One year after arriving on Merseyside, Mario Balotelli is about to return home. The Italian international is set to be loaned by Liverpool back to AC Milan, the club from which Liverpool bought the 25-year-old for £16 million one year ago. Balotelli expected to undergo a medical at Milan's training ground on Tuesday. Balotelli arrived at Liverpool […]

Arsenal and Rangers have confirmed the loan of United States' U-20 prospect Gedion Zelalem to the Scottish second-division club until Jan. 3, 2016. The 18-year-old midfielder, who spent Sunday visiting Ibrox Stadium, trained with his new teammates on Monday. The move allows Zelalem to follow in the footsteps of DaMarcus Beasley, Carlos Bocanegra, Maurice Edu and […]

Luis Enrique refused to comment on speculation surrounding Neymar's future after Barcelona began their Primera Division title defense with a 1-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao. Reports have claimed that the Brazil forward is among Manchester United's transfer targets. However, Barca boss Enrique said at his post-match press conference: "It doesn't interest me to talk about […]

West Bromwich Albion has announced they've rejected a written transfer request handed in by striker Saido Berahino. In an official statement from the club, West Bromwich stated: "West Bromwich Albion have received a written transfer request from Saido Berahino. "The request has been rejected and the club’s position remains unchanged from that outlined in the […]

Just about ten months ago, Chris Smalling hit perhaps the lowest point of his professional career after picking up two yellow cards in eight minutes to reduce his team to ten men against Manchester City. At the time, Manchester United were sitting in eighth place in the Premier League and were unanimous underdogs heading into […]

Rafael Benitez claimed Real Madrid are a work in progress after they disappointingly drew 0-0 at Sporting Gijon in his first competitive fixture in charge. Gareth Bale, playing in a new central role, and Cristiano Ronaldo both threatened – striker Karim Benzema was absent with a thigh injury – but Real were largely frustrated by […]

Here are the 10 things we learned from Week 25 of the 2015 MLS season. 1. LA continues to roll The LA Galaxy are just outrageously good. So good, in fact, that after drubbing New York City FC 5-1 in one of the marquee matchups of the season on Sunday at the StubHub Center, a […]

Liverpool travel to North London for the first time this season as they take on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Monday (3pm ET on NBCSN for viewers in the US). The Reds have picked up maximum points from the first two matches away to Stoke City and then against Bournemouth at Anfield. Brendan Rodgers' […]

Mesut Ozil has called on Arsenal to underline their Barclays Premier League title credentials with victory over Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Monday night. The Gunners recovered from their opening-day home defeat by West Ham to record a battling 2-1 win at Crystal Palace last weekend. Liverpool, though, head to north London on the […]

Pedro struck a debut Chelsea goal to inspire the champions to their first win of the season at West Brom as John Terry's wretched campaign continued. The Spain winger opened the scoring following his reported £21million move from Barcelona to set up a thrilling 3-2 win for the 10-man visitors. Diego Costa and Cesar Azpilicueta […]

Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri struck in the second half as Manchester City maintained their winning to the season with a 2-0 victory at Everton. Kolarov drove home from a tight angle to break the deadlock after 60 minutes of a compelling Barclays Premier League encounter at Goodison Park before substitute Nasri wrapped up victory […]

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho refused to blame John Terry after his dismissal at West Brom – but believes appealing the red could be a waste of time. The defender was sent off early in the second half for pulling back Salomon Rondon to continue his difficult start to the season. Chelsea hung on for a […]

Manchester City will hope to continue their 100% start to the season when they play Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday. The Citizens have won both their games so far including the big game last weekend where they underlined their title credentials by beating Chelsea 3-0. The victory moved City five points above Chelsea, which […]

For the past six months, World Soccer Talk writer Chris Moore and I have spent tens of hours researching, writing and compiling our notes to create an ultimate guide to watching soccer live and legally, to share with you. The comprehensive guide gives readers in the US all the details you need to know where […]

Manchester United is preparing a world record bid of £100 million for Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, according to the Sunday World. The story from the British publication comes on the heels of manager Louis van Gaal's statement earlier today that his side does not need to add any more firepower before the close of […]