The deal between Southampton and Liverpool for center-back Dejan Lovren will be completed within the next 24-48 hours. The agreement was reportedly in place earlier this week, but it is just now being confirmed that the Croatian defender will have a medical tomorrow before an announcement is officially made of his move to the Anfield […]

Though preseason matches mean little more than global marketing fodder, they do present a mouth-watering opportunity to scout transfer purchases and how the new additions will fit in with their squads. Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera were the debutants for Manchester United on Wednesday night as they played a friendly against LA Galaxy of Major […]

Everton Football Club has unveiled its away shirt for the 2014/15 season. Everton's black shirt, designed by Umbro, takes its inspiration from Everton's home shirt that was worn during the 1881-82 season, which was black with a diagonal red stripe across the front. Everton and Umbro decided to omit the red diagonal stripe, and have […]

Bayern Munich has unveiled its new official away shirt for the 2014/15 season. Described by adidas as "a classic yet modern kit inspired by current fashion trends and street wear," Bayern Munich's away shirt features a predominantly white jersey with an engineered front panel that features three additional horizontal bands in iconic Bayern colors – […]

New York City FC made Frank Lampard their second designated player Thursday, signing the England and Chelsea veteran to a two-year deal that will pay Lampard almost eight million dollars per year. On the face of it, this is a shaky move. Lampard is 36, and he’s getting paid a lot of money. And Lampard […]

A video of Eliaquim Mangala was prematurely released on the Manchester City website today. The Premier League club are close to securing the signing of the player from FC Porto. The five-minute video, which was shot for City TV, showed the France international arriving by private jet at Manchester Airport. That portion of the video is […]

Mario Balotelli and his AC Milan teammates take on Greek powerhouse Olympiacos tonight at BMO Field in Toronto at 8pm ET in the first game of the 2014 International Champions Cup. Milan and Olympiacos are in the same group as Manchester City and Liverpool, so both AC Milan and Olympiacos will want to get a […]

The sky above Pasadena was still bright blue as a red sea of Manchester United faithful filled the Rose Bowl to see their recast club face the L.A. Galaxy on a sultry Wednesday night. The 86,432 who packed into L.A.’s historic college football venue, greater than any UCLA Bruins crowd last season, endured a half-hour […]

The injury curse has struck West Ham striker Andy Carroll again. The former Newcastle and Liverpool player is facing four months away from the first team after suffering torn ligaments in his ankle during the early stages of the Hammers' tour of New Zealand. Reports today are saying that the 25-year-old is set to have […]

News coming out of Spain today reports that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has agreed to review the appeal of Luis Suarez's ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's World Cup Group D encounter with Italy. If Suarez's appeal is successful, he would be able to play in Barcelona's opening match of the […]

For many Manchester United supporters, Wednesday night was a dream come true to see their favorite players up-close and to watch the team absolutely thrash LA Galaxy 7-0 in front of 84,362 spectators. World Soccer Talk photographer Josh Tomlinson was at the match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where he shared the following exclusive […]

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to join up with the team in the United States on Saturday, which means he should be available to play in the matches in Dallas (July 29 against AS Roma) and Ann Arbor (August 2 against Manchester United), according to MLive. His teammates Iker Casillas, Luka Modric and […]

Of course, it’s the first match of the preseason and Manchester United were lined up against a fourth place MLS squad that have been struggling of late. Arguably the LA Galaxy’s best player, Landon Donovan, was benched at the start of the friendly because his manager felt the former Everton-loanee had been “sub-par” in his […]

Erik Lamela made me look a bit silly last season. When Tottenham secured his signature from AS Roma in a club record £30 million deal, I considered it to be a very astute piece of business. There was little doubt in my mind that this enthralling young winger would take the Premier League by storm and I waxed lyrical about his stratospheric […]

The 2014-15 La Liga schedule has been released and most fans of the Spanish league quickly scanned the fixtures to see when Barcelona and Real Madrid will be facing off in the first El Clasico of the season. The first matchup between the Spanish giants will be Sunday, October 26 at the Santiago Bernabeu in […]