adidas has released a video to promote the long-awaited launch of Manchester United's 2015/16 home jersey. In a campaign video entitled 'Break Expectations,' watch the likes of Juan Mata, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Daley Blind in three stripes in the new Manchester Utd home kit for the 2015/16 season. With voiceover by […]

Now that the Manchester United home jersey for the 2015/16 season has been unveiled by adidas, here's an interview with the man responsible for creating the design, adidas senior designer Inigo Turner: How many people are involved in the planning, developing and making of the kit? Not so many. In terms of the content itself, […]

After much speculation, Manchester United have officially unveiled their home jersey for the 2015/16 season, which will be the first year of their 10-year record-breaking $1.2 billion deal. Taking inspiration from classic three-stripe United kits from the 1980s, adidas has reengineered these iconic designs with a modern twist, taking familiar style features that were loved […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists his personal 13-match unbeaten record against Arsene Wenger's Arsenal is irrelevant ahead of Sunday's Community Shield at Wembley. Mourinho is adamant his focus is only on the future as the Premier League champions face the FA Cup winners in the season curtain raiser. Yet he would be scratching his head […]

Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic has completed his loan move to Inter Milan. The Premier League club have confirmed the 25-year-old has joined Inter on a year-and-a-half loan deal, with a view to a permanent transfer. Jovetic joined City from Fiorentina in the summer of 2013, but has not been a regular in Manuel Pellegrini's […]

Rudy Gestede has completed his move to Aston Villa as Tim Sherwood continues the summer overhaul of his squad. The 25-year-old striker passed a medical to finalize his move from Blackburn to Villa Park on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee on Friday, soon after Jordan Veretout joined the Premier League outfit. Villa manager […]

West Ham striker Enner Valencia suffered an apparently "significant" injury to his right knee and right ankle in the Europa League clash with Astra Giurgiu, the club have announced. The Ecuador forward was starting his first game since returning from the Copa America, but was stretchered off with a potentially serious knee injury before half-time. […]

Jose Mourinho has confidence in the strength of his Chelsea squad ahead of the season curtain-raiser against Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday. The Premier League champions face the FA Cup winners in the Community Shield, with Mourinho refusing to discuss the Blues' bid to prise defender John Stones from Everton. The Chelsea boss is short […]

The majority of Manchester United supporters were asking the same question when news broke last month of the club's interest in Torino right-back Matteo Darmian – "Who?" Fans quickly searched the player's name and history on Google and watched various footage of Darmian on YouTube. Almost immediately questions were raised asking why United had elected to drop its interest […]

Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert will undergo a medical at West Brom after they had a bid accepted for the England international. Press Association Sport understands the offer is just under £3million and the 33-year-old will now travel to the Midlands to complete the deal. Lambert's arrival at Anfield just over a year ago from Southampton […]

Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla have handed Arsenal a pre-season boost by signing contract extensions with the club. Walcott has completed a new four-year deal that will keep him at the Emirates Stadium past his 30th birthday, with Spaniard Cazorla also finalizing fresh terms with the Gunners. Arsenal face Chelsea in Sunday's Community Shield at […]

As Bastian Schweinsteiger rejoiced alongside his teammates at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio di Janeiro on July 13, 2014, he had put in arguably his best ever performance. While Philipp Lahm held the captaincy on that night, Schweinsteiger was the true leader out on the pitch for the German juggernaut. On that night in Rio, […]

In what was to be the final International Champions Cup (ICC) match I covered, I traveled to Washington D.C. to watch Chelsea play against Barcelona. Having spent the majority of my time covering the ICC in the New York/New Jersey area, I made the trek south a day early in order to reduce travel stress […]

Manchester United touched down in England on Thursday after completing their pre-season tour of the United States. Here are five things we learned from the four-match tour. 1) UNITED STILL NEED A COMMANDING CENTER-BACK Senior figures at United insisted this week that the club will not move for a center-back if – as looks likely […]

Newcastle have announced the signing of Chancel Mbemba and hope he will be granted a work permit in time to start the Premier League season at the club. The 20-year-old DR Congo defender was granted governing body endorsement (GBE) at a Football Association panel hearing on Thursday, and now needs just visa clearance to launch […]