Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini expects striker Alvaro Negredo to miss up to three months after having surgery on his broken metatarsal.

MLS Player takes selfie after scoring - is booked by the Irish referee.

On March 8, 40,000 people packed into Seattle’s CenturyLink Field to watch the local side take on Sporting Kansas City in the opening game of the 2014 Major League Soccer season.

Not for the first time, I’m holding my hand up to acknowledge that America is chipping away at what I used to hold dear.

Robbie Keane netted a second-half hat-trick as the Los Angeles Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 4-2 and move within four points of the MLS Western Conference leaders.

An afterthought for Ireland’s recent World Cup qualifiers — he only came into the squad for the Austria game after Robbie Keane withdrew through injury — Kevin Doyle has been busy reminding Giovanni Trapattoni of just what he has to offer with three goals in six games for Wolves.

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Norwich 2 Everton 1

Norwich manager Chris Hughton deployed Grant Holt and Luciano Becchio in attack for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash against Everton at Carrow Road.

Norwich manager Chris Hughton describes midfielders Anthony Pilkington and Alex Tettey as “touch and go” for tomorrow’s match against Fulham.

A list of all the confirmed deadline day signings so far.

Wigan have confirmed the signing of Paul Scharner on loan from Hamburg for the rest of the season.

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Norwich 1 Tottenham 1

One big move on Merseyside went through today as Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho completed an £8.5million switch to Liverpool, but Everton’s signing of FC Twente star Leroy Fer fell through.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has indicated he expects James McCarthy to stay at the club for the rest of the season and is confident the Latics will have a “positive” January transfer window.

Manchester City have no concerns over the fitness of captain Vincent Kompany ahead of tonight’s trip to Wigan.

Ireland captain Robbie Keane and the host of stars at LA Galaxy stuttered again at the weekend as they were beaten 1-0 by New York Red Bulls.

Thierry Henry scored twice as the New York Red Bulls beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 to earn their first win of the season.

WITH Robbie Keane on the verge of lending his body to Aston Villa for medical research and Thierry Henry having made that memorable return to Arsenal, you would be forgiven for thinking that European clubs are stockpiling for the winter with US-based players.

Winger Hatem Ben Arfa is Newcastle boss Alan Pardew’s only injury absentee for tomorrow evening’s opening Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal.

Hatem Ben Arfa is out of the remainder of Newcastle's US tour after being taken to hospital during the 0-0 draw with Sporting Kansas City.