There's an interesting development in the Cesc Fabregas to Manchester United transfer saga tonight as The Guardian is reporting that Barcelona need the cash from the sale of Fabregas to help the club's coffers after all of the money they've spent in the past two seasons on Neymar, Alexis Sanchez, Fabregas and a new contract for Messi. […]

Going into the 2013-14 Ligue 1 season, all the talk is centered around AS Monaco FC. With Monaco’s tax advantages causing quite the controversy, the prospective Ligue 1 powerhouse makes a strong case for players to transfer to The Principality. Dmitry Rybolovlev and his millions bring in the kind of purchasing power that Ligue 1 […]

Judging by the four-minute trailer, the forthcoming documentary entitled "Istanbul United" looks to be an explosive, informative, emotional and wild ride into the world of Turkish football Ultras and the political protests in Turkey. The trailer gives a wonderful preview to a documentary that will hopefully see the light of day. It's an Indiegogo project […]

Jose Mourinho admitted today that he advised Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard not to play in Major League Soccer, and to instead stay at Chelsea. In the interview with Sky Sports News, Mourinho discussed how he had a conversation with Lampard before the 2012-13 Premier League season ended: "I was telling him that the way I […]

Paris Saint-Germain have signed Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani to a five-year deal at the Ligue Un club. The reported transfer fee is a whopping £54million. Cavani had been a transfer target for both Manchester City and Chelsea, but the French club were the victors in the race to sign the former Napoli striker. Paris Saint-Germain […]

Wayne Rooney is "angry and confused" by the way he's been treated by Manchester United, according to a source close to the footballer. The report on Sky Sports News added that Rooney is open to a move to London, which will certainly interest fans of Chelsea Football Club and Arsenal. Rooney is particularly confused by […]

With the Premier League title sewn up last season before there was snow on the ground and doomed QPR sucking all relegation fodder towards them like an expensive black hole for most of the season, there was a conspicuous dearth of competition at the top and bottom to get the pulse racing in last season’s […]

Norwich City have revealed their new away shirt for the 2013-14 season, modeled by star signing Ricky van Wolfswinkel (aka The Wolf). Designed by Errea, the new Norwich City away shirt is white with black sleeves and a black collar. The sleeve also features a white hem. The shorts on the new Norwich away kit are […]

The ball is firmly in Cesc Fabregas's court regarding where his future lies. Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova says that Fabregas wants to stay at Barcelona. The Guardian newspaper reports that Fabregas would consider a move to Manchester United, while Sky Sports is claiming that there's a four-way fight to sign Fabregas with United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester […]

Sunderland have signed Italian midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini from Juventus on a four-year contract. The 28-year-old footballer can play as an attacking midfielder or winger. At Juventus, he helped the club win the Italian Serie A title twice, first in 2011-12 and again last season. Giaccherini has played 14 times for Italy, and featured twice at Euro […]

Is this Bayern Munich's third shirt for the 2013-14 season that they'll be wearing in the UEFA Champions League? After Bayern Munich's beautiful black kit that they wore last season in the Champions League, this new third shirt design – if it's the real deal — looks ugly, combining black stripes with sky blue and […]

Real Madrid has surpassed Manchester United as the world's most valuable sports team. Los Blancos, who are worth $3.3 billion according to Forbes, have the highest revenues of any team in sports ($650 million during the 2011-12 season), while Madrid's operating income of $134 million is second only to NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Number two on […]

As we all know another Premier League team has been bought by another money hungry (Pakistani) American. So naturally there is a ton of outrage. How couldn’t there be? Fulham, a club that has been English owned for so long before being acquired by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, has fallen into the grasp of American […]

David Moyes is certainly intent on showing us who the boss is at Manchester United. In his most authoritative move so far, the former Everton boss has made it abundantly clear that Wayne Rooney is going nowhere under his watch. That was not long after cleaning house of the previous regime and bringing in his […]

Registration is now open for the 2013-14 Fantasy Premier League season. The game is free to play. And, if you like, you can join the World Soccer Talk private league. Last season, we had 4,259 of you that played in the private league version for our site. And quite often, especially earlier in the season, […]