Bild magazine in Germany is reporting that Manchester United are closing in on signing Polish striker Robert Lewandowski after tabling a "mega offer." Ferguson has already said that United won't be signing anyone in the January transfer window, so whether the story is true or not remains to be seen. A summer transfer signing seems more […]

A photo of what appears to be Manchester United's new home shirt for next season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed by Nike, the new Manchester United home shirt features a black button down shirt collar as its most distinctive new feature. The rest of the shirt is red all over except for the […]

One of the many interesting aspects of running EPL Talk is how I get to read and interact with football supporters from all of the 20 Premier League clubs throughout each season. One of the things I find particularly enlightening is how objective (or not) football supporters are. Take a topic such as the Ryan […]

While we romanticize about Boxing Day fixtures in English football, the two things I often forget are (1) the matches are often low-scoring encounters since the quality of the pitch and weather this time of the year isn't the greatest, and (2) there's often a surprise result in store. We got both of those today. […]

If you had to pick one day out of the year that's the best day to watch Premier League soccer, today is it. The next best day is the final day of the season. But today there's everything to play for on a festive day just one day after you hopefully had a wonderful Christmas. […]

According to a newspaper report that quotes a Stamford Bridge insider, Frank Lampard has been told by Chelsea that he won't be a part of the club's future. Despite making his 500th league appearance start last week where he celebrated with a goal, the Chelsea veteran has been told that he'll be sold in the […]

Today Tottenham Hotspur supporters could be waking up to a brilliant Christmas present or an early April Fool's Day present. A respected Italian journalist has revealed that Inter Milan and Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder will be joining Tottenham in the January transfer window. We'll find out soon whether the report is true or not. But […]

It's a special time of the year both for footballing and personal reasons. On behalf of everyone who writes and records for EPL Talk, I'd like to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Wherever you live in the world, enjoy your football. And, most importantly, enjoy the holiday. […]

Gameweek 18 in the Premier League is over, but gameweek 19 will be here on Wednesday (Boxing Day). There's a full schedule of matches except for Arsenal against West Ham United, which has been postponed due to the Tube strike in London. We're still crunching the numbers from gameweek 18 to find out who won […]

The FA has wisely decided not to take action against Swansea captain Ashley Williams for his clearance yesterday that hit Robin van Persie's head. The incident happened after van Persie was fouled on the edge of the penalty area by Nathan Dyer. Sir Alex Ferguson, perhaps in a move to turn the public's attention away […]

A photo of what appears to be Liverpool's new home shirt for the 2013-14 season has been leaked on the Internet. Last week, we revealed what Chelsea's away jersey will be for the 2013-14 season, and now it appears that we have the design for the new Liverpool home shirt for next season, designed and […]

Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Chelsea's David Luiz reinvents himself as Fulham Road's Socrates — The Guardian Stoke City has the best defense in Europe says Andre Villas-Boas — The Guardian Robin van Persie could have been killed says Alex Ferguson — Manchester Evening News Ferguson has called on the FA to ban Ashley Williams […]

For Swansea City today, it's their biggest match of the season versus the best team in England, Manchester United. For United, it's a chance to maintain the six point lead at the top of the table. The Swans have beaten Arsenal, drawn Chelsea and lost to Manchester City 1-0, so the Welsh team's record against […]

The big story of the day today, other than the astonishing poor refereeing in the West Ham-Everton and Manchester City-Reading matches (no, Carlton Cole shouldn't have been sent off, and yes Gareth Barry fouled the Reading defender), is that Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge is on the verge of a £3 million move from Stamford Bridge […]

Freezing weather and pouring rain didn't make England a perfect environment to play exciting, free-flowing football today. So, not surprisingly, most of the matches were very tense, close games with very little scoring. For readers in the United States, here are the match highlights from all of the Premier League games played on Saturday, December […]