Arsenal have agreed a fee with Schalke for German attacking midfielder Julian Draxler, according to several reliable reports in Europe tonight. Draxler will still have to agree personal terms, and there's no indication yet that even if a deal is agreed whether the player will join in this transfer window or the summer, but the […]

USMNT prospect Gedion Zelalem made his debut for Arsenal tonight at the age of 16. The highly-touted midfielder — who is eligible to play internationally for the United States, Germany and Ethiopia — is the first footballer to play for Arsenal that was born after the date when Arsene Wenger was appointed Gunners manager in 1996. […]

Coventry City supporters protested today during their FA Cup match to ask why the club plays its home matches 35 miles away from its former Ricoh Arena stadium. At around the 32nd minute mark, the away contingent of Coventry City fans at the Emirates Stadium raised signs that proclaimed "Why?" The banners were held up […]

Arsenal and Bayern Munich play this afternoon, although not against each other. We'll have to wait until February 19th for those two European powerhouses to meet. Today, though, we have two important matches. Arsenal plays Coventry City in the FA Cup 4th Round, while roughly at the same time we have Borussia Monchengladbach against Bayern […]

Stevan Jovetic made his return to Manchester City’s team after a long absence in Tuesday’s 3-0 victory over West Ham in the League Cup semifinal second leg. While most of the headlines around the game were centered around Manchester City's 18-year old Marcos Lopes whose performance was simply scintillating, Jovetic’s return to first-team action after […]

NBCSN will broadcast a live Premier League Transfer Deadline Day special on its network on January 31 from 6:30-7:30pm ET. The program, entitled Premier League Deadline Day Show, will be perfectly timed to bring you up to speed on all of the deadline day transfer dealings as well as any late breaking news that comes […]

We’ve been a little spoilt this week. The domestic cup competitions in Spain and Italy have provided some excellent midweek entertainment, and have set us up nicely for another weekend crammed with wonderful action. But once again, we’re treated to some superb midweek action, so we've saw fit to extend our top-five selections to feature […]

There were some concerns amongst a section of fans and the media that Jose Mourinho’s return to Chelsea and the Premier League wasn’t living up to its billing. A few columnists had even gone so far as to re-brand the Portuguese manager as the ‘Boring One’ as opposed to his favored nickname, “The Special One”. The […]

A Manchester United fan stood outside Stamford Bridge recently and trolled Chelsea supporters by asking them to discuss potential new signings of footballers that don't exist. The United supporter made up names of players such as Liam Ying (an anagram of I Am Lying), Win Nowt, Win Ding YouUp, Deanio (anagram of No Idea), Lugi […]

Which two teams will reach the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final where they'll use this ball to try to win the most prestigious club soccer tournament in the world? We'll find out this May, but in the meantime here's a photo of the official matchday ball of the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final. Designed and […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has joined Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in their criticism of the Juan Mata transfer to Manchester United. Pellegrini was asked about Mata's Chelsea to Manchester United move in today's City press conference. Here's what he said regarding the matter: ‘United are getting a very good player, but personally I do […]

David Moyes looked as though he’d rather be anywhere else than at Old Trafford after Vito Mannone's penalty save sent Sunderland to Wembley. As his eyes closed with forlorn disbelief, he depicted a man riddled with dejection and hopelessness. He trudged down the touchline to the tunnel, glancing up at the Stretford End and applauded […]

If someone asked me about A-League team Melbourne Heart a few weeks ago, my reply would have been one of two things — (1) their 19 game winless streak (since broken after last Friday’s win against Newcastle Jets), or (2) that ever growing winless away streak that stretches to late December 2011. But my opinion changed […]

Tonight's show: Nick and Danny discuss the Mata acquisition and United's transfer policies. Also, does Wenger have a good point to make about january transfers? Plus we're joined by special guest Brian Sciaretta (@briansciaretta) to talk about the USMNT and Yanks abroad. Watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or call in […]

Since I joined up with World Soccer Talk, I’ve been called a lot of things. The "worst pundit on the World Soccer Talk podcast," "a know nothing American," "a biased Chelsea fan," "a plastic glory hunter," etc. I’ve had my knowledge of sports in general called into question. I’ve been asked over and over why […]