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Is there a way to predict how elite soccer players will age?
Jude Bellingham has started well at Real Madrid, but it's hard to know how players will develop. New research, though, suggests there might be reasons why some last longer at the top.


TOP HEADLINES

PRO VS. JOE
Can ESPN FC's average Joe take on Julian Alvarez?

SOCCER TRANSFERS
LIVE Transfer Talk: USMNT's McKennie yet to earn new Juve deal
Juventus aren't convinced on renewing Weston McKennie's contract and need to see more of the USMNT midfielder. Transfer Talk is LIVE the latest.

USMNT STAR BENCHED BY MILAN
Should Pulisic be concerned by Champions League benching?

BARCELONA
SOCCER
After struggling at Atletico, Joao Felix is back to his best for Barcelona
Following a difficult four years at Atletico Madrid, Joao Felix has rediscovered his mojo with an electrifying start to his loan spell at Barcelona.

A WHAT-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN TEAM
Man United dream XI under Solskjaer: Kane, Bellingham, more
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he wanted Manchester United to sign a number of world-class players, so what would their XI look like now if they had?

GLOBAL SOCCER SCOREBOARD
FRIDAY'S GAMES

'PLAYOFF CHASE IS OVER!'
Is Messi's injury the end of Miami's MLS Cup hopes?

ENGLAND
SOCCER
England must evolve after World Cup with Olympics on horizon
As England began their bid qualify Team GB for the Olympics with a nervy 2-1 win over Scotland, questions linger from the Women's World Cup campaign.
Top Headlines
- Messi out vs. Orlando with scar tissue problem
- USMNT's Balogun misses 2 PKs in Monaco loss
- 2026 World Cup hosts warn against price-fixing
- Ten Hag unable to explain United defensive woes
- Spain win 1st game since WWC, Rubiales fallout
- Ronaldo scores 2 as Al Nassr win 4-3 thriller
- Euros hosts Germany hire Nagelsmann as coach
- Sources: Future Barca star Roque out until 2024
- Arteta: Ramsdale snub one of 'hardest things'
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Marvin Ibo Guengoer - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images Ranking the UEFA Champions League field: Who stops Man City?
This is the last year in which the UEFA Champions League has just 32 teams, so let's rank them based on how likely they are to win it all. (And really, does anyone come close to Pep Guardiola & Co.?)
Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Premier League rerank: Liverpool rising, Man United falling
With plenty of player movement and four matchweeks since we last evaluated each of the 20 teams in the Premier League, we figured we'd rank them all again.
Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images How Saudi Pro League money made European clubs reckless again
The Saudi Pro League's summer spend was nearly $900m, much of that going to elite European teams. The end result: teams had the freedom, and the finances, to take big risks again, like Bayern investing over $100m in Harry Kane.
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Ivan Romano/Getty Images Provedel joins Champions League goal-scoring goalkeepers club
After Lazio keeper Ivan Provedel scored on Tuesday, here are the other members of the UEFA Champions League's Grand Order of Goal-Scoring Goalies.
Illustration by ESPN Premier League kit ranking: Every new jersey for 2023-24
The 2023-24 Premier League season brings a new host of kits from all 20 teams. Which tops the style chart, and which has the worst fashion faux pas?
Best in the game
Illustration by MASA The FC 100 for 2023: Haaland, Mbappe lead our list of best men's soccer players
After a brief hiatus thanks to the winter World Cup in Qatar, ESPN presents its seventh annual ranking of the best men's players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to FC 100.
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(Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images) League tables
Updated tables from the Premier League, Champions League, LaLiga, English Football League and more.
Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images Upcoming fixtures
Keep track of all the important upcoming fixtures for all the clubs and countries in world football here.
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Results and scores from the Premier League, Champions League, LaLiga, English Football League and more.