Although Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta are back from their respective injuries, and Serge Gnabry and Theo Walcott will soon be featuring in Arsenal matches, Laurent Koscielny’s injury appears to be a bit more serious than first expected. The central defender returned to London while on international duty earlier in the month because of an […]

Brendan Rodgers raised a few eyebrows over the summer when Liverpool signed Belgium striker Divock Origi from French team Lille for around £10 million and then quickly loaned him back to France for the 2014-15 season. Origi, a rising teenage star, impressed at the 2014 World Cup for his Belgium national team. The Belgian youngster normally came off of […]

This is the ending Major League Soccer was dreaming of when they paired the LA Galaxy and the Seattle Sounders together for the final two weeks of the regular season. Both teams were locked on 60 points with two games to play. The first game of the home and away series, played at LA Galaxy's […]

Saturday marks the first Clásico of the 2014-15 campaign with the match perfectly set up to provide us with many moments of controversy, entertainment and downright footballing artistry. The main talking point prior to kick-off is just how FC Barcelona will fit the returning Luis Suarez into their starting line-up whilst the hosts Real Madrid will […]

In a change that was made late on Friday, NBC Sports has decided to switch Saturday's 10am ET game and show Liverpool vs Hull City instead of Sunderland-Arsenal. The game featuring Mario Balotelli will be shown at 10am ET on NBCSN, while Sunderland-Arsenal has been moved to mun2, Premier League Extra Time and NBC Sports […]

Heading into this weekend, the eyes of the football world will focus on the Santiago Bernabeu and this season's version of 'El Clasico'. La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the Spanish landscape – winning 32 and 22 league titles respectively – and are currently two of Europe's in-form clubs. Last season, their supremacy in […]

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini believes striker Sergio Aguero has the potential to become the best player in the world. Aguero's superb start to the season, which as seen him score 11 goals in as many games, including four against Tottenham last weekend, has reignited debate over his standing in the world game. A year […]

Under-fire striker Mario Balotelli's spell in the headlines has helped deflect attention from Liverpool's real problem but manager Brendan Rodgers knows that is something which cannot be ignored. The Reds have kept just one clean sheet in their last 18 matches and a summer overhaul of the defence has not rectified an increasingly worrying issue. […]

Who said the Europa League is boring?! Tottenham Hotspur's mystery man Erik Lamela scored a sensational goal on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League against Tripoli when his rabona shot caught everyone by surprise. The sheer intricacy of the move as well as the confidence displayed by Lamela in attempting the shot were astounding. Watch […]

The 2014/15 season is eight games old and Southampton and West Ham proudly inhabit the top four while Manchester United continue to be just two bad games from a full-scale crisis. But even in the topsy-turvy unpredictable Premier League, there are certainties to be found. Here are five for the weekend ahead: 1. Mourinho […]

There are some players and some games that are no stranger to intense speculation and raucous hyperbole. Players like Luis Suarez, who is line to make his first ever appearance for the Blaugrana this weekend. And games like Barcelona versus Real Madrid, el Clasico, a titanic spectacle that’ll be staged at the Santiago Bernabeu this […]

Paul Pogba has signed a new contract with Juventus which will keep him with the Italian giants until June 2019. There had been speculation over the summer that the French midfielder had extended his contract with the club, but those reports were premature. Today, the Serie A side have ended transfer speculation surrounding the 21-year-old's […]

The match between Spain's two most illustrious outfits is one of the most hotly anticipated spectacles on the footballing calendar, and all eyes will be on the Santiago Bernabeu this weekend for that one. Elsewhere, we've got the top two sides in Germany going head-to-head, while the Premier League also boasts a pair of intriguing clashes. […]

With el Clásico kicking off this Saturday at Noon ET, speculation is rife as to team selections, tactical tweaks and possible individual brilliance that could determine who will take the spoils in the first meeting of Spain's big two of the 2014-15 campaign. It is one of the few matches in world soccer which engages the […]

The graph below shows the ten clubs who have amassed the most goals in the history of English football's top division, ranging from the pre-Premier League era (First Division) right through to the present day. Rather surprisingly, particularly to those of a younger generation, Everton and Aston Villa head the list, beating the modern day behemoths of […]