West Ham are in talks to sign former QPR midfielder Joey Barton. Barton, a free agent following his release from the relegated Hoops, has been targeted to increase manager Slaven Bilic's options in midfield. West Ham began their Barclays Premier League season with a surprise 2-0 victory at Arsenal on Sunday, when 16-year-old defensive midfielder […]

West Brom have announced the signing of Salomon Rondon for a club-record deal worth around £12million. The striker has joined the Baggies on a four-year deal from Zenit St Petersburg to become their fifth summer signing. The fee eclipses the £10million Albion, who hosted Manchester City in their opening Barclays Premier League game on Monday […]

NBC Sports Group and the Premier League have reached a new six-year agreement by which NBC Sports Group will continue as the exclusive multi-platform media home of the Premier League in the United States through the 2021-22 season, it was announced today. As per the agreement, NBC Sports Group will continue to make all 380 […]

UPDATED: NBC Sports has acquired the TV rights to the Premier League for the 2016/17 to 2021/22 seasons, a source has confirmed to World Soccer Talk. FOX Sports was understood to have put in a major bid to acquire the Premier League TV rights deal for 2016/17 season onwards, but a second round of bidding […]

Reece Oxford has revealed that Tottenham rejected the chance to sign him before he joined West Ham. The promising midfielder made his Barclays Premier League debut on Sunday in the 2-0 win at Arsenal aged 16 years and 236 days. Despite being West Ham's youngest ever first-team player, he justified what had appeared a risky […]

Zinedine Zidane is among the candidates to take charge of the Ligue Un side Olympique Marseille, following the surprise resignation of manger Marcelo Biesla last weekend. Bielsa announced his resignation minutes after Marseille's opening day league defeat to Caen on Saturday. The 60-year-old was just starting his second campaign in charge of the French club, having […]

Barcelona are attempting to further delay the departure of Pedro to Manchester United, following yesterday's confirmation that Neymar will be sidelined for two weeks after being diagnosed with parotitis (mumps). The Brazilian forward is set to miss tomorrow's UEFA Super Cup versus Europa League winners Sevilla, as well as both legs of the Spanish Super […]

Violence erupted this afternoon between New York Red Bulls and New York City FC supporters outside a bar in Newark, New Jersey ahead of the derby between the two MLS teams. Members of the Garden State Ultras, a group that describes itself as "a European ULTRA style of support for the NYRB," were at their […]

Arsenal were not firing on all cylinders on Sunday, as West Ham handed the Gunners a shock 2-0 defeat at Emirates Stadium. While much of the blame for the loss was put straight on newly-acquired goalkeeper Petr Cech (due to errors on both goals), Arsenal did not look like the team that only lost three […]

Philippe Coutinho struck a stunning late winner as Liverpool dramatically opened their Barclays Premier League campaign with barely-deserved 1-0 win at Stoke. A drab encounter at the Britannia Stadium appeared to be drifting towards a goalless draw when Coutinho suddenly found the net with a ferocious 30-yard shot in the 86th minute. It was the […]

Goalkeeper Petr Cech had an Arsenal league debut to forget as West Ham pulled off an unexpected 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. The veteran Czech international moved from Chelsea in a £10million summer deal, which was seen as move to provide the Gunners with an edge in the Barclays Premier League title challenge. However, […]

Liverpool plays its first game of the 2015/16 Premier League season, and it's live on US TV and Internet from Britannia Stadium in Stoke-On-Trent, England. The second day of NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2015-16 Premier League season begins today. Coverage of Stoke vs. Liverpool begins at 10:30am ET on NBCSN. Plus, it'll be […]

On Saturday at Old Trafford, Sergio Romero’s Manchester United career got off to a shaky start thanks to a couple wayward passes. However, the former Monaco and Sampdoria goalkeeper settled down, preserving United’s lead late in the team’s EPL curtain raiser to beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0. Manchester United weren’t great in attack, needing an own […]

Arsene Wenger does not believe Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema would automatically transform Arsenal into Barclays Premier League winners. Arsenal's record goalscorer Thierry Henry has said the acquisition of Benzema, who has been linked with a move to north London this summer, would spur the Gunners to their first league title since 2004. But Wenger, […]

Everton boss Roberto Martinez accused his team of having been in "pre-season mode" in the first half of their 2-2 draw with Watford. The promoted visitors took a surprise lead in the 14th minute of the Barclays Premier League opening-day clash at Goodison Park through Miguel Layun, and the Toffees struggled to muster much of […]