Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed his interest in Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, but the club's general manager Giuseppe Marotta has declared that the controversial forward is not a player the Italian champions are willing to buy. The English newspaper The Times has reported that Allegri has expressed a desire to sign Balotelli – who arrived at […]

If you thought by now that Major League Soccer would have eliminated the confusion over American international allocation, you’d be wrong. The truth is, they’ve thrown us for yet another loop. Word is that Jozy Altidore is on his way out of Sunderland, and out of all the potential destinations, MLS is the destination offering […]

Jurgen Klinmann’s call-ups for the most recent January camp contained a few names known only to the most knowledgeable MLS fans. One of those was DC United’s Perry Kitchen, who may not be famous but has long been the next big name in U.S. soccer and, because of his position, may be a key name […]

Brad Guzan has defended under-fire Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert and urged frustrated fans to blame the players. The traveling supporters called for Lambert's head for the second straight game as they lost 1-0 at Leicester on Saturday. Villa have won just twice in 17 Barclays Premier League games and sit three points above the […]

After Alexis Sanchez's superb display against Stoke City, Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Glenn Hoddle sat down to discuss the Gunners' chances against Manchester City next week, who Arsenal should buy in the transfer window and what their thoughts were regarding Sanchez's performance. The trio didn't get carried away with Arsenal's performance, […]

Louis van Gaal criticized his star-studded Manchester United team after they failed to muster a single shot on target in their 1-0 defeat to Southampton. Ronald Koeman got one over his old adversary on Sunday as Southampton beat United at Old Trafford for the first time in 27 years thanks to Dusan Tadic's 69th-minute winner. […]

Arsene Wenger believes Alexis Sanchez can continue to inspire Arsenal towards a successful end to the season after the Chile forward produced another virtuoso display in a 3-0 win over Stoke at the Emirates Stadium. Sanchez scored twice to help sink the Potters, his first a brilliant individual effort on 33 minutes having earlier set […]

Thirty-eight year old soccer legend Francesco Totti scored an acrobatic goal in the Rome derby, and celebrated the moment by taking a selfie. Totti's goal was the all-important equalizer that helped Roma draw 2-2 with Lazio. It was Totti's second goal of the match (goals in the 48th and 64th minute). The tie helped Roma […]

For viewers in the United States, beIN SPORTS has arguably two of the biggest games on television today, and the matches both will be played at practically the same time. First, there's Napoli against Juventus at 2:45pm ET on beIN SPORTS and DishWorld. And then, kicking off at 3pm ET is Barcelona against Atletico Madrid on […]

Manchester City and Swansea have agreed a £28million fee for striker Wilfried Bony. Press Association Sport understands the deal for the Ivory Coast forward – currently on international duty at the African Nations Cup – has been settled with an official announcement expected in the early part of next week. Bony has proved to be […]

Arsene Wenger is in the market for defensive reinforcements but is concerned that there are not as many natural leaders in the game as when he arrived at Arsenal. The 65-year-old has struggled to name a consistent back four so far this season with the likes of Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy and Kieran Gibbs all […]

Harry Redknapp was scathing about QPR's defensive performance as his players were confronted by angry traveling fans at the final whistle QPR went down 2-1 to Burnley at a freezing Turf Moor to equal a record that has stood for 50 years – not since Sunderland in 1965 has a top-flight team lost their first […]

Alan Pardew heaped praise on his players after making a dream return to Selhurst Park, where organization and a "maverick" spirit saw Crystal Palace comeback against Tottenham to end a long winless run. After four turbulent years at Newcastle, the former Eagles midfielder last week returned to his old stomping ground as Neil Warnock's successor. […]

The first public images of Barcelona's controversial new kit design have been seen on Twitter [This photo is credited to: @jesusmalaga]. In December, the Catalan daily SPORT leaked the news that Nike had decided on a revolutionary design that would radically change from La Blaugrana's traditional striped shirts to a new one which features hoops. The Senyera (the Catalan flag) […]

With news that dynamic duo Mesut Özil and Aaron Ramsey are both returning from injuries this week, the Gunners are finally close to putting together an ideal starting lineup. Assuming every player on the Arsenal roster is fit and available, here's my best 2014-15 starting XI for the Gunners: Goalkeeper David Ospina. Arsenal’s usual number […]