Barcelona's club vice-president has ruled out Cesc Fabregas leaving the Spanish club this summer. "Barca can ensure they will not entertain any offers for Cesc," said Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu, as quoted in The Guardian newspaper. "He is completely non-transferable." Bartomeu's words are consistent with what Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova said a few days ago: […]

Manchester City officially announced today that Alvaro Negredo has signed for the club. The 27-year-old Spanish striker, who was signed from Sevilla for a reported £21.5million, will wear the number nine shirt at City. The last City player to wear that shirt number was Emmanuel Adebayor. Last season, Negredo scored 25 goals for Sevilla, trailing only […]

Last season, one of the biggest surprises in the Premier League was Michu, the incredibly gifted attacking midfielder who set the Premier League on fire with a flurry of goals for Swansea City. And all for just a £2million signing from Spain. For the upcoming season, there's going to be a lot more expectation about […]

Lyon's owner has confirmed that Newcastle United and Aston Villa are in talks with the club to try to sign striker Bafetimbi Gomis, while Newcastle are also reportedly interested in signing Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac. Bafetimbi Gomis was a target for Newcastle many years ago when Kevin Keegan was manager at the club. Here are tonight's […]

It’s no surprise that a clash of corporate and ethical interests has finally produced a stand-off. The outcome however has a predictable feel. When you’re as big as the Premier League, you can’t expect to maneuver delicately through every glitzy cocktail party without spilling the odd drink on some fairly expensive outfit. With so many […]

You can't read too much into preseason matches especially this early in training. But Manchester City's two loses in South Africa this week were more alarming for the lack of cutting edge in attack and industry from attacking players than the results themselves. Edin Dzeko, the club's leading scorer last season, looked well off the […]

One of the most exciting aspects of NBC's coverage of the 2013-14 Premier League season is that, for the first time ever, all 380 matches will be available online for free with authenticated access. That means no $14.95 or $19.95 monthly subscriptions to only see a selection of the matches played — whether it was […]

Manchester City have agreed a deal with Fiorentina to sign striker Stevan Jovetic in a transfer that's reportedly worth £23million. Jovetic will be a City footballer after he passes his medical and agrees personal terms. "[Fiorentina has] reached an agreement with Manchester City Football Club for the permanent transfer of the player Stevan Jovetic," read an official […]

Chelsea have made a bid for Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain, according to a report in the Spanish media. The bid, which is reportedly around £34million, comes on the heels of Chelsea offering a bid of £20million for Wayne Rooney on Tuesday. Higuain has told his closest advisors that "Mourinho wants me there," as reported by […]

The "Will he or won't he" saga regarding Liverpool striker Luis Suarez continues day by day this summer. The latest is that Suarez will stay at Liverpool unless "anything drastic happens." Of course, all it would take is a decent offer from Real Madrid, Arsenal or another major club, and Suarez could be leaving Anfield. […]

Thirty days from now, NBC Sports will begin broadcasting the Premier League on US television and Internet. NBC Sports Group broke down the numbers to illustrate the depth of coverage they'll be bringing to soccer fans in the United States: 1610+ Total hours of Premier League programming annually 600 Hours of original and weekly studio programming […]

The Premier League have blasted Sepp Blatter's proposal to move to 2022 World Cup from the summer to the winter, calling it "neither workable nor desirable." FIFA announced today that they plan on discussing whether to move the 2022 World Cup during their October FIFA Executive Committee meetings. But the Premier League has come out […]

Manchester City midfielder Jack Rodwell has revealed that new City manager Manuel Pellegrini wants his side to play like Barcelona. Rodwell, in an interview with The Sun newspaper, said: "Pellegrini likes us to press high up and press in numbers, to get the ball back as soon as possible and then play simple football. "He wants us […]

Manchester United are preparing a £60million bid for Tottenham star Gareth Bale, according to a report in The Daily Mirror newspaper today. The newspaper cites no sources, but the reporter understands that one of the reasons why Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward made an unexpected return to England to work on transfer business was to finalize […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his club doesn't have any issues with Wayne Rooney's reported £250,000 per week wages, and has hinted that he may be willing to enact some revenge on Manchester United for stealing away his prized striker (Robin van Persie) by doing the same thing to United by stealing away Rooney. After […]