The season, so far As an eternal pessimist, I have been able to see the storm clouds gathering over Carrow Road for some time now. Norwich City have started slightly better than I had expected this season, but we seem to be creeping ever closer to where it is I expect us to inevitably […]

Tom Cleverley is poised to make his Everton first team return against former club Aston Villa on Saturday, with Toffees boss Roberto Martinez having declared the midfielder fully fit. Cleverley, who was on loan at Villa from Manchester United last season before joining the Toffees over the summer, has been working his way back from […]

The season, so far If one were to ask Louis van Gaal about it, all is well at Manchester United. In spite of an embarrassing exit to Championship team Middlesborough in the Capital One Cup, United are two points from the top of the Premier League and top of their Champions League group. However, the occasional […]

Everton have announced a record turnover but post-tax loss for the 2014-15 season. In a statement of accounts released on Wednesday, the Toffees said their total turnover had increased from £120.5 million in 2013-14 to £125.6 million. That was despite a £3.1 million reduction in broadcast revenue from £84.8 million to £81.7 million – in a season […]

West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet is relieved he does not need surgery on his injured ankle. The French midfielder, who has scored five goals in 14 appearances this season, faces three months on the sidelines following a heavy challenge from Everton's James McCarthy on Nov. 7. He told the club website: "I am doing well. I am […]

Dele Alli's remarkable ascent continued with a man-of-the-match display on his first England start, but there appears no chance of the teenager getting carried away. Just six and a half months on from helping home-town club MK Dons out of League One, the 19-year-old has established himself at Tottenham and on Tuesday shone for Roy […]

Saturday's el Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be beamed live across the United States exclusively on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS Español. But what coverage plans do the beIN SPORTS networks have in store? Both clubs, who currently hold the top two spots on the La Liga table, are home to six of […]

Almost 26 years to the day of Paul Caligiuri’s famous goal at Hasely Crawford Stadium to send the US to World Cup 1990, the two nations met again, and played out an unsatisfying 0-0 draw on Tuesday night. Coming into the match, this was quite clearly the toughest match for the US on paper. A […]

West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan has warned off rival clubs interested in signing rising star Manuel Lanzini. The Argentinian midfielder is reportedly a target for Liverpool following his impressive start to life in the Premier League. Lanzini has scored four goals so far this season, including one against the Reds in West Ham's 3-0 win at […]

Manchester United were hit by another injury scare after Anthony Martial left Wembley on crutches following France's 2-0 defeat to England. United midfielder Michael Carrick was carried off on a stretcher during England's 2-0 defeat to Spain last week with an ankle injury, and on Tuesday they suffered another blow when Martial injured his left […]

It is hardly a secret that Arsenal have been on the lookout for a “world-class” center forward for some time. The Gunners made an approach for Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, an the ideal reinforcement for Arsene Wenger’s club, during the summer; however, Real Madrid subsequently rejected the north London club’s offer. Instead of possibly bringing in a […]

The followup of Friday’s events in Paris with the cancellation of Tuesday’s Germany-Netherlands friendly has shook the world. Four days after attacks in France included blasts outside the Stade de France during a France-Germany friendly, a suspicious package was found HDI-Arena in Hanover, prompting local police to evacuate the venue and cancel the scheduled match. That […]

The season, so far I assumed most Liverpool fans don’t know what to make of the club’s start to the season. Great performances away to Arsenal and Chelsea have been mixed with horror shows at home to West Ham and a shocking lack of ambition away to Manchester United, the biggest fixture of the season. […]

With more cause for fear spreading across Europe, today's tribute at Wembley Stadium becomes even more poignant. Before an international friendly between England and France, the crowd assembled at the London venue honored the fallen in Friday's Paris attacks with La Marseillaise, signing the French anthem in unison as a sign of solidarity while Europe confronts an escalation of terrorism. […]

Let’s not be foolish enough to pretend that we learned much from Friday’s national team pushover four nights ago in St. Louis – the easiest entryway possible for Jurgen Klinsmann’s bunch into the World Cup qualifying process. It was certainly a big victory for soccer in “The Lou,” where a packed house helped cement a […]