Lionel Messi became the first player to win the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for a second time, sweeping this year's vote by a landslide ahead of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez. Messi was at his sublime best last season, inspiring Barcelona to the Primera Division, Copa del Rey and […]

Yannick Bolasie has told manager Alan Pardew he is ready to return to the Crystal Palace team following the death of his father. Bolasie missed last weekend's home victory against Aston Villa on compassionate grounds, traveling back to his home in DR Congo to be with his family. SEE MORE: Arsenal face defensive doubts again at […]

Marseille have signed Real Madrid midfielder Lucas Silva on a season-long loan. The 22-year-old joined Real from Cruzeiro in January and made nine appearances last season, including starting against Schalke in the Champions League. He will be tasked with adding creativity to a Marseille side which has been shorn of playmakers Andre Ayew, Florian Thauvin […]

Everton have rejected a transfer request from wantaway defender John Stones. The 21-year-old's request, which was submitted on Tuesday, was rejected by manager Roberto Martinez on Thursday morning before the club released a statement by Everton chairman Bill Kenwright. Kenwright said in the statement on the club's official website: "Everton Football Club has rejected a […]

Manchester City may well become Premier League champions for a third time this season, and they are playing great football on their quest to do so. But it is, of course, coming at a cost. The club is currently pushing through a deal with Wolfsburg to sign Kevin De Bruyne. Sources say the proposed transfer […]

Next Generation Sports Network (NGSN), the online streaming service that offers soccer fans in the US access to many niche leagues, has expanded its coverage of leagues today by adding select English-language broadcasts of Liga MX games, as well as coverage of the Swedish league. NGSN has acquired the rights to broadcast the home matches of […]

Arsenal could be without both Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny for their Premier League clash against Newcastle on Saturday. The central defensive duo missed Arsenal's goalless draw against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Monday evening. And manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that Mertesacker, battling a chest infection, and Koscielny, sidelined with a back injury, […]

Fifty-seven Manchester United fans were arrested in Bruges on Wednesday night as fighting took the gloss off their emphatic Champions League win over Club Brugge. Chief Constable of Bruges Police Dirk van Nuffel said glasses and chairs were thrown in a clash between English and Belgian "hooligans" outside a bar in the city center after […]

Kevin de Bruyne's transfer to Manchester City has not gone through yet, although Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs has confirmed talks between the two clubs are under way. Reports in England and Germany claimed on Wednesday night that widespread agreement had been reached between all parties, with estimates ranging from between £54 and £58 […]

Sevilla have announced that Fernando Llorente is undergoing a medical with a view to join the Primera Division club on a permanent transfer from Juventus. The 30-year-old forward is set to return to La Liga just two years after leaving Athletic Bilbao to join Juventus. He is expected to sign a four-year contract with the […]

Mario Balotelli claims manager Brendan Rodgers' tactics contributed to his woeful spell at Liverpool. The 25-year-old striker has returned to AC Milan on loan a year after leaving the San Siro in a last-minute £16million deal which Rodgers admitted at the time was a "calculated risk". It failed spectacularly, with the Italy international scoring just […]

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has admitted the only reason Kevin Nolan has left the club is because he could not promise him regular football. The Hammers announced on Thursday that the 33-year-old, who led them back into the Barclays Premier League as captain at the end of the 2011-12 season, had left by mutual […]

Arsenal was dealt a major blow on their quest to sign a 'world-class' striker when Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema (finally) proclaimed his wishes to remain in Spain earlier in the week. Benzema, who was linked with the Gunners for most of the summer, tweeted Monday, “For all those clowns who want to make believe things […]

When Ricardo Ferretti (nicknamed Tuca) was introduced this week as interim coach of the Mexican national team, he put on a display of a mild mannered man. This was not, by any means, the same man that many were accustomed to seeing, the one that berated journalists both on and off the pitch. The man that was […]

Manchester United have qualified for the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League group stages, and Louis van Gaal's men will now look ahead to competing against Europe's elite after a 2014-15 season without any continental trips. The three-time European champions won 3-1 at Old Trafford against Club Brugge in the playoff first leg and finished the job […]