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Ryan O’HanlonAug 22, 2025, 05:04 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Let’s say that the average Premier League team makes around five major transfers per season. So, that’s 100 transfers in the league per year, and 1,000 transfers per decade. Research has shown that only about 50% of new players start at least 50% of matches for their new clubs. If we use that low threshold as the standard for success, then over 10 years, about 500 new players succeed and 500 fail.Though there are…

Famine has been officially declared in Gaza for the first time by the Integrated Food Phase Classification (IPC), the UN-backed global hunger monitor.  The IPC released a report on Friday morning in which it said that famine was taking place in Gaza City and surrounding towns, in an area home to around 500,000 displaced Palestinians.  While the body has previously warned that famine was imminent across Gaza, it had stopped short of making a formal declaration.  The IPC is the globally recognised system for classifying the severity of food insecurity. Since its creation in 2004, it has declared just five…

Rúben Dias has signed a new contract with Manchester City, the club have confirmed.The defender has agreed a four-year deal with a two-year extension to his pre-existing contract, that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2029.The Portugal international has been a key part of Pep Guardiola’s team since arriving from Benfica in 2020.He has won four Premier League titles, the Champions League in 2023 and was voted the Premier League’s best player in 2021.Rúben Dias has been a mainstay in Manchester City’s defence since joining the club. Stuart Leggett/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe 28-year-old is set to pass 250…

Aug 22, 2025, 04:54 AM ETNewcastle United manager Eddie Howe has confirmed that wantaway striker Alexander Isak will once again be absent when his suitors Liverpool visit St James’ Park on Monday, and has voiced his dismay at the transfer saga unfolding “publicly.”Isak hasn’t reintegrated with the Newcastle side this summer amid interest from Liverpool, who sources told ESPN had a bid rejected at the beginning of August. The Sweden international released a statement this week saying that he had lost trust with Newcastle due to broken promises, which the club responded by insisting the conditions for his departure had…

The warning signs were there for Manchester United before Arsenal struck.With the ball flying out towards an Arsenal corner, Diogo Dalot sprinted to quickly rectify the situation and concede a throw-in instead. “That’s quite important given how good Arsenal are from corners,” said Sky Sports’ Gary Neville on co-commentary duty. But just 22 seconds later, Dalot could do nothing but concede a corner – and give Arsenal their first set-piece of the Premier League season. And, in classic fashion, they ended up scoring from it.It was almost inevitable. Like last season, Declan Rice’s delivery was on the money. Like last…

Aug 22, 2025, 04:00 AM ETThe transfer window is open across Europe, and business is starting to get done. What are ESPN’s reporters hearing about possible deals?Every Friday until September, we’ll bring you the latest updates and insights on the biggest transfer news.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesAre the futures of Rodrygo and Savinho linked?According to sources at Manchester City they are. City don’t want to lose Savinho, but if the winger ends up moving to Tottenham Hotspur it’s likely he would need to be replaced. It would take Savinho asking to leave and for…

Workers assemble cars on the assembly line at a Volkswagen automobile factory on March 7, 2025, in Wolfsburg, Germany.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesEuropean stock markets closed higher on Friday, as investors continued to assess the full scope of the European Union’s trade deal with America and hopes rose for a U.S. interest rate cut in September.The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally closed 0.47% higher, with top sectors including mining, autos and travel.London’s FTSE 100 closed at a record high for the fourth session in a row, adding another 0.13% on Friday to clinch its best weekly performance…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand, the latest in several setbacks for the 2022 Beijing Games champion.The 21-year-old Gu was training at the Cardrona Skifield on New Zealand’s South Island when the injury occurred on Aug. 15. Gu was flown the following day to the main South Island city of Christchurch for medical imaging.“Unfortunately, a very terrible accident occurred yesterday due to a man-made accident,” Gu posted on the Chinese social media site Weibo on which she has 6.7 million followers.“Early this…

BERLIN (AP) — The German economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Friday, a significantly worse showing than was initially reported as tensions with the U.S. over tariffs simmered.In a preliminary report at the end of July, the Federal Statistical Office said gross domestic product contracted by 0.1% in April-June compared with the first quarter for Europe’s biggest economy. That contributed to a lackluster showing for the 20-nation eurozone.Full data showed output in manufacturing and the construction industry was worse than expected in June and household spending for the quarter…

BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked about a possible “B30A” semiconductor for artificial intelligence data centers for China while on a visit to Taiwan, where he was meeting Nvidia’s key manufacturing partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., the world’s largest chip maker. “I’m offering a new product to China for … AI data centers, the follow-on to H20,” Huang said. But he added that “That’s not our decision to make. It’s up to, of course, the United States…