While Arsenal are currently in Singapore for preseason training, midfielder Jack Wilshere took time for a short interview with the Daily Mail. The 23-year-old claimed that the Gunners have the talent and squad depth to rival the reigning Premier League champions, and crosstown rivals, Chelsea. “Competition is a good thing,” said Wilshere. “Look at the teams […]

If the Los Angeles Galaxy weren’t the favourites to win the 2015 MLS Cup, and why wouldn’t they be after winning three in the last four seasons, than they certainly should be now. Not only did the Galaxy sign Steven Gerrard to a designated player contract last January for a reported $9 million, 18-month contract; […]

It’s time for the US to start playing up to its full potential. The time for experimenting and messing around is over. It’s the knockout rounds where one slip up can send you home early. After an unconvincing group stage (not unlike the USWNT at the Women’s World Cup) the US has a chance to […]

The gruelling pre-season schedule is now in full swing and there is optimism around Teesside, with what promises to be an exciting summer of transfers ahead. The aim this season is for Aitor Karanka’s Boro to try and go one step further than last year’s whirlwind campaign, making sure they begin the 2016/17 campaign in […]

With Arsenal’s pre-season underway with the Barclays Asia Trophy in Singapore, and a squad full of big names such as Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil and new signing Petr Cech, as well as some talented youngsters; namely Gedion Zelalem, Chuba Akpom and Dan Crowley, it’s easy to forget some of the players who have not traveled. […]

The acquisition of Bastian Schweinsteiger from Bayern Munich is a signal of intent from a club that is trying to claw it’s way back to the perch it famously knocked Liverpool off of. Manchester United are used to being at or near the top of the Premier League pyramid, but the last two seasons have […]

Winger Stewart Downing has rejoined former club Middlesbrough on a four-year deal from West Ham. Downing drops down from the Barclays Premier League to rejoin his home-town club, who were beaten by Norwich in the Championship play-off final at Wembley in May. The 30-year-old England international played almost 250 games for Boro during an eight-year […]

Jonny Evans has been told he can leave Manchester United – and Everton appear to be the front-runners for the center-back's signature. Evans has made 198 appearances for United over the last eight years but he failed to make an impression in Louis van Gaal's first season at the club. The Northern Irishman started just […]

Sky Sports has released their new TV commercial to promote its coverage of the 2015/16 Premier League season, and it's a winner. The commercial features Thierry Henry as he walks onto the set of some of the most memorable moments in Premier League history. Hats off to Sky Sports for pulling off the special effects […]

Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul has completed a £3 million move from Spurs to Sunderland to clinch the second major signing inside 24 hours by the Black Cats. Kaboul rejected the chance to join the Black Cats seven years ago when the club, then managed by Roy Keane, made a joint £23million offer for him, Pascal […]

Given that European soccer is in the midst of its July/August silly season, there were no surprises when just as Liverpool finally parted with Raheem Sterling, helpful back-page journalists offered Reds fans the emotional solace of possible big name replacements. Marco Reus, who signed a new contract at Borussia Dortmund in February, is now, according to […]

The ability of splashy stars to drive attendance in Major League Soccer has long been overstated. The evidence over 20 years just doesn’t support the narrative that adding one big star from Europe or Mexico will significantly move the attendance needle. Of course, a figure as massive as David Beckham could be a game-changer in […]

On Wednesday in Washington D.C., the US Senate panel hearing took place into corruption in international soccer chaired by the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security. Those in attendance were investigative journalist and filmmaker Andrew Jennings, Dan Flynn, CEO and secretary-general of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Michael Hershman, president and CEO of the Fairfax […]

The battle for Premier League TV rights in the United States for seasons 2016-2019 has begun. According to a World Soccer Talk source, the Premier League sent out invitation to tender letters during the first week of July. The interested bidders — such as FOX Sports, ESPN, NBC Sports and others — will have an […]

The timing of yesterday's announcement that Giovani Dos Santos had officially signed for LA Galaxy was impeccable. Less than five minutes after the US Senate panel hearing on corruption in international soccer had ended, MLS' LA Galaxy changed the conversation on social media as fans and soccer media marveled at the signing, and discussed how […]