The website WhoScored.com have announced the best rated new signings in Europea from the 2012-13 season, and there are some surprises in the starting XI and substitutes selected. There are no La Liga players in the starting XI. From the Bundesliga, meanwhile, there are four players selected. Surprisingly, Ligue Un makes a strong showing with […]

Barcelona reached 100 points on the final day of the season in Spain, while Jose Mourinho signed off with a win. Real Sociedad pipped Valencia to the final Champions League place, but Mallorca, Zaragoza and Deportivo La Coruna were all relegated. Goals from David Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Martin Montoya and Andres Iniesta gave Barcelona a […]

England kick off their first match in the under-21 European Championship today at 2:30pm ET (on ESPNU, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com for viewers in the United States) against Italy. The Group Stage match in Group A pits an England team managed by Stuart Pearce against an Italian side that Pearce says are favorites to win […]

Manchester City’s late spending flurry in the Summer 2012 transfer window yielded a hodgepodge of players that had varying degrees of success. Much like Arsenal in the summer 2011 window, late panic buying led to a mixed bag of results. But one purchase that could pay dividends next season and beyond is that of injury-prone […]

Arsenal have announced that Andrey Arshavin, Denilson and Sebastien Squillaci will be leaving the club at the end of this month. The contracts for each of the three players are set to expire on June 30, and the club has announced that they don't plan on extending the agreements with the footballers. Arsenal signed Arshavin […]

Manchester City have agreed a £34 million deal for Fernandinho, the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder, says a report. According to reports, The Mirror is quoting a £22 million transfer fee, while Sky Sports is reporting that the transfer deal is believed to be £34 million. The 28-year-old arrived at a Manchester hospital earlier today for his medical, and […]

Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright is sometimes criticized by Evertonians for being out of his league in the way that he manages the club. In a perfect example of this, today he blurted out in the Roberto Martinez press conference that almost the first words out of Martinez's mouth was that the Spaniard will get Everton […]

Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney has said that the club will get the best out of him in the future as a centre-forward. Rooney's position on the pitch has slowly drifted into a midfield role, but he's been featured less and less as a true number nine on the pitch, and has played a number […]

Roberto Martinez has been appointed as manager of Everton Football Club on a four-year deal to replace David Moyes at Goodison Park. "Everton Football Club is today delighted to confirm the appointment of Roberto Martinez as its next manager," said a statement by Everton FC. "The 39-year-old Spaniard joins from Wigan Athletic and has signed […]

Manchester United's home kit for the 2013-14 season has been officially unveiled. Designed by Nike, Manchester United's home shirt for next season returns to a more traditional plain red shirt. The shirt is accentuated by a black collar and looks like a classy polo shirt. The detail on the back of the shirt (see photo […]

Andy Carroll is reportedly holding up a permanent transfer from Liverpool to West Ham because the striker wants a pay-rise to £100,000 per week. If that's true, who does Carroll think he is? He's certainly not worth that type of money even though he can be a game changer for a team such as West […]

Despite having no manager in place, Manchester City have made their first signing of the summer. Spanish international winger Jesus Navas will don the sky blue strip next season, after a reported transfer fee of £17m was agreed between the Mancunians and the Andalusians. You can only speculate that the man tipped to take the […]

New photos of Liverpool's third kit for the 2013-14 season were recently leaked, but I didn't post them before because they were accompanied by the design of Liverpool's away shirt. And the away jersey looked so fake and terrible, that I decided not to post the third shirt. Now today we've learned that the Liverpool […]

Official photos of Liverpool's new away shirt have been unveiled. As we feared, the previously leaked images of Liverpool's new kit have been confirmed and are as bad as we thought. It takes quite an achievement to create a truly horrendous shirt design that can be laughable at the same time, but Warrior Sports has […]

Jose Mourinho’s return to Chelsea should be a triumphant one. Inheriting a team that, player for player, is far superior to any other in the Premier League, and with some awe-inspiring young talent, "The Special One" seems destined for great things again. Frank Arnesen, who clashed with Mourinho in the summer of 2007 and hastened […]