QPR midfielder Adel Taarabt, who was on loan at Fulham this season, has completed a deal to join Italian giants AC Milan. This will end the career in English football of one of the most enigmatic and mysterious young players to have washed up on British shores in some time. From brilliance one moment to […]

With the World Cup now just a few short months away, here at World Soccer Talk we’re desperate to get our hands on any info, stats, and trivia we can to make the weeks pass just that little bit faster. This week, Betfair published an infographic taking a look at the World Cup Dirty Dozen […]

Arsenal target Julian Draxler should be recovered from injury in seven days time to resume playing for Schalke. But before that happens, will Arsenal or another club in Europe sign the highly-rated attacking midfielder? Arsenal are understood to have had discussions with Schalke regarding a deal for Draxler, but details and evidence is few and […]

On tonight's show we'll look at all of today's big matches including Chelsea dropping points. We'll be joined by Nate Scott (@aNateScott) from USA Today. Watch live from 6:05PM PT/9:05PM ET. Call in studio 800-878-PLAY or twitter @worldsocceradio. Watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or call in to the studio at […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho today decried the tactics of his rival Sam Allardyce tonight in the 0-0 Chelsea draw with West Ham at Stamford Bridge. "[West Ham's style of football] is not Premier League, this is not the best league in the world. This is football from the 19th century. "The only thing I can […]

Newcastle United have signed Dutch striker Luuk De Jong on loan until the end of the season with an option for the deal to be made permanent. De Jong moves to Tyneside from Borussia Monchengladbach. The 23-year-old forward will wear the number 18 shirt for Newcastle. Newcastle United Director of Football, Joe Kinnear, said: "We're […]

Manchester United manager David Moyes has long preferred a tactic where he plays with two out-and-out wingers who can float inside when needed. Wayne Rooney isn't 100% match fit, so with the signing of Juan Mata, Moyes dropped Adnan Januzaj Tuesday night against Cardiff City and continued playing with Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia on […]

The signing of Mohamed Salah, the emergence of Willian and the continued strong play of Eden Hazard have dropped the highly-regarded German international André Schürrle further down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge. At Bayer Leverkusen, he had a great season last year prompting interest from Chelsea and a deal was essentially already in place […]

Liverpool are in talks over a £16million move for Ukraine international Yevhen Konoplyanka. The 24-year-old footballer, who plays for Dnipro, can play either as a left winger, playmaker or striker. Manager Brendan Rodgers faces a race against time to try to sign the versatile Ukrainian international, who has 35 caps for his country, before the window […]

Right, just to forewarn you all, if you’re upbeat after making it through to Wednesday and feeling pretty decent as a whole, this write-up might be best avoided; I don’t want to drag you down. We’ve got loads of brilliant stuff to peruse here at World Soccer Talk; the podcast is great, and there are […]

Police are investigating reports that Everton supporters threw coins at Liverpool striker Luis Suarez in Tuesday night's Merseyside derby at Anfield. When Suarez was preparing to take a corner next to the away end at Liverpool's stadium, TV viewers could see that he was being pelted by coins. The incident happened during the 21st minute […]

Tonight on World Soccer Radio 6PM PT/9M ET – Nick and Danny look at all of today's big matches including the Merseyside Derby. We'll be joined by David Mosse (@statmanmosse) from FOX Sports. Watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or call in to the studio at 800-878-PLAY. The live broadcast of […]

World Soccer Talk is proud to launch our latest exclusive short film. This one focuses on what happens behind the scenes on the most popular daily soccer show in the United States, ESPN FC. Follow our cameras as we take you on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, CT where we interview […]

Tottenham Hotspur first team coach Les Ferdinand has criticized the defensive midfielder position and says that Claude Makelele is the first worst thing that happened in the Premier League, in a revealing interview in the Tottenham Journal newspaper. Ferdinand's words shine new light on how new Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood believes in playing compared to former […]

La Liga’s top three all won at the weekend to leave the Spanish title race too close to call. Barcelona and Real Madrid enjoyed home wins against Malaga and Granada respectively while Atletico Madrid put four past Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona were unaffected by the week’s political wrangling at Camp Nou as they registered a convincing […]