. A group stage elimination at the Copa America featured a pair of losses to Panama and Uruguay, ending the Americans hopes of making …