4:06 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season, the Premier League club announced on Friday. The agreement, which is subject to the player completing a medical and receiving a work permit, also includes

6:15 PM ET Adam Brown The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here) and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Ronaldo’s Man Utd future in the balance

3:39 AM ET The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here) and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Ronaldo’s Man Utd future in the balance Cristiano Ronaldo

1:42 PM ET Caitlin Murray FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, insist that their brewing plan for a biennial World Cup will be a good thing for soccer. The problem is that when they say that, they seem to be talking about the men’s side of the sport. As usual with FIFA, the women’s game

10:56 AM ET The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here) and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Liverpool close on €70m move for Porto’s Luis Diaz

3:29 PM ET Lionel Messi has returned to Paris from Argentina after testing negative for COVID-19. Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has returned to Paris after testing negative for COVID-19 and will resume training in the coming days, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday. Messi was among the four PSG

7:00 PM ET Even Philippe Coutinho was surprised to be named in the Brazil squad that was called up for last November’s World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. He did not play — he has not appeared for his country since the first two rounds of the current qualification campaign back in October 2020.

3:48 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer “We’re back!” Joan Laporta was in a bullish mood, which is the mood he’s in most days, but especially on days like this. It was the first day of the rest of their lives, a sunny morning in the city. Up in the stands at the Camp Nou were

2:03 PM ET Liverpool have asked for their Carabao Cup tie vs. Arsenal to be postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Visionhaus/Getty Images Liverpool have formally requested the postponement of Thursday’s Carabao Cup semifinal first-leg tie against Arsenal due to a further outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the club’s training complex, which led to the cancellation

7:17 PM ET Major League Soccer side Inter Miami CF has loaned Mexico international Rodolfo Pizarro to Liga MX club Monterrey, the clubs announced on Tuesday. It marks a return to Los Rayados for Pizarro, who initially left the club to join David Beckham’s Miami side as a Designated Player for its inaugural 2020 season.