World Soccer Talk

Chelsea's game against Reading was originally scheduled for Saturday, September 1, but due to Chelsea playing in the UEFA Super Cup next week against Atletico Madrid, the Blues moved their match to tonight in front of a large crowd at Stamford Bridge (live on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com at 2:45pm ET today). While Reading got their […]

Sky Sports media pundit Gary Neville was full of praise for Arsenal's debut performance by Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla in his debut against Sunderland. On Sky's Monday Night Football (the real football, that is), Neville opined about how gifted Cazorla is, and what an incredible sense of positioning he has as well as observant as […]

Queens Park Rangers have certainly been busy in the transfer market after Saturday's clobbering from Swansea. I can just imagine the conversation after the match between QPR owner Tony Fernandes and manager Mark Hughes. Tony: "What the hell happened, Sparky?" Hughes: "Like I told you, we need to buy more players to stay up in […]

It's not confirmed by either club quite yet, but there are reports that Real Madrid has agreed a deal with Arsenal to send Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin to Emirates Stadium on a season-long loan. The move, however, is contingent on whether Sahin wants to move to Arsenal. It's quite possible that he may wait for […]

Move over Lionel Messi. The one and only Emile Heskey will be gracing the cover art for FIFA 13. Uhhhhh, yeah, righhht.

It's been a long round of negotiations, but Emmanuel Adebayor is finally heading to Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent deal. "I am pleased to be signing for Spurs on a permanent basis after finally agreeing my departure with Manchester City," said Adebayor. “It may have taken longer than expected but I am delighted to be back […]

The opening weekend of the Premier League's 2012-13 season was a victory for the underdogs. Out of the Sky Six in the Premier League, only two of them recorded a victory. But if you had to rate which top Premier League gave the worst performance during the opening weekend, which one would it be and […]

Don't be surprised if the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) won't be too happy about the latest move regarding the famous Red Devils club. American businessman George Soros has bought a 7.85% stake in Manchester United. The Hungarian-born billionaire has a net worth of $20 billion. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: George Soros […]

Awake the sleeping giant! Sunderland, who has been painfully quiet in this summer transfer window, is on the verge of signing Adam Johnson, Jermaine Jenas and Danny Rose in a mad scramble to add some talent and depth to a Sunderland side. Maybe the club is finally feeling the pressure and complaints from supporters? Whatever […]

In the next 11 days, we'll find out whether Clint Dempsey has an opportunity to progress his career by moving to a bigger club, or not. Dempsey has forced Fulham into accepting offers for his transfer out of Craven Cottage. But will any clubs make a bid for the player valued at 10million? Or will […]

In the first Monday night match of the Premier League season, Everton takes on Manchester United at Goodison Park at 3pm ET/8pm BST (live on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com for readers in the United States). All eyes today will be on the expected debut of Robin van Persie. I wouldn't be surprised if the Dutch striker […]

Chelsea's young and talented midfielder Josh McEachran has been shipped out of Chelsea again. Last season, the skillful footballer was shipped out in the January transfer window to Swansea where he saw very little playing time. And now McEachran has joined Middlesbrough on a season-long loan. He'll adapt well to Tony Mowbray's style at Boro, […]

Over the weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson promised another signing before the transfer window closed. And he has delivered with the signing of left back Alexander Buttner from Vitesse Arnhem in the Eredivisie. I haven't personally had an opportunity to watch Buttner in action, but buying cover for left back Patrice Evra is a sound move […]

There's been quite a lot of backlash recently against Rio Ferdinand from many, myself included. There's been far too much talking from him this summer, but he hasn't been walked the walk recently. And now it looks like he'll be more spending more time on Twitter after an injury that could keep Ferdinand out of […]

An average of 2.71 goals per game was a brilliant way to kick off the 2012-13 Premier League season. In the first day of the new season, there were plenty of brilliant goals and action-packed games. Maybe your team won, lost or drew, but whatever the case, hopefully you're glad that a beautiful part of […]