World Soccer Talk

Worrying news this morning for Arsenal fans... Arsenal scout Gilles Grimandi admitted that Olivier Giroud was signed as a back-up plan in case Robin van Persie left the London club. How a player like Giroud, while gifted, is supposed to be a replacement for a striker who scored 30 goals in the league last season (40% […]

Arsenal has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2012-13 season. And it's purple. There are so many ways I could make fun of Arsenal's new away kit for next season, but I won't. Reason being is that Nike and Arsenal have balls to bring out a purple shirt, and to be honest with you, […]

New photos of Manchester United's away shirt have been leaked on the Internet ahead of the official release. The new images reveal a white Manchester United away shirt with a unique red collar design and red trim on the sleeves. The sponsor name and team crest are shown in black. Overall, the shirt design looks […]

The lead story this morning was going to be that West Ham United is interested in a loan deal for Andy Carroll, but West Ham co-owner David Gold has denied that the club has made any contact. Oh well, that would have been a great story! Breaking news — Now, The Guardian is reporting that […]

Konami has released a new video to promote its forthcoming release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. This first episode focuses on the game modes in PES 2013. The game, which will be released later this year, is scheduled to have a demo available for download in late July. In the meantime, enjoy the above video […]

Photos of Tottenham Hotspur's home and away shirts for the 2012-13 season have been leaked on the Internet. Tottenham's new home and away kits, which are designed for the first time by Under Armour, are featured in the above promo photos. Tottenham's new home shirt looks great. I love the retro collar. Plus, the detail […]

The Gaffer will be a happy man this morning after Swansea City announced the signing of 6'2" defender Chico Flores from Genoa. The centre-back will be a perfect replacement for Steven Caulker who has returned to Tottenham after being on loan with Swansea last season. Flores has played in both La Liga and Serie A, […]

It's not quite Judge Judy, but the Premier League news cycle today moves into a courtroom drama where you have Anton Ferdinand claiming racial abuse aimed at him by John Terry in the infamous QPR-Chelsea game from last season. Hopefully the court case can be over and done with pretty quickly. The sooner we move […]

A move for Ajax centre-back Jan Vertonghen has been agreed with Tottenham Hotspur, and the Ajax captain is now just a medical and signature away from officially being a Tottenham Hotspur footballer. The on-again off-again race to sign Vertonghen, who was Ajax captain, appears to be over, which is wonderful news for Tottenham supporters given […]

Today's confirmation that Park Ji-Sung has agreed a move from Manchester United to Queens Park Rangers is brilliant news for QPR fans, but very concerning news for United supporters. This is a footballer who often was Manchester United's trump card — the player that Sir Alex Ferguson used in big matches to either grab a […]

Fulham losing Pavel Pogrebnyak is definitely a blow, whether Fulham supporters will admit it or not. The Russian striker scored 6 goals for Fulham last season in just 12 league appearances. The Cottagers will miss that strike-rate this next season. For Reading, meanwhile, it's a big coup for manager Brian McDermott. Here are the rest of […]

So let the transfer rumors begin. Now that Robin van Persie has handed his Arsenal card in, the race is on to see who will secure the signature of one of the top strikers in the world. Just when you thought that the Premier League news cycle would go into a slumber for two weeks […]

Tottenham Hotspur today announced the signing of attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from Hoffenheim. The Icelandic creative midfielder, who played at Swansea last season on loan, was close to signing a permanent deal with Swansea and then Liverpool, but presumably Spurs was willing to offer more than Brendan Rodgers' current and previous clubs. The signing of […]

Starting today, we're going to bring you a daily post featuring the latest Premier League news stories. Even though Euro 2012 is over and the Premier League season doesn't start until mid-August, there's still plenty of news as you can see below. André Villas-Boas confirmed as new Tottenham manager — The Guardian Stuart Pearce has […]

Stuart Pearce has named his 18-man squad for the Team GB football squad to play in the 2012 Summer Olympics. After last week's news that David Beckham would not be included in the squad, the attention has switched to focus on the youngsters — and a few older footballers — who will be flying the […]