Arsenal's Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey and new signing Yaya Sanogo are doubts for the season opener against Aston Villa this Saturday after picking up injuries. Walcott, who was training with the England squad for tomorrow's friendly against Scotland, hurt his ankle in a training session and had to be helped from the pitch. However, England […]

Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen says he would like to join Tottenham Hotspur if an offer was made for the highly-rated Danish footballer. Eriksen told Danish newspaper BT: "Tottenham are a great club. "I know from Vertonghen that it is a good club, which is interesting. But there has not been any contact. "I do not […]

Liverpool winger Stewart Downing has joined West Ham United on a four-year deal. The transfer fee is reportedly around £6million, which represents at £14million loss for Liverpool, who signed the player for £20million in 2011 from Aston Villa. Downing will join up with former Liverpool teammate Andy Carroll. Despite the massive loss for the Reds, […]

On May 16 2003, Hull City's manager at the time Peter Taylor signed a left-back for the club who had just been released by Division Two side Scunthorpe United. Ten years later, that player — Andy Dawson — has just played his last ever game for The Tigers in a 3-0 win over Real Betis. […]

Crystal Palace have signed Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh on a one-year deal. While Chamakh has been the butt of jokes for a couple of years since joining Arsenal in 2010, this will be a wonderful opportunity at Crystal Palace to prove the doubters wrong in a team where he should have a regular starting spot […]

With so many fantasy football games to choose from, it's easy to get lost in the sea of choices. But with the brand-new game called Euro Fantasy League, this fantasy game offers a major difference — you can select players from up to five of the top European leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie […]

Despite all of the changes in English football this summer with Jose Mourinho returning, goal-line technology debuting and Sir Alex Ferguson retiring, some things never change. Arsenal are still finding it hard to make any significant signings. Chelsea and Manchester City have spent over £100million between them while Arsene Wenger still believes his side can […]

Only a few days remain before the new soccer season begins, so it's perfect timing to take a look at the new kits that have been released the judge what ones are the worst of the worst. Here are the 10 worst that I've seen for next season: 10. Cardiff City's Home Shirt. It’s not ugly […]

Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund side will keep the Bundesliga race tight this season. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a player I had hoped several Premier League sides would pursue instead, ended up with the European runners-up as somewhat of an afterthought. On Saturday in his Bundesliga debut he recorded a hat trick, made runs from a wide position, […]

Since 2007, Arsenal have spent only 1% of their available cash flow in the transfer market according to an astonishing report by The Swiss Ramble today. The soccer financial blog goes into exhaustive detail regarding Arsenal's impressive financial fair play status, but also reminds readers what Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis boasted at the beginning […]

Sunderland have completed the signing of Trabzonspor’s Czech defender Ondrej Celustka on a season-long loan deal. Celustka is Sunderland's tenth signing of the summer. The 24-year-old played for Slavia Prague in 2009 where he made 41 league appearances and scored three goals. According to the Sunderland club website, Celustka linked up with Trabzonspor — following […]

Other than Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion have been the quietest Premier League club in the summer transfer window, but that's all about to change as Steve Clarke's side are set to finalize a deal to sign Udinese striker Matej Vydra on a loan deal in the next 24 hours, according to The Daily Mail. Vydra, who […]

Manchester United lifted the Community Shield trophy on Sunday at Wembley after a comfortable 2-0 win against Wigan Athletic. However, it could have been so different if Wigan was able to bury their two golden chances to score to pull the Latics back into the match. If you missed any of the highlights, or if […]

So much for Wayne Rooney's mysterious shoulder injury that he supposedly picked up eight days ago in a closed-door friendly against Real Betis, the same injury that ruled Rooney out of friendlies against AIK and Sevilla as well as the FA Community Shield yesterday against Wigan Athletic. Now, miraculously, Rooney returned to training today with […]

Tonight's transfer speculation in the media is a perfect example of why it's called the silly season. For the past 10 days, there's been plenty of talk about Bayern Munich's Luiz Gustavo being interested in moving to the Premier League, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressing an interest. However, there's nothing concrete there, but The Guardian finally […]