After signing Gareth Bale for a world-record transfer fee, Real Madrid's pain of losing Mesut Ozil is Arsenal's gain. Once Bale was signed, Ozil's departure was seemingly inevitable. Despite Los Blancos’ varying fortunes on the pitch, a direct result of the political battle waging between those that supported Mourinho and those against him, Real Madrid […]

Throughout the summer, NBC Sports has been releasing a series of 'I Was There' videos, one-by-one, that capture the excitement, atmosphere and pure ecstasy of victory. In addition to the 'I Was There' videos for Crystal Palace-Watford (in the Championship Playoff Final), Liverpool-Stoke (from the opening day of the season), and now two new ones […]

Arsenal unveiled the first official photographs of new signing Mesut Ozil wearing the colors of Arsenal Football Club today. The transfer fee that Arsenal are believed to have paid Real Madrid for Ozil is £42.5million for a five year deal. The transfer makes Ozil the most expensive German footballer of all time and broke Arsenal's […]

German midfielder Mesut Ozil wanted to, and was set to, join Manchester United but the bid never came, according to Spanish football reporter Graham Hunter. Hunter reports that Ozil and Ozil's father were frantically waiting for a call to come in from Manchester United. But unfortunately the call never came in. So, Ozil decided to […]

There were relatively few positions Chelsea needed to address in the summer transfer window. Two or three signings would have given them nearly a complete squad and, with the addition of José Mourinho, locked them in as favorites for the title. But, in a series of strange moves, the club brought in players in positions […]

The pool of English players in the Premier League has dropped by 16% since the 1998/99 season, according to Sky Sports. This decrease backs up the claim of current England manager Roy Hodgson that he is having to pick from an ever dwindling pool of talent. Although Premier League clubs spent a record breaking £624million […]

After the thrills of two narrow 1-0 victories for Arsenal and Liverpool against Spurs and Manchester United this past weekend, and the mayhem of transfer deadline day, a crucial international break awaits. With World Cup qualifying winding down, countries can punch their tickets to the FIFA World Cup, or fall out of the running as […]

FA Chairman Greg Dyke has set a performance goal for the England national team of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Dyke, who publicly shared his vision today, wants England to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and win the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. In my opinion, it's an empty speech. Dyke discussed […]

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri says he's interested in playing for a Major League Soccer team after he leaves Manchester City, and before he finishes his playing career at Olympique Marseille (OM), the club where he began his professional career. Quoted in L'Equipe newspaper, Nasri said: "Clearly, economic reality stops me from thinking about playing […]

It’s always a wonderful feeling when your team scores. But sometimes, when a certain player sticks one away, it just seems to mean that little bit more. As an Evertonian, when players like Duncan Ferguson or Tim Cahill netted important goals for the club, there was always a sense of something extra special in the […]

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: Premier League Manchester United inquest begins after David Moyes era opens in farce — The Guardian Will Ed Woodward become Old Trafford's Garry Cook after dismal transfer window for Man Utd? — Telegraph Marouane Fellaini gave up £4m in loyalty bonuses to save Man United move from collapse […]

As the clock struck 11pm in England on Monday, the summer transfer window and so-called silly season came to a close. A transfer window that had a lot of movement and broke several records culminating in the most money spent in one window, with a total of £630million. Teams smashed their own club records. Tottenham's moves […]

The opening three games of the 2013/14 Premier League season may have seen Southampton pick up four points, but the South coast side have struggled to find the back of the net so far this season. Southampton's first goal came in a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, whilst their second came in a 1-1 […]

Comedian, table tennis aficionado and soccer-loving '30 Rock' actor Judah Friedlander sat down in front of the camera this week to tell the true story of a coach's sneaky substitution. Friedlander goes back into the archives to remind us how coach (then New York Metrostars coach, now Egypt national team manager) Bob Bradley took advantage […]

Everton unveiled their third shirt for the 2013-14 season today. New Everton loan signing Gareth Barry is pictured in the new shirt alongside Everton manager Roberto Martinez. According to the Everton club website "the 2013/14 third shirt is a dazzling white pearl and dark navy combination and features a high v-neck collarless design. Similar to […]