International action is upon us, and while one French star’s potential future with an Italian powerhouse continues to be the talk of the town, a legend of the game has passed away.
Dutch goal-scorer Johan Cruyff, 68, died in Barcelona on Thursday after a battle with cancer. (REPORT)
Paul Pogba has told Juventus he wants to stay with the Serie A club, according to Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta. (REPORT)
Manchester City attacker Raheem Sterling will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks after suffering a groin injury, meaning he might not play in the English Premier League for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. (REPORT)
Upon his arrival at Man City this summer, head coach Pep Guardiola is reportedly expected to make four-to-five big-name signings. (REPORT)
Aymeric Laporte will reportedly be one of Guardiola’s signings, as a report claims Man City is preparing to pay the $55.8 million (€50 million) release clause. (REPORT)
Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome e Principe, Benin and Tanzania all earned wins in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Wednesday, while Zambia and Congo played to a 1-1 tie. (REPORT)
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter will reportedly accept Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (REPORT)
Manchester United is reportedly confident of signing 16-year-old Feyenoord striker and winger Tahith Chong. (REPORT)
Tottenham is reportedly set to offer Harry Kane $141,000 (£100,000) per week in order to keep him from leaving the club. (REPORT)
Croatia defeated Israel, 2-0, Slovenia topped Macedonia, 1-0, Romania beat Lithuania, 1-0, Gibraltar and Liechtenstein played to a 0-0 tie and Poland edged Serbia, 1-0, in Wednesday’s international friendlies.
WEDNESDAY REWIND
Bobby Wood should stay in the German Bundesliga instead of moving to the English Premier League, according to the latest SBI View. (REPORT)
Host Ives Galarcerp talks Week 3 results in MLS, the U.S. Men’s National Team and more in episode 254 of The SBI Show. (REPORT)
SBI wants to know: Who do you think is the most overrated player in MLS? (REPORT)
U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team Andi Herzog has many options to choose from in the midfield ahead of the Olympic qualifying playoff series vs. Colombia, and the players think the compeition is vital to the team’s success. (REPORT)
Sporting Kansas City remained No. 1 in the latest SBI MLS Power Rankings, but those below them have shuffled. (REPORT)
Really sad day for the sport.
Sad news on the passing of the former Washington Diplomat. 🙁
So true. In any soccer publication worth its salt, the passing of a legend like Cruyff merits much more than a one-line reference and a link to another story. Few people have influenced the modern game as deeply, and in so many capacities.
This article is just round-up of headlines, not an in depth look at any one topic. Hopefully some of us old people will chime in with remembrances. I was not a soccer fan in my youth, so I have no memories of seeing him play.
When I was in Holland, wearing my DC United shirt, several large Dutchmen (not Japp Stamm), were convinced it was Cryuff’s old club. We drank several rounds to him. This was about 15 years ago now.
True. Very few modern day Barcelona “fans” here know that their style of play was essentially developed by Cruyff who based it on the total football played by the European Cup Championship (Champions League Precursor) Ajax teams of the early 70’s.
I remember watching a documentary about Cruyff, when I was younger, where he spoke of smoking after training to relax (this was the 60’s). I remember thinking how abnormal this was in my time which was the early 90’s.