Toronto FC are confident that influential central defender Adrian Cann will have recovered from serious injury in time to play a key role for them in 2012. Read more

Over the summer Sir Alex Ferguson, long considered the best squad builder in the Premier League, made the decision to jettison the experience of John O’Shea and Wes Brown and to move forward with a more youthful group. In came Phil Jones and Chris Smalling, returning from loan, while the retirement on Paul Scholes was covered by the expected emergence of Tom Cleverley in the middle of the park. Read more

For the most of last season Sunderland performed extraordinarily well and obtained some great results, which ensured them a final position of 10th in the prestigious Premier League. Read more

Houston Dynamo striker Danny Cruz, whose contract is about to end, is being linked with a host of clubs. Read more

By the end of this season, it will be exactly 10 years since all three of the promoted sides avoided relegation from the Premier League. The gap between England’s top flight and the Championship has often been said to be growing, in fact. Read more