Everton left-back Leighton Baines will be out for at least three months after having ankle surgery. The 30-year-old was injured in training before the season started after returning from an operation on the same ankle. The England international missed the final two games of last season. Boss Roberto Martinez said …

Everton manager Roberto Martinez has insisted defender John Stones will not be sold to Chelsea. The Premier League champions are expected to return with a third bid for the 21-year-old England international after a failed £26m offer. Martinez was critical of Chelsea after a first £20m bid was made public. …

I missed Week 1’s predictions but Chelsea and Arsenal were the only two teams to let me down in a 7 fold, so the less said about that the better. Now I’m going to offer my Premier League Predictions for Week 2 (I’m not going to offer exact scores but …

If you didn’t see Barcelona take on Sevilla in the European Super Cup last night then simply were where you?. A 9 goal thriller and an excellent curtain raiser to the European Season. It would take far too long to list all the action, so I will let the video …

Joey Barton will not be joining West Ham after the club pulled out of talks over a potential deal following protests from fans. Barton, released by QPR, had been expected to join on a free transfer. Some fans had criticised the move on social media, citing the 32-year-old’s chequered history …

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Martin Hansen scores a spectacular backheel goal in injury time for ADO Den Haag in their opening Eredivisie game against PSV Eindhoven. The Dane went up for a free-kick with his side 2-1 down, volleying in a backheel to rescue a point. Hansen never appeared for Liverpool’s …

Chelsea’s appeal against the red card shown to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois during Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Swansea has been rejected. The Belgium international will serve a one-match ban. This means that Asmir Begovic will feature on Sunday against Manchester City, it’s quite ironic in that for everyone saying that Begovic …

Stoke City are hopeful of completing the club-record signing of Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan on Tuesday. The Switzerland winger, 23, was at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday and watched as Stoke lost 1-0 to Liverpool. The fee for Shaqiri, who has 46 international caps, will be higher than the …

Incredibly late and nothing you probably haven’t already read but I thought I would try and get some of my views across on how Tottenham performed on Saturday. Losing to a solitary Own Goal was incredibly naff in a game that wasn’t particularly memorable but lunchtime kick offs rarely ever …

The Good: Football has returned, it wasn’t necessarily a classic start to the week but as always there were talking points and lots of them (Well let’s say 9 after this one)and at least that means shopping with the Girlfriend is on hiatus until June. No actually there’s the Euro’s …