World Soccer Talk

If there's one club in the Premier League who seems to be plagued with injuries time after time, it's Manchester United. Defender Phil Jones looks set to be out for up to eight weeks with an injury. Meanwhile, Chris Smalling is still out with a toe injury, Wayne Rooney is out as well as Ashley […]

In a blow to Everton, FIFA has blocked their loan of Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe from Club Brugges. Everton, meanwhile, are considering other options to either push the deal through and look elsewhere. Here are the latest Premier League news headlines: Everton loan of Club Brugge's Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe blocked by FIFA — Sky Sports Tom Cleverley fits […]

England's path via the qualification rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup takes off today with an away match against Eastern European country Moldova (2:45pm ET on ESPN3.com for readers in the United States). That's a qualification path of 1 year, 9 months and 5 days – a brutally long and boring route that needlessly […]

Now that the PES 2013 demo is out, the hype is building up for the September 21 launch of the PES 2013 game. But before it's released, here are several player faces from PES 2013 — so you can see how footballers such as Szcznesny, Giroud, Bertrand, Hazard, Clichy, Krul, Cisse, Ba, McClean and others. H/T […]

Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre, or better known by his nickname Suso, looks set to get a chance to prove himself to Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool fans when the boss will give him a chance to play himself into the Liverpool side between now and January. This was just one of the revealing […]

A new video has been created that shows off the new gameplay and graphics in FIFA 13. FIFA 13 player Kazooie94 was invited to a special event by EA Sports recently, where he got to play the game and capture a lot of the goals and video from the game. The video is probably the […]

Sports Interactive, the makers of the Football Manager computer game series, have released a new video to explain many of the features and benefits in Football Manager 2013, which is due out later this year. The video features a faux press conference with Studio Director Miles Jacobson explaining what's new in FM 2013, as well […]

Arguably the best US soccer player ever has jumped ship from Fulham to Tottenham Hotspur. And now you can order a Tottenham Hotspur shirt with Clint Dempsey's name on the back — to show your support for the player, the club and your country. Designed by Under Armour, this officially licensed Tottenham Hotspur jersey features an […]

Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan claims that Manchester United is behind calls for Financial Fair Play rules to be introduced to the Premier League. It's an obvious move by United to lessen the power of their noisy neighbor as well as their main rival from London, Chelsea Football Club. What do you think? Should FFP […]

In the alternate reality of the FIFA rankings, England is still the third best team in the world according to the latest rankings released today. If that's the case, then England should walk over Moldova and Ukraine in the matches later this week and next, right? Here are today's Premier League news-related headlines: England remain […]

Other than a whopping paycheck after his move to Liverpool in the distant past, things haven't been going well for Andy Carroll. He started well in his debut for West Ham United on Saturday, but had to walk off after pulling a hamstring. Now we've learning that Carroll is expected to be out for six […]

Hugo Lloris is already unhappy with Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas, according to Didier Deschamps. And so he should be given Brad Friedel's performances wearing the Tottenham goalkeeper's shirt during the team's draws against Norwich City and West Bromwich Albion. The French goalkeeper expects to start for Tottenham, but Friedel will not give up his shirt […]

In a crowded midfield at Chelsea, it's not surprising that Raul Meireles has been sold. But what is surprising is that no other Premier League club was able to capture his signature since he's obviously a gifted midfielder who did well at Anfield and Stamford Bridge. Instead, the Portugal international is heading to Turkish club Fenerbahce […]

The average manager is in charge of a Premier League for just 55 matches. Yesterday, Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated 1,000 matches in charge of Manchester United after the Red Devils came back to defeat Southampton 3-2. Those 1,000 matches in charge of one top flight English club is an incredible achievement, and it's one that […]

Liverpool owner John W Henry has written an open letter to defend Liverpool's transfer strategy. The American owner admits that the club has made mistakes in the transfer market during the first two years of ownership, and says that they don't want to do mortgage the future of the club with risky spending. The letter […]