United States Adu in Bhoys Admission – By James Pearson, Sky Sports DC United's teenage sensation Freddy Adu has not ruled out playing for SPL giants Celtic in his career. The 17-year-old is currently one of the world's hottest properties and has been linked with some of Europe's finest. However, Adu has been sold on […]

Macari Warns Ronaldo – TalkSport.net Manchester United legend Lou Macari warned Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo that he [Ronaldo] had ‘a long season of abuse ahead of him if he were to stay at United.’ Speaking to presenters Rodney Marsh and Adrian Durham on talkSPORT, the nation’s only national commercial speech radio station, Macari pulled no […]

One of the joys of summertime in England is basking in the sun and watching the pre-season friendlies. It's a ritual that many soccer fans relish. Smelling the freshly cut grass, getting your hopes up that "this could be the season," and watching new transfer signings and youth players playing for your team for the […]

Get your iPods and browsers ready. I can now reveal that this week's new episode of the EPL Talk Podcast will feature an interview with Paul Crowder, the co-director of the new soccer documentary, "Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos." Crowder, a self confessed Chelsea nutcase, gives us insight […]

Bruce Arena will not have his contract renewed as Head Coach of the US Men's National team USSF President Sunil Gulati announced today. Thus ends an 8 year era of ups and downs for US Soccer. When Bruce Arena took over the job following the disastrous World Cup in 1998 he brought with him an […]

It was one of the main reasons why the 2006 World Cup was less entertaining than previous years, and the reason why so few of the football superstars shone at the World Cup. It's the 4-5-1 formation. Unfortunately, I predict the dreaded 4-5-1 will have a big impact on the Premiership this season, and we'll […]

Former Metrostar Midfielder Roberto Donadoni who is best known for his years at AC Milan was named as Marcello Lippi's replacement today for the World Champion Italian National Team.

MLS' signature franchise easily disposed of Scottish Premier League Champion Celtic 4-0 in a friendly last night at RFK Stadium. Celtic who is only a week and a half away from opening their title defense in the SPL certainly have work to be done if they are to repeat as champions. Freddy Adu Scored a […]

A day before the official press conference to launch the Nike kit, EPL Talk can now reveal images of the new, much-awaited home shirt for Manchester United. View a PDF of the shirt now! Thanks to Razman for sending me the images, which he found in the Manchester United newsletter he received today. Interestingly, we […]

In America, Setanta Sports will broadcast live matches from Manchester United's preseason tour of South Africa, starting this Saturday. Wearing their redesigned strip, Man U will participate in the Vodacom Challenge alongside two local teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, July 15, 09:15am ET: Orlando Pirates v Manchester United […]

During the upcoming 2006/2007 English Premier League season, who can stop Chelsea from winning the title, and do you think Chelsea can be their own worst enemy and drop much-needed points? For me, I see Arsenal and Liverpool as being the two clubs to trouble Chelsea the most. Arsenal's addition of Tomas Rosicky from the […]

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Last night, I interviewed a Hollywood movie director for the next episode of the EPL Talk Podcast (scheduled to be released this Sunday). I won't name the guy right now, but it's definitely a movie you'll be interested in. He's a die-hard Chelsea fan, lives in Los Angeles and has some great stories to tell.

In today's Premiership news, Bolton's manager Sam Allardyce is on the shortlist to become manager of recently-relegated Sunderland. Now that former Sunderland star Niall Quinn has moved into the chairman's position at the Northeast club, Allardyce would be the perfect selection to help bring the Black Cats back up to the Premiership. Bolton, obviously, will […]

Looking at the Premiership schedule on Fox Soccer Channel for the upcoming 2006/2007 season, you can expect to watch 7.5 hours of continuous Premiership coverage on Saturdays in one block. Here's the rundown: 9:30-10am ET: EPL Preview Show 10am-Noon ET: Live Premiership match Noon-2:30pm ET: Live Premiership match 2:30-3:00pm ET: Super Saturday + 3:00-5:00pm ET: […]