World Soccer Talk

Arsenal are on the verge of signing a £25 million-a-year kit deal with Adidas, according to The Daily Telegraph tonight. Arsenal's deal with Nike ends after the 2013-14 season, so a new deal for Gunners would be a welcome boost to the club's coffers. The Telegraph is also reporting that an Adidas deal with Fulham […]

It's another day of European football, and hopefully this time the English clubs can do better than their counterparts who play in the Premier League (Manchester United excepted, despite their shaky performance on Tuesday). We have three matches in store today. Maribor vs Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool against Anzhi and Newcastle United against Bruges. Expect a […]

Most of the major news this morning is a result of today's annual meeting with Arsenal shareholders and football supporters. Not surprisingly, supporters are upset over Arsenal's focus on generating money over winning trophies. There were many hecklers in the audience who are dissatisfied with Arsenal's plight — not having won a trophy in over […]

Anyone who watched Shakhtar Donetsk's victory against Chelsea mid-week would have been impressed by the display of Willian, the Brazilian attacking midfielder. It's no surprise therefore that Willian is rumored to be interested in a move to moneybags Chelsea FC. In other news, Nike is selling its Umbro brand to a company called Iconix. I don't know […]

Well the good news for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger tonight is that he doesn't have to fly his team on a private jet for a 15-minute trip. Arsenal is playing at home tonight against a Schalke team who are fresh off a huge victory against Borussia Dortmund. Don't be surprised if Schalke gives Arsenal a […]

The Professional Footballers' Association has today revealed a six-point plan to tackle racism. The six points are: 1 Speeding up the process of dealing with reported racist abuse with close monitoring of any incidents. 2 Consideration of stiffer penalties for racist abuse and to include an equality awareness programme for culprits and clubs involved. 3 An English form […]

Chelsea and Manchester United both are hoping to continue their good form in the UEFA Champions League with victories today against Shakhtar Donetsk and Braga respectively. But both teams will face difficult matches — especially Chelsea in front of a raucous crowd in Eastern Europe. Before, during and after today's Champions League matches, post your […]

Rio Ferdinand has rubbished Daily Mail reports that he's planning on creating a black footballers' union to rival the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Ferdinand has told his Twitter followers to not believe everything they read, which — knowing The Daily Mail's track record — is one of the wisest things Ferdinand has said in quite […]

Here are tonight's main Premier League news headlines: Hillsborough: police chief 'boasted' of role in smearing fans — The Guardian Anger at Terry's lenient ban led to Kick It Out T-shirt protest — The Guardian Rio Ferdinand leads breakaway by black players — The Daily Mail John Terry to wear anti-racism armband if he captains […]

Will he or won't he? Manchester City midfield maestro David Silva was originally ruled out of Wednesday night's Champions League match against Ajax. But now the Manchester Evening News is reporting that he could indeed return from injury. It's going to be one of those stories where we won't know for sure until the team […]

Premier League's impact on tourism has been written about today in The Guardian, who explain that almost one million soccer supporters traveled to Britain last year. According to the report, more than 60,000 alone came from the United States. It makes for interesting reading as do many of the Premier League-related stories today: 900,000 football […]

Sky Sports were hounding Chelsea FC and its manager Roberto Di Matteo in yesterday's press conference, asking the pointed question whether John Terry would remain Chelsea captain. Not satisfied with the answer, Sky Sports continued to barrage Di Matteo, who remained resilient. Now, talkSPORT exclusively revealed this morning that John Terry will remain as Chelsea […]

Despite contrary reports, Rio Ferdinand will wear a Kick It Out campaign T-shirt in the pre-match warm-up this weekend for Manchester United, says Sir Alex Ferguson during today's United press conference. There were reports that Jason Roberts, Anton Ferdinand and Rio Ferdinand would not wear the shirts in protest, but Rio will wear the shirt. And […]

You have to see this video to believe it. Unbelievably, the Serbian FA has released what appears to be a doctored video showing how wonderfully well behaved their supporters were during the mid-week Serbia against England u21 match. They've carefully crafted a highlight reel, which completely avoids all of the post final whistle monkey chanting […]