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Phil Jones is optimistic about Manchester United's chances of winning the Barclays Premier League this coming season. United have been one of the busiest clubs in the transfer market this summer, signing four new players and offloading some dead wood. Australian bookmakers and their European counterparts have United pegged as one of the clear favourites […]

Arsenal stepped up their pre-season campaign with an impressive 3-1 win over Everton in the Asia Trophy final in Singapore. Arsene Wenger handed a debut to new signing Petr Cech and saw goals from Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil secure his side victory in front of a crowd of 53,000 at the National […]

Arguably the greatest English footballer of the 21st century, Steven Gerrard has invaded America. After making his LA Galaxy debut in the International Champions Cup followed by a second half outing in the US Open Cup earlier this week, Gerrard scored his first goal in MLS after his team thrashed San Jose on Friday night. […]

Louis van Gaal criticized the state of the pitch at the CenturyLink Field in Seattle after Manchester United beat Club America on the same surface that hosted a One Direction concert earlier this week. United made a solid start to their defense of the International Champions Cup in the United States with a 1-0 win […]

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The Republic of Ireland football team have slowly but surely regressed over the last decade, a lucky qualification for Euro 2012 had covered up many cracks in the system but two consecutive (potential) fourth place finishes in qualifying and currently sitting 52nd in the somewhat flawed FIFA rankings isn’t good reading for the Boys in Green. Youth […]

DC United's signing of Alvaro Saborio on Thursday from Real Salt Lake fills a glaring hole in the club’s attacking front and bolsters their chances of repeating as Eastern Division champions with the chance to make a deep run into the postseason. In late 2013, as United sought to rebound from a disastrous MLS season, […]

Fabian Delph has defended his decision to sign a five-year deal with Manchester City less than a week after publicly committing his future to Aston Villa. Delph called off a proposed moved to the Etihad Stadium last weekend and issued a statement in which he insisted: "I'm not leaving. I'm staying at the football club […]

Aston Villa captain Fabian Delph has completed a remarkable about-turn and signed for Manchester City. In a statement just issued on the club website, Aston Villa said: "Aston Villa can confirm that Fabian Delph has exercised the release clause in his contract and will join Manchester City. "We'd like to wish him success in his future […]

Manchester United are resigned to losing David de Gea but insist they will not be bullied into selling the goalkeeper to Real Madrid on the cheap this summer. Two months after the Premier League season ended, one of the biggest transfer sagas of the summer is yet to end. Madrid have made it clear they […]

I'm always surprised when I hear stories about how some people never knew that their closest friends were involved in corruption. In the modern world, let’s forget about soccer for a second, how can you NOT know something is going on right next to you with the amount of information that is available to us […]

During a successful summer of soccer in the United States when it comes to TV viewing figures, Univision and FOX Sports have been reporting favorable numbers for their coverage of this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup. Some of the latest numbers include: • 3.7 million watched the Mexico-Guatemala game on Univision, • 2.8 million watched the Mexico-Trinidad […]

Manager Arsene Wenger has played down suggestions Arsenal are about to swoop for £40million-rated France international striker Karim Benzema from Real Madrid – but is confident his side are ready to mount a Barclays Premier League title challenge next season. The Gunners continue their pre-season campaign against Everton in the final of the Barclays Asia […]

Everton are determined to hang on to England defender John Stones after emphatically insisting he is not for sale. Reports emerged of a £20million bid from Chelsea for the 21-year-old, currently in Singapore with the club for the Barclays Asia Trophy. However, Press Association Sport understands Everton's response is a categoric rejection, with manager Roberto […]