In his two years at the helm of the Britannia Stadium, Mark Hughes has made understatedly excellent progress with Stoke City Taking over from Tony Pulis, who forged the side in his own gnarly image, was never going to be an easy task. But Hughes has preserved the pragmatic principles that were instilled by the Welshman […]

After a one-year hiatus from the top flight, Norwich City are back in the big time. And after beating local rivals Ipswich Town and then Middlesbrough in the final of the playoffs, the Canaries have returned to the Premier League in the most desirable way possible. They’ll fancy their chances of making a much better fist of […]

West Brom are set to sign Serge Gnabry from Arsenal on a season-long loan. The 20-year-old midfielder is expected to link up with the Baggies on Thursday, Press Association Sport understands. Gnabry has recovered from a serious knee injury which forced him to miss all of last season and he has not played for Arsenal […]

With the Premier League season kicking off this weekend, I'd like to announce several new features from World Soccer Talk that will help you get the most out of your soccer coverage all season long: World Soccer Talk website redesign In the next few days, we'll be launching a brand-new redesign of WorldSoccerTalk.com that will make […]

Sunderland have announced the signing of France international Yann M'Vila on a season-long loan from Rubin Kazan. Twenty-five-year-old M'Vila is the fifth summer signing by manager Dick Advocaat and is available to face Leicester this weekend. "I'm very happy to be a Sunderland player. I had a very good feeling training with the team," M'Vila […]

Is ever really wise to do a season preview for Newcastle United? After all, the only things we can really say with any certainty is that the team will play in black and white stripes, their crowd will be passionate—whether for the team or against the owners—and there will, at some stage, be some sort […]

For the past 8 years, we’ve asked you — the reader — to predict how you think the Premier League table will finish up at the end of the season. The challenge is that we ask you this before the season kicks off, and before the summer transfer window ends. It’s an opportunity for you to share your […]

NBC Sports will expand its TV coverage of the 2015/16 Premier League season to include one Saturday 10am-Noon ET game weekly on the USA Network, according to Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated. Currently, NBC Sports' TV coverage of the Premier League in the Saturday 10am-Noon ET timeslot includes one game on NBCSN and the remainder on […]

Southampton’s story last season was one regularly recited; and rightly so. The club’s ability to sell and sign genuine quality was an inspiration to those teams a little short of the elite level. Granted, they did fall away late on, but Ronald Koeman’s side would have been delighted with a seventh place finish. In 2015-16, more challenges […]

Some numbers in soccer are iconic at certain clubs. Gradually, and often over the course of several decades, these numbers have grown in significance. Admittedly, there may be a few lacunae or outright failures disturbing the otherwise smooth rise to prominence, but they are never enough to question the iconicity of the specific number in […]

Angel di Maria has completed his move from Manchester United to Paris St Germain. PSG and United agreed a 63 million euro (£44.3million) fee for the midfielder on Sunday and earlier this week he passed a medical in Qatar. On Thursday afternoon, United announced Di Maria had completed his move to the French champions. United […]

Jack Wilshere will miss key games for Arsenal and England after being ruled out for "a few weeks" with an ankle injury, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has said. The 23-year-old England midfielder's career has been punctuated by injury and now he has suffered another – a hairline crack of his left fibula. Wilshere will miss […]

The Premier League's newly signed mammoth television deal was always going to have a knock-on impact for the rest of Europe's top footballing leagues. However, nobody has felt it more than the French Ligue 1 with a huge number of stars opting to move to England this summer. The likes of the Ayew brothers, Jordan […]

cto Another round of summer friendlies in the US and Canada has come and gone. And they have once again been a smashing success. Crowds have been good as have the all-important TV ratings. There were teams from MLS, USL, NASL, Premier League, Liga MX, Ligue 1, Serie A, Primeira Liga and La Liga. Here’s […]

Only days away from the start of the 2015/16 Premier League season, Liverpool do not have the squad they would like. While there are reports that the spending, similar in scale to what happened last summer, may continue, more interesting are the departures, or lack thereof. It has been widely reported that at least three players […]