Premier League viewers around the world bid farewell to Blackpool Football Club on May 22. The Tangerines set out to Old Trafford on “Mission Impossible,” as Ian Holloway’s men needed a win to escape the drop. Like only Blackpool could, Charlie Adam’s luscious free kick into the bottom right corner and Gary Taylor-Fletcher’s goal, the […]

The current sweltering weather conditions in New York City remind me a lot of 1977, especially the blackout of '77 that sent the city into terror and mass hysteria. The looting, rioting and threat of the Son of Sam (David Berkowitz) created a terrifying time for anyone living in the city. And now, 34 years […]

Roma have grabbed the transfer spotlight as they have closed a deal to bring in Barcelona’s Bojan Krkic. The transfer fee is reported to be 12 million euros, but it is a somewhat convoluted deal that includes a 13 million euro buy-back clause after the 2012-13 season that Roma can negate by paying an additional […]

Throughout the summer, an on-going story has been Manchester United's pursuit of a central midfielder. After being outclassed by Barcelona's midfield followed by the retirement of Paul Scholes, everyone has expected United to find a replacement. After bringing in Phil Jones, Ashley Young and David de Gea for over 50 million euros, it seemed only […]

As ChampionshipTalk continues to look at the expected fortunes of the relegated clubs from the Championship Conor Diggin continues his reviews, this time with West Ham United. Part 1 – Birmingham Part 2 – Blackpool I believe next season will be a challenging and exciting for West Ham fans; like Birmingham they have a new manager and they […]

Things are starting to look quite different at Old Trafford after what has been one of the most eventful transfer seasons in the recent history of Manchester United. The old faces of United's past glory years are starting to disappear. With the transfers of Wes Brown and John O' Shea to Sunderland, Sir Alex has […]

The door is certainly revolving at Juventus. Yesterday began with the club announcing the arrival of Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal in Turin for a medical. Vidal is set to join the Bianconeri from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of 10.5 million euros. And as Vidal enters, Felipe Melo exits. Earlier this week, Melo was telling […]

This weekend is another big one across the United States for preseason friendlies featuring Premier League clubs. Today, Manchester United plays Chicago in front of a sold-out crowd of 62,500 at Soldier Field. Newcastle United plays Orlando City at the cavernous Citrus Bowl in Florida. DC United hosts Everton at RFK Stadium. And then tomorrow, […]

Having been heavily restricted in the transfer market in recent years due to terrible ownership and massive interest payments, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has looked to make the most of new owners John Henry and FSG’s willingness to commit funds in order to achieve success. Undoubtedly football is run as a business for most owners […]

Tuesday, July 26th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Kristan Heneage of Four-Four-Two Magazine and MLS Talk contributer MLS All-Star Game updates NASL Segment: Ignacio Rodriguez (New) Communications Officier of the Puerto Rico Islanders Red Bull Hour: Re-Capping the home Match against FC Dallas

Emmanuel Adebayor, the Togolese striker who has endured his fair share of ups and downs, is at a fascinating point in his career. His career in England looks almost dead as his tenure with current club Manchester City has grown sour. He is now out of favor with Mancini, and the same negative feelings are […]

Let me begin by saying that I love Seattle. I really do. As someone who lives about 8 hours away, I’ve been to this city many times and have been to numerous Seahawks and Mariners games. As far as my experiences at these games, they have all fallen somewhere between pleasant and downright contentious. I’ve […]

Some footballers are never satisfied. The first two that come to mind are Diego Maradona and Carlos Tevez. Maradona never could settle in one location despite his enormous skill. Carlos Tevez, while not as great, is similar in that he is never content. Like the character of Jerry Seinfeld, Tevez seems to find (or create) […]

During last January’s transfer window a great deal of focus was on big name players and the one that caught most of the attention of the media was Fernando Torres of Liverpool. Chelsea come along and broke the bank with an English transfer fee record of £50 million. However, at the end of the 2010-2011 […]

With the reported deal between Manchester City and Corinthians to send star striker Carlos Tevez falling through this week, it has left the star and team with more questions than answers. During this entire summer transfer window, Tevez has maintained his wish to leave Manchester so that he could be closer to his home and […]