Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan will leave the Spanish champions at the end of the season, according to the player's agent. With the Turkey international turning 28 last week, Turan's representative Ahmet Bulut believes now is the time for his client to move on and receive a bumper payday. Bulut says he will only consider […]

It's transfer deadline day in Europe today. Instead of scouring through all of the newspapers and websites, you can get all of the up-the-minute breaking news here throughout the day. The transfer deadline is 6pm ET in England and France tonight. In Germany, the deadline is Noon ET. Italy's deadline is 5pm ET, while the transfer […]

Aston Villa were pulverized 5-0 at the Emirates stadium on Sunday to extend their scoreless run to six league games – a new club record – since that 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United in December. Goals from Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Theo Walcott and Santi Carzola made sure of the win before Hector […]

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how my homeland wouldn’t win AFCON 2015 due to captain Asamoah Gyan and other key players being missed and manager Avram Grant switching the team formation to a 3-5-2. Since then, they beat Algeria 1-0 in the last minute thanks to a goal from Gyan and scored two […]

Arsenal annihilated Aston Villa 5-0 at the Emirates. Even without their best player in Alexis Sanchez, the Gunners had no issues defeating their struggling opponents. The first real chance at goal occurred in the fourth minute when box-to-box midfielder Aaron Ramsey made a nice run into the 18-yard-box but his shot went wide. Unlike most […]

Atletico Madrid are considering reporting Paris Saint-Germain to FIFA for contacting manager Diego Simeone regarding a possible switch to the French club. Simeone has been in charge of Atletico for just over three years, and during that time he has engineered one of the most amazing renaissances in European football. Under his leadership, Los Colchoneros have won […]

Harry Kane has no intention of easing up as he continues to plunder the goals for Tottenham. The hotly-rated 21-year-old took his tally for his increasingly impressive campaign to 20 with a double in Saturday's 3-0 Barclays Premier League win at West Brom. It ended a run of four games without a goal and Kane […]

AS Roma coach Rudi Garia has confirmed that midfielder Kevin Strootman will miss the remainder of the season following his second knee surgery in under a year. It was learned last week that the Dutch international would go under the knife, with club officials quickly attempting to ease concerns over the severity of the problem. […]

The January transfer window will close Monday, and while Arsenal have added a central defender and a prospect for the future, they've still neglected signing a great defensive midfielder which could make them improve vastly. According to Rory Smith's ESPN FC article from last September, "Arsene Wenger's scouting team met in the aftermath of the FA […]

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino expects Harry Kane to get even better as the striker's superb season continued with two goals at West Brom. The 21-year-old scored his 19th and 20th goals of the campaign as Spurs ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at The Hawthorns in the Barclays Premier League. Kane has emerged as one of […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists expectations still need to be handled carefully regarding Daniel Sturridge but he was delighted that the fit-again striker is back and scoring. The England international ended a five-month injury absence by coming off the bench to score the Reds' second in a 2-0 win against West Ham after Raheem Sterling […]

Louis van Gaal was a happy man after watching his Manchester United team avenge their early-season defeat to Leicester. The Foxes pulled off one of the shock results of the season last September when they came from behind to beat the 20-time English champions 5-3. But on Saturday it was a completely different story as […]

Manuel Pellegrini made a veiled criticism of Chelsea's style as Jose Mourinho continued his vow of silence after his side's impressive rearguard display in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. City remain five points behind Mourinho's Premier League leaders despite placing Chelsea under siege for much of the contest. Thibaut Courtois' uncharacteristic error led to […]

Chelsea striker Diego Costa insists there was no malicious intent behind the stamp on Emre Can which earned him a three-match ban from the Football Association. The 26-year-old was suspended for three games for violent conduct by the FA after an independent regulatory commission on Friday ruled he deliberately stamped on the ankle of the […]

Everton are "mentally refreshed" and ready to tackle Liverpool in the Merseyside derby after ending their eight-match winless streak at Crystal Palace, according to Roberto Martinez. Boss Martinez hailed his beleaguered side for turning the "chore" of chasing victories into "an opportunity", with Romelu Lukaku firing his second goal in three games. Belgium striker Lukaku […]