Attention Fantasy Premier League contestants: Wayne Rooney has handed over the penalty duties at Manchester United to Robin van Persie. You may remember that the last straw for Sir Alex Ferguson was when Rooney hit a penalty against West Ham United skyward during the FA Cup third round replay at Old Trafford. It was Rooney's […]

After all of the transfers in and out of the Premier League yesterday, the Beat The Manager prediction game is open again — this time for Gameweek 25. We're awaiting to find out who won Beat The Manager for gameweeks 18 and 24, so we'll let you know as soon as we update the leaderboard. […]

Brilliant artist Dan Leydon, whose work has been featured in The Guardian, has released his latest masterpiece. And this time it's an illustration of Arsenal's number 10, Jack Wilshere. The beautifully designed illustration features Wilshere in mid-stride, with the ball knocked on in front of his path. "Super Jacky Wilshere," splendid in his Arsenal home kit, […]

Ryan Giggs — The man. The myth. The legend. The 39-year-old Manchester United legend is featured above in soccer stickers dating from 1993-94 to the current season. It's a wonderful display of haircuts, football shirts and how Giggsy has aged ever so slightly over the years. It's also a revealing look at how the design […]

Queens Park Rangers struggles in this season’s Premier League are well documented. Despite having an expensive squad with several glittering names, the London club have been rooted at the foot of the league table for almost the entire season. Taking over from Mark Hughes with the aim of keeping QPR up, it initially seemed that […]

Oh, Peter Odemwingie. When will you learn? The West Bromwich Albion striker has hit out at his club by saying that they broke a gentleman's agreement which would have seen the Nigerian footballer join Queens Park Rangers. According to The Guardian, Odemwingie met today with West Brom's legal director and technical director and has been given […]

It comes to no surprise how much we Americans love this game and love our players who are making themselves better across the Atlantic, south of the border, or in South America. We try to follow their process through the internet and try to discuss the positives or the negatives of their performance. But […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick on Saturday saw Real Madrid to a comfortable 4-0 win over Getafe but, just as Los Blancos have spent the season in Barcelona’s substantial shadow, so CR7 was outdone by Lionel Messi. The magical Argentine hit four in Barca’s 5-1 demolition of Osasuna as Tito Vilanova’s men extended their lead over Atletico […]

It was a mad day in the Premier League transfer window today. Peter Odemwingie went AWOL. Brek Shea was beaming like a Cheshire Cat on his drive in to Stoke City. Aston Villa signed a French footballer that no one had heard of or rated. And then Harry Redknapp, the man who said that "I don't […]

Today is one of the biggest days in the Premier League calendar, and EPL Talk has you covered. Throughout the day, I'll be updating this blog post with the latest breaking transfer news stories (and not just from Sky Sports — it'll be from several sources). We'll be your one-stop guide to all of the […]

It's been a rough couple of days for the clubs near the top of the Premier League table. Neither Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool or Tottenham had good games this mid-week. Even though United won, they stumbled to victory against a very resolute Southampton side. If you missed any of the action from […]

Now that Everton's deal for FC Twente striker Leroy Fer has fallen through due to medical issues, Everton are on the verge of signing Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo from Sevilla. If the Toffees will be able to secure his signature, it'll be a massive coup and a wonderful addition to the Premier League. Editor's note: […]

Who needs El Clasico when you have Arsenal against Liverpool? The match at the Emirates Stadium promises to feature lots of goals due to leaky defenses from both teams, as well as a race for fourth place in the Premier League. On top of all that, you have Liverpool supporters who are planning on hoisting […]

It's been nearly two months since MLS Cup, and even longer since most fans' teams cleared out their lockers and headed home for the winter. The holidays came and passed, as did the doom scenarios (whether you feared the Mayan route or lost sleep over the ominous fiscal cliff, you're reading this). In soccer, the […]

QPR have triggered a release clause in Christopher Samba's contract at Anzhi, which could see the former Blackburn Rovers defender heading back to England. I, for one, would love to see Samba back in the top flight. He's a brilliant defender, a greater header of the ball and is one of those footballers who can […]