Editor's note: This is part two of a series of articles written by Stephen Lucey. Part one, released earlier this week, focused on whether a salary cap could save the Premier League from itself. Part two, here, discusses unrestricted free agency and compares the NFL model to the Premier League. Portsmouth FC are near-mortally crippled […]

There are a couple of different ways to look at tonight's friendly between the United States and El Salvador (ESPN Classic and Galavision, 7 p.m.). The first is to write it off as a meaningless affair. After all, there might be four or five guys out of the 20 in uniform tonight that have a […]

I ask myself that question two or three times a year and rarely come up with a discernible answer. Is it the language, the culture, the food? Maybe it's the pop music? Whatever the answer is, I wish it wasn't so. I wish I could see English footballers deputizing or leading an attack for Real Madrid, Barcelona, […]

Arsenal will sport a new home shirt for the 2010/2011 season which will be a throwback to the shirt design worn by the 1971 double-winning team, according to the Arsenal Insider blog. According to the blog, the shirt commemorates players such as Charlie George, John Radford and George Armstrong when Bertie Mee's side won the […]

Brazilian Kaka has been the subject of criticism due to his performances which can be described as inconsistent at best. There are a number of issues to be considered before judging whether Kaka's season has been a failure or a relative success. In terms of the team's results, Real Madrid are closing in on Barcelona […]

On the Wednesday edition of the EPL Talk Podcast we were proud to welcome David Goldblatt, renowned for his work on The Ball is Round (uk, us), possibly the definitive book chronicling the history of football. David is also regularly featured at Prospect Magazine, where he has recently written pieces on the legacy of the […]

The race to the top narrowed Tuesday night as Manchester United swept aside West Ham United at Old Trafford. Shades of 1966 early on as Man United's Ben Foster dropped Alessandro Diamanti's dipping shot onto the goal-line. Did it cross? Sir Alex Ferguson's sometime nemesis, referee Alan Wiley, thought not. Can we at least agree […]

Last weekend's defeat was inevitable given the Catalans were likely to suffer a loss sooner or later with the congested fixture list. The main concern was whether Barcelona would be able to recover after succumbing to Atletico Madrid or if the loss would signal the beginning of a mid-season slump. Barca's answer was emphatic as […]

After a dismal run which included a series of disappointing performances and unacceptable results the Bianconeri management finally decided to replace the inexperienced Ciro Ferrara with Alberto Zaccheroni. It is unreasonable to question whether Zaccheroni could have won the title if he was coaching from the beginning of the season. However, he most likely would have achieved better results with Juventus than Ferrara. […]

The Marquis De Sade was never short of a quote or two, but one that currently could be applied to certain members of Chelsea's first team squad at the current time sprang to mind after today's latest off field crisis at Stamford Bridge. "Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to […]

With just over 15 weeks left until the 19th World Cup begins in South Africa and one player is making a real case to force his way in to the starting line up. Joe Hart could have been put out by Manchester City signing Shay Given last January, a smack in the face for his […]

Fox Soccer Plus, the new 24/7 soccer network from Fox Soccer Channel, will launch on DirecTV and Verizon FiOS on March 1, 2010. In phone calls and e-mails with DirecTV and FiOS representatives with several EPL Talk readers, DirecTV and FiOS representatives have confirmed that Fox Soccer Plus will be available. One EPL Talk reader […]

In a statement on the clubs website, Portsmouth FC owner, Balram Chainrai, has announced that unless new owners can be found by this coming Friday 26th February the cash strapped club will enter administration. Chainrai, has been meeting potential investors in London all week however he has admitted it is unlikely that new investors will be found before the […]

Jose. What a man. He patrols the touchline, immaculately dressed part drama queen, part coach. Watching Inter Milan on TV is essential viewing, less for the football than for the Jose show. Love or loath him, he is compulsive viewing. It’s a no-holds barred exercise in facial expressions and physical theater. He goes through a […]

When you're wearing the shirt of your favorite soccer team in public, have you considered what nonverbal communications you're sending? Sure, the majority of the time, we're wearing a soccer shirt because it's the team we support, we like the design, it's comfortable, fashionable and sometimes it's one of the few pieces of clothing that […]