Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny refuses to join preseason tour, club says
Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to travel with the squad for its preseason tour to the United States, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The 33-year-old French center-back has one more year on his contract and British media reported that Ligue 1 clubs ...
Frank Lampard returns to Chelsea as Maurizio Sarri's successor
Frank Lampard was appointed Chelsea head coach on Thursday, confirming a dramatic return for one of the club's greatest ever players. Lampard has signed a three-year contract with Chelsea, where he spent 13 years and became the team's all-time leading scorer with 211 goals. The former ...
Marcus Rashford signs four-year contract with Manchester United
Marcus Rashford has signed a four-year deal at Manchester United as the Premier League team tied down one of its most gifted young players. The deal was announced on Monday. The 21-year-old England striker now has a contract at United until 2023, with the option of ...
Liverpool on Thursday completed its first signing of the summer with the capture of 17-year-old Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg from PEC Zwolle. The European champions have paid just £1.3 million ($1.7 million) for van den Berg, beating Bayern Munich to the youngster's signature. Van ...
Derby County's Frank Lampard granted permission to discuss managerial job with Chelsea
Derby County on Tuesday said it will allow Frank Lampard to hold talks on becoming Chelsea coach. The former Chelsea midfielder led Derby to promotion to the Premier League in his first season as coach. "With preseason fast approaching for both clubs it is hoped this ...
Chelsea has appointed its former goalkeeper Petr Cech as technical and performance adviser, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Cech spent 11 years as a player at Chelsea, winning 13 major trophies, including four Premier League titles and the Champions League, before moving to ...
Manchester City expresses concern over Champions League ban story
Premier League champion Manchester City said Tuesday it was concerned "individuals intent on damaging" the club may be behind a news report that European soccer's financial regulators are poised to recommend it be barred from the Champions League. UEFA and the Premier League launched an ...
Shinji Okazaki to part ways with Leicester at end of season, manager Brendan Rodgers says
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said Thursday forward Shinji Okazaki will part ways with the Premier League club at the end of the season, according to reports in British media. Okazaki, a member of Japan's past three World Cup squads, joined Leicester from German side ...
Beating Manchester City to the title might not be the only thing occupying the minds of Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane heading into the final two weeks of the Premier League season. They are battling each other for the Golden Boot, too. Salah and ...
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah ends goal drought in triumph over Southampton
Mohamed Salah chose the perfect moment to end the longest goal drought of his Liverpool career. It helped to lift his team back to the top of the Premier League. Salah scored for the first time in nine games — a barren streak stretching back nearly ...
To the accompaniment of a marching band, tenor Wynne Evans serenaded the players and 59,215 fans with "Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur." Fireworks exploded over the stadium, illuminating the north London sky and the golden cockerel atop the roof. The club wasn't celebrating a trophy but a ...
The Premier League title race looks to be a duel between Liverpool and Manchester City after the top two collected contrasting home wins on Wednesday and third-place Tottenham lost at Chelsea for a second defeat in five days. Just when questions were starting to be ...
