Champions League hopefuls Werder Bremen face Sampdoria in what will be the juiciest of ties during this Champions League qualifying round. Werder Bremen finished third in the Bundesliga last season, while Sampdoria nipped into fourth place ahead of Palermo and Napoli. The loss of Mesut Ozil will cast doubts over Werder Bremen's chances of progressing […]

Germany's young attacking midfield star, who astounded audiences and pundits with some excellent performances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa this summer, has completed a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid for a fee believed to be around 12.5 million pounds. Ozil's career really began to take flight when Werder Bremen sold Brazilian […]

EA Sports has released the official gameplay trailer for FIFA 11, one of the most popular soccer video games in the world. New features include: Next gen gameplay engine (PC), Personality+ (Xbox and PS3), Pro passing (Xbox and PS3), Creation centre (Xbox and PS3), Career mode (Xbox and PS3), Improved celebrations (Xbox and PS3), And […]

Aston Villa and Manchester City Reach Deal Over Milner After one of the longest transfer sagas of the summer Aston Villa has finally agreed on terms to sell midfielder James Milner to Manchester City. The England international will undergo a medical at Eastlands this afternoon. The exact terms of the transfer are not clear but […]

No. I am NOT serious, but how long will it be before someone takes up that chant for real? This has nothing to do with Saturday’s match. It’s about a comment I made about Mark Hughes before last season began. I said I felt sorry for him because it was going to be no easy […]

Now that the opening weekend of the Premier League has kicked off, one thing is absolutely clear. Both Chelsea and Manchester United have a new rival to contend with. It's an opponent that will be hanging over their heads throughout the entire season, adding pressure at key moments. It's a new competitor in the Premier […]

Today's DFB Pokal games saw Bayern Munich thump Germania Dattenfeld, and Schalke nip past ten-man VfR Aalen. Bayern Munich started a full strength side as they prepare for the upcoming Bundesliga season. Arjen Robben is still absent after succumbing to a recurring injury in pre-season, but Martin Demichelis returned to the side after being passed […]

Soccer Talk Live, a new TV show from Fox Soccer Channel, debuted Monday night in place of the recently cancelled Fox Football Fone-In. The new show, hosted by former LA Galaxy player Kyle Martino, is a completely different concept than anything Fox has tried before, so they should be given credit for trying. However, the […]

Tuesday, August 17th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Late Addition Glen Davis Houston Dynamo play-by-play announcer Clint Mathis Media Interview at Red Bull Arena about his retirement Adam Soucie of Orlando Soccer Blog NASL Segment Re-Capping Red Bulls one goal loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy

Eriksson Thinks Capello Was Wrong To Force Beckham Out Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson has criticized current manager Fabio Capello for announcing that David Beckham would likely not play in any more competitve matches for the Three Lions. "Beckham deserves all the respect you can give to him," Eriksson said. "When he gets fit, he […]

Okay. A late night rant (to be posted in the morning). Before we berate the dubious intentions of a prominent Stateside soccer broadcaster, we should probably first go through that bit where we say that the opinions of Mr Ethan Armstrong don't necessarily reflect the opinions of EPLTalk etc etc. There. Done. And now... Fail Fox Soccer […]

It's incredible to think of all of the enhancements that are made to Football Manager year after year. The game becomes closer to real life football management with each release. And now we have a sneak peek of what will be featured in Football Manager 2011 which will be released before the end of 2010. […]

The first weekend of the season went into the books with the final whistle at Anfield, Arsenal's visit to Liverpool the EPL Talk Podcast Match of the Week. To talk about the match and the eight from Saturday, I was joined Sunday night by Kartik Krishnaiyer for the first EPL Talk Weekend Review Show of […]

Juventus' samba star Diego, who was prolific during his time in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen, is reportedly on the verge of a move back to the Bundesliga with Steve McClaren's new look Wolfsburg side. Unfortunately for Diego, his current side refuse to let a player of his calibre go without a fight. Diego's promising […]

It's been a while since I've been unable to watch Liverpool's opening day match live. The last time was 2007 against Aston Villa. It went like this: George (A Mancunian; a regular at the brewery where I bartended; a City diehard; a Setanta subscriber) plopped the tape of the match on the bar top. I filled his half-gallon growler with fresh India Pale […]