The rise of multiclub networks introduced a web of conflicts to European soccer, and could block a young Brazilian’s heralded transfer to Manchester City.
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Champions League: Borussia Dortmund Shows Anything Is Possible
Can an underdog still have its day in the Champions League? The sport should hope so.
Jim Ratcliffe Bought a Chunk of Manchester United. Now He Has to Fix It.
Jim Ratcliffe spent $1.5 billion for a 25 percent stake in his boyhood English soccer club. On Wednesday, he laid out his vision.
January Transfer Window Totals: Where Have All the Deals Gone?
A quiet January window may not be a bubble bursting, but rather an awareness that the player-acquisition business has changed.
Manchester United Sells 25 Percent Ownership Stake to Jim Ratcliffe
The billion-dollar deal leaves the team’s unpopular owners, the Glazer family, in control of the club, but it delegates important responsibilities to their new partner.
Knowledge Is Power in Soccer. But Is It Fun to Watch?
Data has driven soccer to new heights. But narrowing the margins in matches might come at the expense of their true value: to entertain.
At P.S.G., a Coach’s Vision Collides With a Star’s Power
The system may be the center of the modern soccer universe, but stars like Kylian Mbappé exert a gravity of their own.
Soccer Watchalongs Like Stretford Paddock Offer a Broadcast Alternative
Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear and see everything except the game.
Park Ji-Sung, Former Manchester United Player, Condemns Racist Fan Song
Park Ji-Sung, who played soccer with the team from 2005 to 2012, said a song stereotyping Koreans was “very uncomfortable to me.”
How Europe’s Soccer Super League Fell Apart
Frantic phone calls, secret meetings and high-stakes threats: The inside story of how a billion-dollar European soccer superleague was born, and then collapsed, in less than a week.