Now that the summer transfer window has firmly closed, teams can now focus on players that they already currently have on their rosters. While head coaches/managers are surely fully focused on the season at hand, there could be work done behind the scenes. This is now a great time to hand out contract extensions to […]

Professional football is a very lucrative business, with many clubs at the top level generating massive revenues every year. According to Deloitte, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United are the three richest clubs in the world, with each pulling in revenues of more than €660 million in 2018. There are three main areas where clubs […]

Since the World Cup Qualifying debacle in Trinidad back in October of 2017, a theme of “it can’t get any worse” has emerged. But every time that though creeps into the collective mindset of the rapidly shrinking USMNT fan base, it gets worse. Friday’s comically inept throttling at the hands of Mexico is a new […]

The disappointment of the Gold Cup is still lingering for many US fans. Not only did the USMNT lose to Mexico in the final, they looked less than impressive in several games along the way. Right off the bat, even before the Gold Cup got under way, there were dispiriting and ugly home losses to […]

Most of the talk surrounding Arsenal’s summer transfers was about their purchases, and rightly so. The Gunners stunned the soccer world by securing Nicolas Pepe in a club-record £72 million deal. One of the most sought after players in all of Europe, Pepe gives Arsenal some much needed creativity, pace, and width on the pitch. […]

With the popularity of LaLiga growing in the United States at the same time that promotion/relegation is a factor in Spanish football, it's important for soccer fans in the United States to be able to follow their favorite team no matter whether the club is in the top-flight LaLiga or LaLiga Segunda División. Beginning this […]

Real Sociedad are reportedly closing in on Arsenal left back Nacho Monreal. The 33-year-old defender is currently in his final year of his current contract with the Gunners. Despite playing every minute of the north London club’s first three Premier League games, it would appear that Monreal would fall down the depth chart once Kieran […]

With the US rights to the German Bundesliga scheduled to expire at the end of this current season, Spanish-language broadcaster TUDN has expressed an interest in renewing the deal to continue broadcasting the league to viewers across the United States. Currently, the English-language rights are with FOX Sports while TUDN and FOX Deportes share the […]

Real Betis continued their disappointing start to the new La Liga season with a 5-2 defeat at Barcelona on Sunday. However, there were plenty of signs during the game that a return to winning ways should not be too far away. Having agreed a lucrative new sponsorship deal with easyMarkets during the summer, hopes were […]

With Liga MX TV rights bought and sold on a club-by-club basis, the propensity for change is quite common. And during the last 12 months, we've seen plenty of developments. First, FOX Sports acquired the rights to the home games of Monterrey, Santos Laguna and Club Tijuana matches. Some of those games are shown in […]

In life, it takes time to create successful ideas and concepts. Scientists and researchers spend years, even decades, analyzing and studying data to create trials or a study before publishing the results to the world. Making bold claims like a certain food additive can cause cancer or the trickle of water in the Arctic is […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich's unsettled Portuguese midfielder Renato Sanches has signed a four-year contract with Ligue 1 side Lille, both clubs confirmed on Friday. The 22-year-old arrived in northern France on Friday to undergo a medical before closing the deal with a club who will compete in the Champions League group stage after finishing […]

Editor's note: Here's a transcript of a recent conversation we had with Pierre Moossa, coordinating producer for NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Premier League. The audio of the interview can be found on the World Soccer Talk Podcast. Christopher Harris: The first question I have, which is a pretty open-ended question, is what will […]

Editor's note: World Soccer Talk went back through our archives to look at TV viewership numbers for ESPN2's coverage of the Premier League during the 2009/2010 season to compare it to NBCSN's TV viewing numbers for the Premier League. A lot has changed in a decade. We take a closer look at the numbers to […]

Ever since he arrived at Elland Road in June 2018, Marcelo Bielsa has hardly ever been out of the headlines. First there was the great run of success he brought to the club. Next, there was his notorious bucket that he chose to sit on pitch-side during matches instead of in the more traditional manager’s […]