Tom Bogert

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How Valnet’s GIVEMESPORT launched the Market Madness Podcast

6 days ago | givemesport.com | Christy Malyan |Ben Jacobs |Dean Jones |Tom Bogert

In January 2025, GIVEMESPORT, with the backing of parent company Valnet, launched a new podcast with a simple mission — to make every episode feel like transfer deadline day. GIVEMESPORT intended to capture the urgency and unpredictability of the final day of the football transfer window, while placing it in a more fun and less formal setting than a traditional shirt-and-tie newsroom.
Tom Bogert's 2025 MLS Best XI So Far

6 days ago | givemesport.com | Tom Bogert

We are just at the one-third mark of the 2025 MLS season, with most clubs having played 11 of their 34-match regular season schedule. The representative sample size is there, with the table and player hierarchy taking shape. At this mark of the season, we have enough matches to start to talk about end-of-season awards. Today, I want to focus on the race for Best XI. Selecting just 11 players is borderline impossible.
FC Cincinnati finalizing deal for MLS legend Kei Kamara: Sources

6 days ago | givemesport.com | Fabrizio Romano |Tom Bogert

FC Cincinnati is finalizing a deal to sign forward Kei Kamara, sources tell GIVEMESPORT. Kamara is the second all-time leading scorer in MLS history, with 147 regular season goals. Kamara will hit the salary cap via the supplemental roster, sources add. Kamara, 40, spent 2024 with LAFC and remained productive, with three goals and six assists in 1,001 regular season minutes. He played for the Chicago Fire in 2023, scoring five goals.
Exclusive: Date and venue set for LAFC vs. Club America Club World Cup playoff

1 week ago | givemesport.com | Fabrizio Romano |Tom Bogert |Ben Jacobs

LAFC will play Club America in a one-off match to qualify for the Club World Cup, with GIVEMESPORT able to exclusively reveal the match will take place on May 31 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. It is effectively a $10 million match, as the winner will gain a guaranteed entry fee of $9.55 million, plus an additional $2 million per group stage win and round-by-round prize money. The winner will be placed in the final spot of Group D, alongside Chelsea, Flamengo and ES Tunis.
Tom Bogert MLS transfer notebook: Latest on De Bruyne, Pogba and more

1 week ago | givemesport.com | Tom Bogert

Though the MLS primary transfer window closed less than two weeks ago, clubs have long been planning for the summer. To keep you updated on the latest moves, GIVEMESPORT's MLS insider Tom Bogert brings you the latest he's hearing. Latest on De Bruyne, Pogba and Müller This summer, a handful of global stars could be heading to MLS. The names at the top of mind are Kevin De Bruyne, Paul Pogba and Thomas Müller, now as it looks unlikely that Antoine Griezmann leaves Atlético Madrid.
D.C. United hold exploratory talks with Paul Pogba: Sources

2 weeks ago | givemesport.com | Fabrizio Romano |Tom Bogert |Ben Jacobs

D.C. United have held informal conversations with Paul Pogba, who is available as a free agent following a doping ban. GMS understands Pogba knows D.C. United owner Jason Levien and initial conversations took place two months ago. Talks are not advanced and no formal offer has been placed to date. D.C. United hold Pogba's discovery rights, sources say, which in MLS means priority to negotiate. Pogba has been training alone in Miami and speaking to several clubs before deciding on his next move.
How Valnet's GIVEMESPORT Brand Aims to Become a Pioneer for News Coverage

2 weeks ago | lite.apex-football.com | Fabrizio Romano |Ben Jacobs |Tom Bogert |Dean Jones

Founded in 2014, GIVEMESPORT has become one of the leading independent sports digital media publications. We reach a vast and dedicated audience daily and operate one of the largest sports social media pages in the world on Facebook. GIVEMESPORT achieved this success with a management team who are industry leaders in their respective fields and a desire to take the brand to new levels year over year.
How Valnet's GIVEMESPORT Brand Aims to Become a Pioneer for News Coverage

2 weeks ago | givemesport.com | Fabrizio Romano |James Beavis |Ben Jacobs |Tom Bogert

Founded in 2014, GIVEMESPORT has become one of the leading independent sports digital media publications. We reach a vast and dedicated audience daily and operate one of the largest sports social media pages in the world on Facebook. GIVEMESPORT achieved this success with a management team who are industry leaders in their respective fields and a desire to take the brand to new levels year over year.
MLS Transfer Window Superlatives: Best Signings, Biggest Surprises and More

3 weeks ago | givemesport.com | Tom Bogert

The MLS primary transfer window closed on Wednesday and the offseason window is (finally) complete. With a little closure, let’s hand out superlatives from the window. As always, we won’t know for sure the complete impact of this window for teams for possibly years to come, but that’s never stopped us before, has it?
Thomas Müller rejects offer from FC Cincinnati: Sources

3 weeks ago | givemesport.com | Fabrizio Romano |Tom Bogert

German legend Thomas Müller rejected an offer to sign with FC Cincinnati this summer once his Bayern Munich contract expires, sources tell GIVEMESPORT. Cincinnati still hold Müller's discovery rights, a mechanism in MLS that essentially means the exclusive rights to negotiate. BILD first reported the talks. If Müller signs elsewhere in MLS, Cincy will receive allocation money. Müller, 35, will depart Bayern this summer when his contract expires after spending his entire career at the club.