The last three permanent managers of Liverpool have all overseen a familiar pattern of events. Roy Evans, Gerard Houllier and Rafael Benitez all enjoyed moderately successful starts – Evans had a decent first full league season, Houllier a distant third place and a (very fortunate) cup treble, Benitez's Champions League triumph rightly overshadowed a fairly […]

It probably doesn't matter that Clint Dempsey's now-famous daisy-cutter turned poor, hapless Robert Green into the best football punchline since Titus Bramble. See, even in the wake of the U.S.'s 1-1 draw vs. England at the 2010 World Cup, one of the few solaces English fans probably still have is looking down their noses at […]

All Manchester City fans were expecting a busy summer at Eastlands and while they have brought in £75 million pounds worth of talent, the players that have arrived will not spark fear into Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. City have added David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and most recently left back Aleksander Kolarov to […]

You can watch Manchester City versus Sporting Lisbon tonight at 8:30pm ET in the second game of the Barclays New York Challenge. Courtesy of Veetle, you can watch the game live here on EPL Talk. Or, if you own an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or Apple iPad and you're feeling adventurous, you can try watching […]

It's definitely a pleasure to have two of the top teams from the Premier League in New York this weekend to compete in a friendly tournament. So many times in the past, the States have gotten passed up as clubs traveled to Asia. Now, this summer is our turn with a handful of English clubs […]

Manchester City are continuing to flex their muscles in the transfer market with another massive signing looking set to join the club shortly. Aston Villa has confirmed that Milner has asked to leave them to join Manchester City and the club have agreed as long as City can match the valuation. Martin O'Neill, quite rightly […]

Sometimes we pick soccer teams. Sometimes soccer teams pick us. But no matter how you came to support your favorite Premier League club, consider this for a second: What if you were reborn and you had to pick a different team than the one you support now? Who would you switch your allegiances to and […]

Umbro have released photos of Manchester City's away jersey for the 10-11 season. Designed by Umbro, the dark blue shirt with sky blue trim definitely exudes a confident and appealing design that accentuates the Manchester City crest and the three gold stars above it. As is so often true about Umbro designs of late, the […]

With the World Cup still fresh in our memories, it's good to know that we didn't have to wait long to get our fix of international soccer now that several Premier League sides are currently in America training in preparation for the new season which begins on August 14. Wednesday night marked the first friendly […]

Two massive stars in the Serie A could leave Italy this summer, Ronaldinho and Balotelli may not be the best players in the world, but they're important for the league and it's status. While Ronaldinho is 30 years old, he's still got the magic, he still creates wonderful assists and is slowly scoring more goals […]

We wake up this morning to the reality that the 2010 World Cup is over. Four years is a long time to wait until the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. But fortunately there is plenty of soccer in store for us in the coming days to weeks. Specifically: Bolton Wanderers begins their U.S. tour against […]

Inter Milan have begun to turn in different directions this transfer market, while at first the nerazzurri were bargaining with Real Madrid about Maicon, now it seems like Balotelli could leave for Manchester City. The European champions would have to sell either the Brazilian or the Italian in order to begin to balance the books […]

After every World Cup, clubs from around the world are always trying to capture the latest talent who have shined on the world's stage. And a player that a lot of clubs, including Manchester City, are keeping a close eye on is Landon Donovan who showed a lot of skill and composure under pressure to […]

Six foot three inch Ivorian central midfielder Yaya Toure has joined big Premier League spenders Manchester City on a five year deal from European club giants Barcelona. Toure joins older brother Kolo in the Eastlands setup and his signing pushes City’s spending to over £60 million pounds following the earlier captures of Hamburg and Germany […]

He's had a successful World Cup and proved last season he can play in the Premier League, but should Landon Donovan join big spending Manchester City this summer? Donovan is now in high demand, but is Manchester City the right fit for the US international's second go at the Premier League? As reported by Yahoo! […]