World Soccer Talk

Bad news for Manchester United fans this morning, but it's good news for Javier Hernandez. Wayne Rooney has been ruled out of action for a further two weeks, which will mean he'll miss the match against Liverpool on January 13. Rooney injured his knee during training on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, Nani — who has been […]

After Johan Cruyff managed what was probably his last game for Catalonia in a friendly yesterday, the Dutch legend was asked whether former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola could be next in line for the Catalonia job. In a surprising answer, Cruyff revealed, "Pep now looks set to coach in England, so he won’t have the […]

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and striker Mario Balotelli reportedly got into a bust-up on the training pitch this morning. The incident happened after Balotelli made a very aggressive tackle against Manchester City winger Scott Sinclair. According to press reports, Balotelli then got into a face-off with Mancini before the two had to be separated […]

Israeli attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun has completed his loan deal at West Ham United, and today has returned to Chelsea. Unfortunately he's one of those talented players who has slipped off the radar despite playing for Liverpool, Arsenal and the aforementioned West Ham and Chelsea. Benayoun may not be too happy about being shipped back […]

Liverpool is ready to cut their ties with Joe Cole so the attacking midfielder can join West Ham United. If the move goes through, Joe Cole will return to the club where he started his career in the youth academy in 1994 before leaving the club in 2003 to join Chelsea. According to The Guardian, […]

Expect ESPN commentator Ian Darke to be frothing at the mouth during today's broadcast of Liverpool against Sunderland on US television. Darke will assuredly be very excited about all of the transfer activity today with Daniel Sturridge expected to be in the director's box to watch his new club play Sunderland, while Demba Ba will […]

Released in July 1995, the graphics and gameplay in FIFA 96 are certainly quite different than what we're used to in more modern-day FIFA video games. The game was the first to feature 3D graphics with FIFA's technology called "Virtual Stadium." As you can see in this 25 minute video which features voiceovers explaining the […]

In case you missed any of the match highlights from the Premier League New Years Day gameweek 21 matches, here are all of the video highlights: West Bromwich Albion vs Fulham Video: West Brom v Fulham Premier League Highlights 01/01/13 Wigan Athletic vs Manchester United Video: Wigan v Manchester United Premier League Highlights 01/01/13 Manchester […]

A busy day in the January transfer today in England as Demba Ba appears to be on his way to C7Cantonas.com calls it quitshelsea, while Liverpool has announced that they've signed Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge for an undisclosed fee. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: Liverpool sign Chelsea striker for undisclosed fee — BBC […]

Happy New Year folks! Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Roberto Mancini rues Manchester City's failure to land Robin van Persie — The Guardian Reading pay £600,000 for Sporting Lisbon's captain Daniel Carrico — The Guardian Graphic: Gary Neville’s team of the Premier League 2012/2013 so far — 101 GG Newcastle's Demba Ba has the […]

Chelsea's hopes of signing Demba Ba from Newcastle United have seemingly been dashed after talks broke down over contract terms. The Newcastle United striker has a release clause in his contract that allows a club to come in and sign him if they bid £7 million. While Chelsea and other clubs are interested in Senegalese […]

Newcastle United looks set to sign France defender Mathieu Debuchy, and the timing couldn't be better. United is suffering from a horrible dip in form, and there are plenty of gaps in the back four. Debuchy should be a brilliant addition to the Premier League. Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Newcastle set to […]

Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Liverpool approach Lazio for Modibo Diakite — 101 Great Goals Rafael Benítez braces himself for hostile reception at Goodison Park — The Guardian Video: Arsene Wenger praises Theo Walcott's "great" performance — BBC Sport Paul Lambert admits Aston Villa are in a dogfight against relegation — The Guardian Newcastle […]

The controversy and drama resulting from Mike Dean's correct decision to award Newcastle United their second goal at Old Trafford from Boxing Day continues to roll on. In today's press conferences in England, there's been plenty of verbal attacks from Ferguson against Pardew, as well as Pardew and Wenger against Ferguson. In an article by […]

Earlier in the day, we reported that The FA decided not to punish Sir Alex Ferguson for accosting referee Mike Dean and the assistant referees at the beginning of the second half of the Boxing Day match at Old Trafford. Referee Mike Dean didn't note any misconduct in his post-match report, so The FA decided […]