According to various reports in Spain, Real Madrid are set to fine Sami Khedira and James Rodriguez for attending Cristiano Ronaldo's 30th birthday party on Saturday night. Madrid officials are not happy that some players and staff chose to attend the birthday bash following Real Madrid's 4-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon earlier that day. But they are […]

Jose Mourinho wants to know why Chelsea are, in his opinion, treated differently when it comes to disciplinary matters after highlighting an elbow incident involving Manchester United striker Robin van Persie. The Blues boss has questioned the consistency of the Football Association's disciplinary department, suggesting had a Chelsea player used his elbow in the same […]

Jordan Henderson feels Liverpool are more than a match for any team in the Barclays Premier League after they continued their excellent recent run with a 3-2 win over Tottenham. The Reds are now firmly in the hunt for a to-four place after extending their unbeaten streak in the league to nine matches. They now […]

Swansea have opened talks to buy the Liberty Stadium, the city council has confirmed. The Barclays Premier League club currently share the council-owned stadium with rugby union side Ospreys through a 50-year lease. Swansea were a third-tier side when the stadium opened in 2005 but they have since established themselves in the top flight and […]

Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers. Diarra, 29, has been without a club since leaving Lokomotiv Moscow in August but is not too far away from match-fitness and could be turning out for West Ham inside a fortnight if […]

Jose Mourinho has questioned the consistency of the Football Association's disciplinary department, suggesting had a Chelsea player used his elbow in the same way Robin van Persie did at West Ham last Sunday he would have been banned. The Chelsea boss was fined £25,000 last month for saying there was a "clear campaign" against Chelsea […]

Speaking ahead of his side's Copa del Rey semi-final against Villarreal tomorrow, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has praised under-fire striker Luis Suarez for his contributions to the team. The Uruguayan's lack of goals for La Blaugrana has been constant;y harped on by pundits and a section of the club's supporters. But Enrique shrugged off questions about whether […]

Louis van Gaal pulled out a dossier full of statistics at his press conference as he hit back at Sam Allardyce's claim that Manchester United are long-ball merchants. West Ham boss Allardyce described Van Gaal's team as "long-ball United" after they scraped a 1-1 draw at Upton Park on Sunday. But Van Gaal said Allardyce's […]

Arsene Wenger feels Alexis Sanchez has both the work-rate and the enthusiastic personality to help fire Arsenal to a successful campaign – just like former club favorite Ian Wright. Sanchez has been forced to sit out the last two matches because of a hamstring strain and Wenger admitted the industry of the Chile forward was […]

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Anfield on Tuesday evening as the race for the Champions League places heats up. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra at 3pm ET/Noon PT. The Lilywhites are in fifth position, just a point behind fourth placed Manchester United […]

Manchester United defender Paddy McNair has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until June 2017, with an option to extend for a further year. The 19-year-old has risen through the ranks at Old Trafford, after first being discovered by United's Northern Ireland based scout Tony Coulter. The teenager began his career […]

Hugo Lloris would like to don the gloves in the Capital One Cup final, despite not having featured in the competition for Tottenham this season. After defeating Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Newcastle and then Sheffield United over two legs, the Wembley finale will pit Spurs against rivals Chelsea. It is a match in which head coach […]

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus has extended his contract with the Bundesliga club until June 30, 2019. The German international had been the subject of endless transfer speculation for quite some time; with the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona rumored to be his future destination. But the attacking midfielder has told Borussia Dortmund […]

According to the Spanish radio program El Larguero, midfielder Sami Khedira will not start another match for Real Madrid for the rest of this season. The German international was already set to miss the next three weeks after straining a hamstring during his side's 4-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid. But El Larguero is reporting that officials at Real Madrid are […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke has been ruled out for four weeks after straining a hamstring muscle. The injury occurred in the opening minutes of his side's 4-0 victory over Real Madrid on Saturday. Koke was attempting to get on the receiving end of a pass from Antoine Griezmann, but the midfielder pulled up lame shortly after accelerating […]