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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 …

The Premier League has announced a new deal with American broadcaster NBC Universal to show live games for the next six years. US rights are already with NBC Universal at $83m (£53.2m) a season. The Premier League has been negotiating its latest round of overseas television rights, having secured a …

We are finally under away and 14 people have had a crack at trying to beat the “Real Football Man” – so thanks to all that got involved and best of luck for the season. Top of the shop after Gameweek 1 and throwing down an early marker is Will …

The Dutch season got underway this weekend and Ajax got off with a bang with a 3-0 win over AZ Alkmaar with a brace from Anwar El Ghazi and a third from Nemanja Gudelj – here are some brief highlights, keep an eye out for the opener. An early “Golazo” …