Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno examine Chelsea’s dilemma: splashing for Gonzalo Higuain in January or pursuing a younger striker in the summer.

The guys respond to your tweets about Craig Burley’s coal, Christmas ideas for Steve Nicol, Julien Laurens’ resemblance to Kevin Kratz and more.

The transfer window opens on January 1 and offers football clubs everywhere a little retail therapy. Though many teams in the Premier League might be panic-buying, instead.

Everyone is looking for the same thing, too: players who can turn contenders into champions and save doomed teams from sinking without trace. No pressure, then. Finding them in the crowded and chaotic January market is quite another thing, too, because by this stage of the season, you are probably getting someone another…

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The World Cup is over for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after round of 16 defeats to Uruguay and France.

The FC crew break down Uruguay’s ousting of Portugal and how the Edinson Cavani-Luis Suarez partnership flourished on the night.

Edinson Cavani was a class above Portugal, netting a brace to help Uruguay eliminate Ronaldo & Co. and set up a quarterfinal showdown with France.
Portugal’s World Cup campaign came to an end in Sochi tonight as they were beaten by a brilliant brace from Uruguay centre-forward Edinson Cavani. For all the possession that Fernando Santos’ team enjoyed throughout the last-16 match, there was little end product. Pepe’s equaliser gave Portugal hope and the Selecao for a brief period looked the likelier team to progress, but Cavani soon restored Uruguay’s lead and with a record of just one win in four matches, this tournament will be looked back…

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Portugal international Ricardo Pereira is joining Leicester City from Porto.
Leicester are set to complete their first summer signing after agreeing a deal for Porto defender Ricardo Pereira.
The 24-year-old, who has been named in the Portugal squad for this summer’s World Cup, will move to the King Power Stadium on a five-year contract.
Ricardo was in Leicester on Saturday to finalise personal terms and complete a medical. The deal will be finalised when international transfer clearance is received on June 9, the Premier League club have announced.
Ricardo, who has three…

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Stewart Robson assesses rumours around Neymar, Chicharito, Alexis Sanchez and many more in Rumour Rater.

Ale Moreno breaks down the latest transfer rumours surrounding Morata, Cuadrado, Aubameyang and plenty more in Rumour Rater.

With attention focusing on the summer transfer window, David Amoyal predicts how likely it is that these rumoured moves actually happen.

Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain: 35 percent
It turns out that Marco Verratti may get his wish to play with Barcelona after all, only it could be a watered-down version in Paris. After completing the signing of former Barca defender Dani Alves last week, PSG’s chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi is now considering paying Neymar’s exorbitant exit clause worth €220…

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