With the January transfer window open, here's my column to sort through all of the good buys and bad buys in this calendar month as clubs across Europe attempt to add depth to their squad while others look for a way to offload excess weight or to make a sizable profit. For this week's column, […]

Many of Cristiano Ronaldo's amazing career moments at Manchester United and Real Madrid have been designed in this wonderful new sketchbook animation created by artist Richard Swarbrick. In a slight departure for Swarbrick, the artist combines his sketchbook animations with video from the streets of Manchester and Madrid for an interesting perspective that makes sure […]

He told us to judge him after three months. Well it's now been five, and the fact is that there has been little improvement at Manchester United since Louis van Gaal's arrival at Old Trafford in the summer despite the millions spent by the Dutchman. If David Moyes' United had failed to produce a single […]

France Football magazine has prepared three possible front covers ahead of today's 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich which is scheduled to begin at 20:00 CET (2:00pm EST). Each cover features the three nominees for World Player of the Year: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and FC Barcelona forward […]

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed his interest in Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, but the club's general manager Giuseppe Marotta has declared that the controversial forward is not a player the Italian champions are willing to buy. The English newspaper The Times has reported that Allegri has expressed a desire to sign Balotelli – who arrived at […]

If you thought by now that Major League Soccer would have eliminated the confusion over American international allocation, you’d be wrong. The truth is, they’ve thrown us for yet another loop. Word is that Jozy Altidore is on his way out of Sunderland, and out of all the potential destinations, MLS is the destination offering […]

Jurgen Klinmann’s call-ups for the most recent January camp contained a few names known only to the most knowledgeable MLS fans. One of those was DC United’s Perry Kitchen, who may not be famous but has long been the next big name in U.S. soccer and, because of his position, may be a key name […]

Brad Guzan has defended under-fire Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert and urged frustrated fans to blame the players. The traveling supporters called for Lambert's head for the second straight game as they lost 1-0 at Leicester on Saturday. Villa have won just twice in 17 Barclays Premier League games and sit three points above the […]

After Alexis Sanchez's superb display against Stoke City, Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Glenn Hoddle sat down to discuss the Gunners' chances against Manchester City next week, who Arsenal should buy in the transfer window and what their thoughts were regarding Sanchez's performance. The trio didn't get carried away with Arsenal's performance, […]

Louis van Gaal criticized his star-studded Manchester United team after they failed to muster a single shot on target in their 1-0 defeat to Southampton. Ronald Koeman got one over his old adversary on Sunday as Southampton beat United at Old Trafford for the first time in 27 years thanks to Dusan Tadic's 69th-minute winner. […]

Arsene Wenger believes Alexis Sanchez can continue to inspire Arsenal towards a successful end to the season after the Chile forward produced another virtuoso display in a 3-0 win over Stoke at the Emirates Stadium. Sanchez scored twice to help sink the Potters, his first a brilliant individual effort on 33 minutes having earlier set […]

Thirty-eight year old soccer legend Francesco Totti scored an acrobatic goal in the Rome derby, and celebrated the moment by taking a selfie. Totti's goal was the all-important equalizer that helped Roma draw 2-2 with Lazio. It was Totti's second goal of the match (goals in the 48th and 64th minute). The tie helped Roma […]

For viewers in the United States, beIN SPORTS has arguably two of the biggest games on television today, and the matches both will be played at practically the same time. First, there's Napoli against Juventus at 2:45pm ET on beIN SPORTS and DishWorld. And then, kicking off at 3pm ET is Barcelona against Atletico Madrid on […]

Manchester City and Swansea have agreed a £28million fee for striker Wilfried Bony. Press Association Sport understands the deal for the Ivory Coast forward – currently on international duty at the African Nations Cup – has been settled with an official announcement expected in the early part of next week. Bony has proved to be […]

Arsene Wenger is in the market for defensive reinforcements but is concerned that there are not as many natural leaders in the game as when he arrived at Arsenal. The 65-year-old has struggled to name a consistent back four so far this season with the likes of Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy and Kieran Gibbs all […]