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 […]

Louis van Gaal denied he was in urgent need of attacking reinforcements despite watching his Manchester United team record a disappointing goalless draw against Newcastle. United's 100 per cent record fell by the wayside after a wasteful performance from Van Gaal's team. United dominated the opening stages, making six attempts at goal in the first […]

Chelsea have announced the completion of the signing of Brazilian teenager Kenedy. The 19-year-old joins from Fluminense, who permitted him to take part in the Blues' pre-season tour to North America prior to the formalities of the deal being concluded. None of the terms of the deal were disclosed. The Brazil under-20 international, a left-footed […]

After Memphis Depay runs out at Old Trafford for Manchester United in mid-week for the return leg against Brugge, expectations will be lifted. After a dazzling display on the left-wing in a 3-1 win over Club Brugge in midweek and a decent performance in a 0-0 draw against Newcastle, already there’s plenty of chatter about the Dutchman. […]