Ashley Young has signed a five-year contract with Manchester United on a fee believed to be around £15m to Aston Villa. I am sure that United fans everywhere are celebrating this development. The club has been tracking the pacey left winger for a while and I am glad that the club are finally signing him. […]

Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus and FOXSoccer.tv will be broadcasting several preseason friendlies featuring Premier League teams this summer. Most notably, Fox Soccer Channel will televise Chelsea's tour of Asia with new manager Andre Villas-Boas at the helm, as well as the Barclay's Asia Trophy (featuring Aston Villa and Blackburn alongside Chelsea) in addition […]

One of the worst kept secrets in soccer is that Cesc Fabregas wants to play for Barcelona. The only question is how badly do the club want him? For the second straight summer, Barca’s president has come out saying they won’t pay a high fee for Arsenal’s captain. Last year, it was Joan Laporta and […]

Whenever a club appoints a successful former player as manager, many in the media wonder why clubs the world over turn towards what appears to be nothing more than sentimentality in the selection process for perhaps its most important employee. And, quite honestly, I understand this criticism. The club in question is usually failing to […]

Chelsea TV got the honor of interviewing new Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas for the first time. The Portugese manager was confirmed this morning as the new Chelsea gaffer. And, in doing so, became the world's most expensive manager. During this excerpt from the interview with Villas-Boas (or AVB, which undoubtedly be the way that most […]

The short-list for 2010's PFA Player Of The Year (Drogba, Rooney, Fabregas and Tevez) contained four of the Premier League's most talented and proven names. This year's short-list for the same award, however, highlighted the poor showing from many of the Premier League's top stars as they were all absent. In their place were unfashionable […]

During the transfer window, there are many players who become linked with Manchester United. And there are also some United players who are rumored to leave, which seems realistic considering the number of players who'll possibly come in. One well known footballer rumored to be on his way out is Dimitar Berbatov. Despite declaring he […]

One of the pressing concerns for Tottenham Hotspur is the need for quality, reliable and consistent strikers. During the 2010-2011 season the forwards for Spurs were Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane, who collectively failed to provide the necessary goals for the club. Instead the club relied on individuals such as Gareth […]

Over the last few years, Major League Soccer has truly grown into a competitive league with talent, heart and spirit. Thanks to the likes of David Beckham and Thierry Henry, Europe has begun to take serious notice of the rising status of American soccerl. Therefore, speculation has continually grown with the rumors of some of […]

Andre Villas-Boas is the new manager of Chelsea. The former FC Porto manager is one of the brightest young tacticians in Europe. Even though Carlo Ancelotti should have been given more time, Villas-Boas is the best available option for Chelsea moving forward. Villas-Boas is only 33-years old, the same age as Frank Lampard and Didier […]

One of Alex McLeish's first decisions as new manager of Aston Villa has been to pass on US international Michael Bradley, according to a report by Soccer By Ives. The American blog reports that Bradley's agent has confirmed that the US midfielder will not be returning to Aston Villa next season. The story says that […]

As we all know, diving is one of the most reviled tactics in sports. The outcry over Charlie Davies' flop that may have cost RSL three points on Saturday, and the much more muted hand-wringing over a possible Jermaine Jones dive on Sunday, has the concept of soccer players falling with minimal contact becoming a […]

A few Manchester United footballers got together for an informal goal challenge during the tail end of the Premier League season to see who had the best goal accuracy. Wayne Rooney, Nani, Chris Smalling, Javier Hernandez and Edwin van der Sar participated in the Facebook Goal Challenge by trying to kick the ball into one […]

Prawn Sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica kit and a camera memory card being used to the point of melting. These are all increasingly common sights at Premiership grounds, particularly for the 'Champions League clubs'. Depending who you speak to, this 'new generation' of fan can be considered to be ruining the game […]

Newcastle United's away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season will be orange, as seen in the above leaked photo. Pictured in a shop window, there's no doubt that Newcastle's away shirt for the upcoming season is distinctly orange. The shirt design, which follows one of Puma's design templates, features two black diagonal lines across […]