Atletico Madrid turned back the clock to thrash their rivals in a game that will give both sides plenty to think about. Plus: Arsenal get a big win and Liverpool a wake-up call, as Gab Marcotti explains the weekend.
Liverpool could be priced out of a potential 2026 transfer offer for Atletico Madrid talisman Julian Alvarez. The Argentina international has been in sensational form since the start of his second campaign in Madrid with six goals in seven games so far in 2025/26.
Atletico Madrid narrowly lost a five-goal thriller against Liverpool in their first Champions League match of the season on Wednesday. Los Colchoneros conceded twice in the opening six minutes before mounting an impressive comeback courtesy of two Marcos Llorente goals, before Virgil van Dihj headed home a stoppage time winner for the hosts.
Liverpool 3-2 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid have been narrowly beaten by Liverpool in their opening Champions League match of the season, in what was another fantastic Anfield encounter between these two sides.
Liverpool host Atletico Madrid in their opening Champions League game of 2025/26. Five-and-a-half years earlier they met at Anfield in very difference circumstances.
Atletico Madrid spent big again this summer, with a total spend of €176m before variables, and eight new players coming into their squad. Despite the major investment, there is a current of thinking that Diego Simeone does not have the rounded squad that he wants.
After weeks of speculation, Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, a World Cup winner and Atletico Madrid legend, looks set to join Major League Soccer's Inter Miami, where he will reunite with former teammate Lionel Messi.
Juventus have had some contacts with Atletico Madrid centered around Nahuel Molina while they plot to revamp their right wing. The Argentinian could depart to recoup money after the Colchoneros spent big early in the summer, La Gazzetta dello Sport informs.
The world’s greatest players are usually surrounded by stellar supporting casts. Lionel Messi has had his fair share. Now another Argentine mate will suit up for MLS’s Inter Miami.
Major League Soccer's summer transfer window, the league's most important time for buying and selling players, opens Thursday. It aligns with the European offseason, so more global players are available (and available at good prices) than at any other time of the year.
Sunderland have officially announced the signing of Reinildo, a 31-year-old defender who recently ended his contract with Atletico Madrid. Official signings do not stop in the offices of the Black Cats.
There has been a huge outcry from the footballing world after a series of interruptions in the ongoing Club World Cup, which has sparked debates about whether the US is a nation that is fit to host international competitions.
It took nearly the entire second half, but relentless attacks on goal paid off for Antoine Griezmann in the 87th minute on Monday. After teammate Angel
Pablo Barrios' brace lifted Atletico Madrid to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Thursday, getting the Spanish side's Group B campaign back on track.
On Thursday, we will get the Last 32 line-up confirmed at the French Open but is has paid heed to the notion that WTA tennis is still very much unpredictable with top seeds falling left right and centre.