Chelsea's hopes of signing Demba Ba from Newcastle United have seemingly been dashed after talks broke down over contract terms. The Newcastle United striker has a release clause in his contract that allows a club to come in and sign him if they bid £7 million. While Chelsea and other clubs are interested in Senegalese […]

Newcastle United looks set to sign France defender Mathieu Debuchy, and the timing couldn't be better. United is suffering from a horrible dip in form, and there are plenty of gaps in the back four. Debuchy should be a brilliant addition to the Premier League. Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Newcastle set to […]

It's been another brilliant weekend in the Premier League, so I thought I'd try something new this week with a list of 10 things I loved about this Premier League gameweek 20 weekend that I either saw or read: 1. Cameron Jerome's goal for Stoke to make it 3-3. Who would have thought that before […]

In an interview released this weekend by Al Jazeera, FIFA President Sepp Blatter slammed Major League Soccer calling it "not a very strong professional league" and saying that "no professional (soccer) leagues (are) recognized by American society." The statements by Blatter will be extremely embarrassing to MLS and US Soccer executives particularly with the criticism […]

While most of the attention has been off the pitch at the chilly reception that Rafa Benitez is expected to receive at Goodison Park in front of the Everton supporters, there's plenty of things on the pitch to discuss. Most importantly, a win for Everton will see them leapfrog over Chelsea into fourth place (and […]

Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Liverpool approach Lazio for Modibo Diakite — 101 Great Goals Rafael Benítez braces himself for hostile reception at Goodison Park — The Guardian Video: Arsene Wenger praises Theo Walcott's "great" performance — BBC Sport Paul Lambert admits Aston Villa are in a dogfight against relegation — The Guardian Newcastle […]

After several nail-biting low-scoring games over the festive period, today's matches brought us an incredible 4.37 goals per game with 35 goals scored in eight Premier League matches. Here are the video highlights for all eight matches in the Premier League, gameweek 20: Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur Video: Sunderland v Tottenham Premier League Highlights 12/29/12 […]

Fresh after beating Manchester City at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland opens today's Premier League football with another opportunity to see if they can knock one of the big EPL clubs off their perch — Tottenham Hotspur. The match kicks off at 7:45am ET/12:45pm UK time. Six 10am ET/3pm UK time matches follow, which include Manchester […]

If you eat, live and breathe Premier League football and you have a passion for writing, EPL Talk would like to invite you to write for our site. Over the years, many soccer fans who have started writing for EPL Talk have gone on to work for or be published on sites such as FOX […]

The controversy and drama resulting from Mike Dean's correct decision to award Newcastle United their second goal at Old Trafford from Boxing Day continues to roll on. In today's press conferences in England, there's been plenty of verbal attacks from Ferguson against Pardew, as well as Pardew and Wenger against Ferguson. In an article by […]

Earlier in the day, we reported that The FA decided not to punish Sir Alex Ferguson for accosting referee Mike Dean and the assistant referees at the beginning of the second half of the Boxing Day match at Old Trafford. Referee Mike Dean didn't note any misconduct in his post-match report, so The FA decided […]

Should they be playing football? Lots of people want the Premier League to institute a winter break. Help the English National Team, they say. Give those hardworking players some well-deserved rest, they say. Bollocks, I say. Holiday football is fun. And yes, I too hope that some day a fully fit Wayne Rooney (12.0) will […]

One thing we are not afraid to do here at MLS Talk is to take a look back on our predictions and previews to highlight what we got both awesomely right and so terribly wrong. Now that the 2012 MLS season is well over and the 2013 preseason is in full swing, I thought it […]

If you didn't get an iPad Mini for the holidays, or you want a second one, be sure to enter your predictions for Beat The Manager, gameweek 20. The deadline to get them in is this Saturday at 6:30am ET. We're still to announce who the winner of the iPad Mini for gameweek 18 (our DBA […]

Sunderland Football Club have suspended season ticket holders who have been persistently standing at the Stadium Of Light. The above photo shows one of the seats at the stadium where a season ticket holder has been suspended. The actions are being taken to force Sunderland supporters to sit in their seats instead of standing. "Naturally […]