The injury bug has struck Manchester United hard, and things are worse now that Raphael Varane is spending time on the sidelines. Old Trafford has been with a limited choice of defenders since Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia joined the treatment room, and now the Frenchman has chimed in. The seriousness of Varane's injury has […]

Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka scored for Arsenal on an injury hit afternoon in their season-opening victory against Nottingham Forest. All three of the team's summer acquisitions were given starting roles by Mikel Arteta. But he unexpectedly benched Gabriel for tactical reasons, breaking his streak of 73 straight Premier League appearances. Tens of thousands of […]

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp referenced injuries as the culprit for the club's lackluster start to the season. The Reds currently have six players on the sidelines with various injuries/illnesses. Throughout the early stages of the current campaign, Liverpool even had 19 different players miss at least one match. Speaking ahead of his club's Champions League […]

On May 7, Miles Robinson went down with an injury that required a stretcher for the center back. Testing in the following days confirmed that the USMNT and Atlanta United defender ruptured his Achilles tendon. His surgery on Monday, May 9, all but confirmed his absence from the World Cup in Qatar set for November […]

Playing too many games is one of the main issues surrounding the current landscape of soccer. With international breaks and competitions overlapping with players' club seasons, there are small windows of true rest. For instance, players in the Premier League, La Liga and the Bundesliga often cannot take breaks that some of the more privileged […]

If someone was counting the number of times a stretcher has come on the pitch this Premier League season, I have a strong suspicion that this would be a record breaking season for all the wrong reasons. Watching the very physical game between Everton and Fulham this past Sunday was like seeing a boxing match […]

Click here for Part 1 Last season, Gerrard and Torres missed substantial chunks of play. And Liverpool suffered for it. When they were both fit, Liverpool hit some astounding results: v. Real Madrid: 4-0; v. Chelsea 2-0; v. Villa 5-0; and @ United 4-1!!! They even managed strong results against big sides with one or […]

In 2004, he left Liverpool for Real Madrid in search of Champions League glory. Early on, Madrid mostly shackled him to their bench and later ducked out to Juventus in the first knock-out round. The Liverpool players bounced on the big stage in Istanbul: lifting the trophy without him. The next season, after Liverpool didn't […]

Let the GAMES BEGIN! Okay I'm sure you're all wondering what are we doing at Serie A Talk, predictions with no club previews? Well there are tons of sites offering previews and they all sound very similar so if you want the low-down I'll list'em for you at the end of my predictions for Serie A Match Day Uno. […]