Croatian attacking midfielder Alen Halilović has agreed personal terms on a £12.8million move to Tottenham from Dinamo Zagreb, according to Croatian website Jutarnji List. The Croatian website reports that 17-year-old Halilović agreed personal terms with Tottenham on Friday night. The website adds that if and when the "new Luka Modric" is signed, he'll immediately return to Dinamo […]

Moments after Arsenal lost 3-1 at home against Aston Villa on the opening day of the season yesterday, an Arsenal supporter was interviewed and asked whether or not the match — the first home loss on opening day for Arsenal in two decades — could have gotten any worse. The hardcore Arsenal supporter didn't hold […]

The debut episode of NBC's Match Of The Day premieres tonight on NBC Sports Network at 11pm ET. NBC's version of the show with the same name as the iconic 50-year British highlights show is completely separate from the BBC version. NBC's version of Match Of The Day (or MOTD as the Brits call it) will be […]

Is this Portugal's new home shirt for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil? The photograph below reveals a modern shirt designed by Puma and featuring the famous red colors that Portugal wear. The jersey features a green trim on the shoulders and neck, with a v-neck collar and unique horizontal stripe pattern on the […]

Fulham revealed their third shirt for the 2013-14 Premier League season today in their away match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Designed by adidas, Fulham's third shirt is navy blue with orange and white trim. Personally, the shirt reminds me of a cross between recent Stoke City away shirts and Sunderland's away shirt for […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back at criticism that the club have not been working hard enough in the transfer market by saying that Arsenal is working 24 hours a day to sign someone. Wenger said: "We are there to spend money. People say: 'Buy players, buy players, buy players … ' But who? We analyze […]

With the launch of the new Premier League season on NBC Sports, I had the opportunity today to give the NBC Sports App a test drive both at home and on the road. After remembering how bad the NBC Olympics coverage was on mobile devices, I had some trepidation. However, I was hopeful that the […]

Editor's note: We're launching a new Saturday feature that reviews the heroes and villains of today's Premier League football matches. The Premier League has returned, and there were plenty of key incidents to savor from a day where there were thankfully no nil-nil draws. Here are our heroes and villains from Premier League Saturday, Gameweek […]

"Get your breakfast. Get your lunch, and get comfy," Rebecca Lowe told viewers at the beginning of NBC's opening day of coverage of the Barclays Premier League 2013/14 season. For the next 7.5 hours, presenter Lowe alongside analysts Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle led us through a flawless presentation of Premier League Live, the new […]

This summer so far, Premier League clubs have signed even fewer English footballers than usual from the Championship. Incredibly, there have been only five signings from the Championship in this window despite the fact that the 24 teams of the Championship have English talent that are capable of making the step up to the top […]

Order an official club shirt for your favorite Premier League club this weekend through the World Soccer Talk shop, and you'll get 15% off your order. All you have to do is click on the above link or any of your favorite soccer shirts below, and then when you get to the online checkout, use […]

Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that he rejected interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid this summer in order to continue his mission at Tottenham Hotspur. Henry Winter in The Daily Telegraph reports that one of the reasons why Villas-Boas is staying at Spurs was that it was his “first opportunity to start a second year in the […]

Well, this was a pleasant surprise. For the first time in my 36 years of covering English football, I came across a listing of who the commentators will be for this weekend's round of top flight soccer. Never before, as far as I know, has a list like this been made available ahead of the […]

This week Malcolm Best is joined by David Moyes and Sam Allardyce to discuss the opening Premier League fixtures, analysis of the League tables and international games. Watch out for Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and a song about Kevin Phillips.

Liverpool opens the 2013-14 Premier League season – and Brendan Rodgers' second season in charge – on Saturday when they host Stoke City. After finishing in seventh place last season, the Reds are going on their fourth consecutive season without Champions League football, something that once seemed unfathomable for a club that is synonymous with […]