Wenger revealed that Merida had agreed a new contract deal at Arsenal Football Club, but he has not yet signed it.
Major speculation loomed this week on the future of Arsenal's promising young midfielder, with his current contract expires next summer, and rumors has it that Atletico Madrid is keen to keen to bring Merida back to Spain. Click to continue reading...

Alex takes a more aggressive approach to contract negotiations. It worked.

What is Alex, the 350th Chelsea player to sign a new deal since the summer?

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Manchester United have confirmed that a new contract has been given to Park Ji-Sung. The South Korean was set to be out of a contract at the end of the season, but this new agreement will keep him at Old Trafford until June 2012.

Sir Alex Ferguson has often stated his respect and appreciation for 28-year-old Park, sentiments which were echoed in an improved deal.

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Last night, I had a dream. I had a dream that England's Brave John Terry, Mr. Chelsea himself, was retiring from football at the tender age of 28. The game had worn on him and, with his body physically unable to perform at the level to which he would prefer, this great man was calling time on a joyous career.

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This summer may have seemed a bit boring as far as transfers go, but things are finally heating up. Manchester City and Real Madrid were the overwhelming big spenders during the blistering hot summer months, but with only a few days remaining the "smaller" clubs are working hard to fill out their squads for the fall and winter.

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English Football association (FA) head Ian Watmore, has stated that he believes the UEFA should leave players salaries free to the open market. This comes just days after the UEFA has expressed their concern that European soccer players are being paid too much and that there needs to be a cap on a clubs spending.

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Didier Drogba has signed a new three-year deal at Stamford Bridge. The Ivory Coast international had a year to run on his existing contract, but has now signed a two-year extension. The striker will now stay at the club till the summer of 2012.The 31 year-old has been linked with a move away from the Blues [. Click to continue reading...

Recent reports indicated that Sunderland and Portsmouth had agreed on a fee for the Peter Crouch, and that the lanky forward had held talks with the prospective buyers to sort out a contract. However, there has been no official news concerning the move, which could mean that Fulham have an outside chance at securing the signature [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United youngster Darron Gibson has put pen to paper and signed a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2012. Although the rising star did not have a lot of time to ply his trade in the league campaign last season, he shone brightly in the League Cup. In the few appearances [. Click to continue reading...

So, as of yesterday evening, Carlos Tevez is a Manchester Citeh player. The Argentinian put pen to paper on a five year contract (ostensibly worth around £800 billion a week). "The manager and the owners are very ambitious and that became clear to me the first time we spoke," he told the Daily Mail.

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Yossi Benayoun has today signed a 2 year extension to his contract taking his stay with LFC until 2013.

Speaking to LFC.tv he said:

"I am very happy that we have reached an agreement. Of course, to be at a club like this is a dream come true and I want to keep playing here.

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John Terry is set for showdown talks this week with new Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti begins his new position at Stamford Bridge today, and he is sending a strong and clear message to his captain by telling him to submit it or swallow it.

John Terry has been the subject of much speculation recently, with Manchester City hot on the heels of the English captain.

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It now looks inevitable that former Newcastle striker Michael Owen will be joining Everton. He is now a free agent after his lucrative contract on Tyneside expired. The likes of Hull City and Stoke City have been linked with the striker along with Aston Villa, but the best bet is Everton. The Toffee's are on [. Click to continue reading...

When I came across this morning's comments provided by the agent of Barcelona ace Samuel Eto'o, the first word that came to my mind was diplomatic. Mr. Mesalles, who has been instrumental in promoting Eto'o to interested parties ever since Barca's treble-winning season came to an end, stated that the Cameroon international preferred to see out the one year that is left on his Barcelona contract.

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Football is a funny game - this is the sport where anything, and I mean anything, can happen completely out of the blue. For example, no one ever imagined that Brazilian star Ronaldinho, who was literally unstoppable not too long ago, would suddenly become as anonymous as he is nowadays.

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Gooner Talk posted a video of him scoring for Brazil earlier on, but it looks like Felipe Melo will stay at Fiorentina despite Arsenal's apparent interest. Almost a fortnight ago, the 25-year-old's agent remained adamant that La Viola was the place for him and admitted that he's tied to Fiorentina until 2012. Click to continue reading...

So it's finally come to an end. The most protracted and annoying transfer saga in Manchester United history has ended with Cristiano Ronaldo finally getting his wish to look absolutely fabulous in all white whilst topping up his tan in the Spanish Sun.

Some will inevitably see the deal, and his request for it, as inconclusive proof of their belief he is an evil, diabolical, ungrateful little grasping greasy foreign **** who should be strung up and paddled for the sheer gall of wanting to play for anyone but Manchester United.

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Chelsea and midfielder Michael Ballack agreed on a one-year contract extension Tuesday.

Hooway! Not really.

But I'm OK with this move. Ballack's 08-09 term was clipped by injuries at the start and, though he never really recovered to that imperious form he displayed at the end of the last campaign, he did prove vital in our late-season surge.

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Whether you like him or not, it's seems more and more likely that Emmanuel Adebayor WON'T be leaving the Emirates Stadium this summer. Despite reiterating his commitment days ago, unreliable blogs and newspapers continue to link the Togo frontman with some of Europe's footballing elite. Gooner Talk have listed 5 reasons why Ade won't be [. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner is close to agreeing a new deal with Arsenal, and the Dane has reiterated his commitment to the Gunners' cause. The 21-year-old has been at the club since 2004 after joining from FC Copenhagen. This season has been his breakthrough campaign after scoring 15 goals. He told Ekstra Bladet: "It is of course [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal forward Robin van Persie has put Arsene Wenger in a nervous disposition after the Dutchman stalled on signing a new long-term deal with the club. The 25-year-old is Arsenal's top scorer with 20 goals and the Premier League's top passer with 11 assists. Van Persie's contract runs out in two seasons, but Wenger wants [. Click to continue reading...

Continuing on from yesterdays Player Profile, here is someone who will be touted to join Arsenal in the coming months; Lorik Cana. The 25-year-old Marseille midfielder has admitted that he's likely to leave L'OM this summer after seeing his team lose to Bordeaux in the race for the Ligue 1 title. Click to continue reading...

Reports suggest Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez has the right to break from his contract and leave for free.
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It's quite fortunate that Carlos Tevez doesn't want to break from his contract as if he did, it would surely tear a whole in the football universe and release with it a messy gunk of goo.

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Not the result we wanted (nor the other relegation candidates apart from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1> HullCity) on Saturday at Old Trafford. We would have loved to have rained on Yanited's Premier League title parade. Still, we came away with our heads held high. Mind you, United decided to expend minimum effort with the Champions League Final against Barcelona coming rapidly into view.

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Arsenal have been rocked by news that manager Arsene Wenger says working at Real Madrid 'interests him'. "With Perez the project will be strongly interesting for any coach," Wenger told Telefoot. "Allow me to remain discreet on that matter," he added. In 2003, Wenger reportedly met Madrid president Florentino Perez in Paris, the Frenchman was [. Click to continue reading...

Paris-Saint Germain centre half Mamadou Sakho has been touted to join Arsenal in a move which could see Mikael Silvestre move the other way. The 19-year-old, whose contract runs out in 2010, shot to prominence in 2007 when he captained his country at FIFA's Under-17 World Cup and further added to his impressive CV [. Click to continue reading...

Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our shortcomings. Click to continue reading...

Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our shortcomings. Click to continue reading...

The Real Madrid rumor mill is in full flight once again, although this time it's a Chelsea player that is at the center of the speculation. Eduardo Garcia, who is running for the Real Madrid presidency, has told the media that he has an agreement in place that will bring the Ivorian striker to Spain if he wins the election.

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Football FanCast columnist ‘The New Voice of Football' fully expects Cesc Fabregas returns to his beloved Barca, but doesn't feel that now is the right time.

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will not leave the Emirates Stadium for the Nou Camp this summer.

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Here in America, ESPN is truly the "Worldwide Leader In Sports." Millions of people wake up with Sportscenter in the morning, and go to bed with it on in the evening. Anyone in America that follows sports seemingly gets their information from ESPN.

The only problem? ESPN has literally no respect for soccer.

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The newest hero in Manchester, Federico Macheda, has made an immediate impact on his club, while at the same time exposing a flaw in the way Serie A does business.Â

The Italian Macheda was born in Rome in 1991, and began playing for the youth squads of the Serie A club Lazio when he was 15.

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a href="http://www.backpost.net/2009/03/graham-zusi-signed.html"Thad at The Back Post/a has the story that Wizards second round draft pick, Graham Zusi has officially signed with the team. According to Thad's report, Zusi has signed a senior contract with Kansas City. Definitely a deserving contract, as Zusi has had a fantastic preseason, and based on other reports seems likely to come in as a preseason favorite for rookie of the year. Click to continue reading...

Seven months ago Luiz Felipe Scolari was hired to take the manager position of Chelsea, and on February 9, 2009, he was fired after a lackluster season thus far. The problem with the firing is that they got rid of the wrong man. Now there are 11 men on the field and only one manager, so getting rid of the manager is the easy thing to do since you can rarely eliminate three or four non performing players. Click to continue reading...

Executive chairman Peter Storrie has defiantly insisted under-fire manager Tony Adams' short and turbulent stay at Fratton Park is not on the line. Storrie's declaration may sound like a predictable call to arms but the bare facts tell a different story. Since former Arsenal and England captain Adams was promoted from the shadow of Harry Redknapp 21 games ago, he has presided over just four wins in all competitions. Click to continue reading...