Monthly Archives: February 2018
Lippi: Don’t miss Italian football
Lippi: Don’t miss Italian football
Marcello Lippi admits he ‘certainly’ does not miss Italian football but believes the FIGC’s commissionership “is an opportunity to start from scratch”. Lippi has been out of Italy since taking charge of the Chinese national team in October 2016, and the 2006 World Cup winner also reflected on video assistant referees (VAR) in Serie A […]
Juve make Man Utd’s Darmian summer transfer priority
Juve make Man Utd’s Darmian summer transfer priority
02 February at 10:00 Juventus want to sign some reinforcements at the back in the summer and according to reports in Italy the Old Lady has set her sights on Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian. The Italy International will see his contract expire in 2019 and Juventus have made him their summer transfer priority for […]
Paper Talk: Man Utd confident of signing £53m man; Arsenal target Cech replacement
Paper Talk: Man Utd confident of signing £53m man; Arsenal…
Manchester United want a Barcelona defender, Arsenal have targeted two players, while Tottenham have set their sights on a Championship pair, all in the papers. UNITED WANT UMTITI Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has reportedly targeted a summer move for Samuel Umtiti and the club are confident they can get the Barcelona defender. Mourinho […]
Han: agent of Tottenham and Liverpool target refuses to rule out Juventus move
Han: agent of Tottenham and Liverpool target refuses to…
02 February at 09:45 The agent of Cagliari’s North Korean international striker Han Kwang-Song, Sandro Stemperini, has not ruled out that a move to Juventus could be on the cards for his client in an interview with Italian outlet TuttoJuve. Stemperini confirmed that negotiations were ongoing between the two clubs saying: “We sat at a table with Juventus and […]
Euro Paper Talk: Klopp’s ‘obsession’ to sign Real Madrid man
Euro Paper Talk: Klopp’s ‘obsession’ to sign Real…
Jurgen Klopp has an ‘obsession’ to sign a Real Madrid man, while Real’s no. 1 summer target means good news for Man Utd and Chelsea, according to Thursday’s European papers. REAL MADRID SWITCH TARGETS TO ALISSON Reports from Mundo Deportivo suggest that Real Madrid haveset their sights on Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the summer. […]
January transfer window: The deals that didn’t go through
January transfer window: The deals that didn’t go through
IT may have been one of the most memorable January transfer windows – and dramatic Deadline Days – but there were still several high-profile deals which didn’t get over the line. From transfer fees to cup-tied players, there were a range of reasons for these potential deals falling through. Here, we take a look at […]
Callejon: The hardest part is still to come for Napoli
Callejon: The hardest part is still to come for Napoli
With Napoli desperately chasing their first Scudetto[1] since the glory days of Diego Maradona, winger Jose Callejon believes they can achieve their goals but the months ahead will be the most challenging. The Partenopei currently sit top of Serie A after 22 rounds of fixtures but with just one point separating them from Juventus in […]
Agent: ‘Han to Juventus? Maybe later…’
Agent: ‘Han to Juventus? Maybe later…’
Han Kwang-song’s agent confirms negotiations with Juventus for the striker, and says they’ll discuss with Cagliari “later, with cool heads”. The Bianconeri held a meeting with the Isolani yesterday to try and do a deal for the youngster, who had been on loan at Perugia. In the end though an agreement could not be found, […]
Euro Paper Talk: Klopp’s ‘obsession’ to sign Real Madrid man; Real target no. 1; Barca want full-back
Euro Paper Talk: Klopp’s ‘obsession’ to sign Real…
Jurgen Klopp has an ‘obsession’ to sign a Real Madrid man, while Real’s no. 1 summer target means good news for Man Utd and Chelsea, according to Thursday’s European papers. REAL MADRID SWITCH TARGETS TO ALISSON Reports from Mundo Deportivo suggest that Real Madrid haveset their sights on Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the summer. […]
Premier League spending power in a different stratosphere to Serie A
Premier League spending power in a different stratosphere…
01 February at 16:30 Never was the economic gulf between English and Italian football as clear as what we have witnessed over the course of the past month. La Repubblica has undertaken a study of transfer spending, comparing Premier League sides with their Serie A counterparts. In total, EPL sides invested €470 million in new […]