Pep Guardiola has signed one of his young stars from Barcelona in a £21.6million four-year deal that'll see Thiago Alcantara move to Bayern Munich instead of Manchester United. Thiago, 22, was one of the stars of the Spain u-21 side this summer. The highly rated midfielder will join up with Guardiola later this week. "Thiago […]

Having suffered from a plague of controversy and acrimony under the rule of The Special One, Real Madrid decided to turn over a new leaf, or at least a slightly different one. In Carlo Ancelotti, the kings of Spain have acquired the services of a man with a wealth of experience and an array of […]

Real Madrid are the richest football club on earth and the most successful club in Spain. Their name represents the absolute highest caliber of football, and they will be coming to the United States later this month to compete in the 2013 International Champions Cup. Here’s a preview of the incomparable Real Madrid: Schedule August […]

There is little doubt that since Paolo Di Canio took over the helm at Sunderland in March, an optimistic wind has blown in over the Wearside club; and not the usual cautious optimism so often used to describe most managerial changes either. The fiery and charismatic Italian seems to have affected a shift in the attitude and outlook […]

Liverpool striker Luis Suárez has made it known once again this week that he is eager and willing to leave Anfield. On Monday, Suárez' agent, Pere Guardiola, reportedly visited Merseyside and told Brendan Rodgers and managing director Ian Ayre that Suárez wants the opportunity to participate in the Champions League, the implication being that is not […]

AS Roma's home shirt for the 2013-14 season will be produced by themselves, will not include any logos for a shirt supplier, will feature the club's own charity foundation as their shirt sponsor, will feature a new club logo, and will feature individual serial numbers on each shirt to add to the authenticity. By no […]

While Manchester United manager David Moyes has been trumpeting how Wayne Rooney is a key part of his plans at United and saying that the player will not be sold, new United chief executive Ed Woodward is singing from a different hymn sheet. "No contract renewals are being discussed. I am not sitting down with […]

Serie A club Lazio have launched their new home, away and third kits that would make supporters of many Premier League clubs drool. For as long as I can remember, Lazio seems to have always had very stylish and iconic jerseys. Their sky blue shirts are permanently etched in my brain, so I was particularly […]

The US men's national team played their second match of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup today against Cuba in front of large and passionate crowd in Sandy, near Salt Lake City, Utah. After beating Belize 6-1 on Tuesday, the USA team needed a win today (as well as the score going their way in the […]

Norwich City have signed Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer for a 4-year transfer deal believed to be around £7million. The talented international is Norwich's sixth signing of the summer alongside Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Javier Garrido, Nathan Redmond, Martin Olsson and Carlo Nash. In the January transfer window, Everton were very close to sealing a deal to sign […]

Competition for the prize for last season’s biggest crisis club was one of the most hotly contested and morbidly gripping tussles up and down the divisions. Portsmouth provided the latest, and hopefully final, volume in their beginners guide to self-destruction whilst Aldershot Town tore up two decades worth of progress following liquidation to leave themselves […]

West Ham United this week unveiled their new away shirt for the 2013-14 season. The new West Ham away shirt is the same one that was leaked in May. With the official launch, we can now see the detail of the shirt more closely. The white shirt with claret trim is accentuated by thin sky […]

While I find David Conn's alarmist piece in today's Guardian excessively xenophobic and reactionary, the continued buying of English football clubs by American owners does pose larger questions long term. Having bought teams that had this most previous season just avoided relegation, Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) and Ellis Short (Sunderland) have seen their sides continue […]

YouTube user Anton Alfy has created a brilliant new video to celebrate Sir Alex Ferguson's career as Manchester United by creating "Super Fergie," a video inspired by the Super Mario Bros game. Here's a remarkable walk-through the 38 trophies that Sir Alex Ferguson won at Manchester United:

The Guardian's resident anti-capitalist curmudgeon David Conn writes today that "no one seems to question why an increasing number of rich American businessmen are buying up England's leading clubs." It's a fair question considering 30% of the Premier League teams are owned by Americans. But his comments have a tinge of anti-Americanism. After all, 60% of […]